Paulie Gee’s, which announced in February it would reopen under new management and flip to more of a bar, is now taking over the old Ample Hills with its slice shop. The pizzeria allegedly signed a 10-year deal for the 3,400-square-foot storefront in Gowanus, an address that was a casualty of the fallen Ample Hills empire. Located at 305 Nevins Street, the forthcoming Gowanus Paulie Gee’s will be a part of a building that will include 350 residential units, according to a spokesperson for Atlantic Retail, involved in its development. Paulie Gee’s says not so fast, telling Eater over DM on Tuesday, “The licensing deal with the leasee is not finalized.”
Mission Chinese extends its pop-up
After Mission Chinese took over the Chinatown restaurant Cha Kee this summer, Danny Bowien and his team will return to 45 Mott Street, from October 4, through December 25.
A Brooklyn urban farm is forced to relocate
Oko Farms, an aquaponic farm on the Williamsburg waterfront with a mission to fight food insecurity, announced that it was scrambling to find a new home. “Last month, our landlord Two Trees Management notified us that they would be terminating our lease at the end of November because they’d recently been granted a construction permit from the city that they had not expected to receive for several years. While we understood that this site would not be permanent, the abruptness of the termination of our lease is unfortunate. However, this is neither surprising nor unusual as far as urban farming is concerned,” the post stated. Oko Farms’ last day on the waterfront — where the team has hosted education workshops, farm stands, and various food pop-ups — will be November 28. They’re asking those with relocation leads to email contact@okofarms.org.
Hasan Minhaj has invested in this cafe
Kolkata Chai Co. opened in the East Village in 2019 with a mission to “reclaim chai.” The company has expanded to locations in Nolita and Williamsburg, with a healthy online retail arm of the business, selling its chai to make at home. Now, comedian and actor Hasan Minhaj has joined the team as an investor and business partner, according to a spokesperson. He’s the latest comedian to invest in a Manhattan food spot recently — in June, Eater reported that Ramy Youssef had put his money behind the Egyptian fast-casual spot Zooba.
Editor’s note on October 1, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.: The post was updated to include Paulie Gee’s response to the Gowanus location.
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