Twelve seats · no bookings
The bar
Twelve seats along a brass rail, first come first served, always. Not reservable on a Saturday, not reservable for a birthday, not reservable at all — which is the entire point of it.
Why it takes no reservations
Because a neighbourhood needs somewhere it can walk into. A restaurant that books out every seat three weeks ahead stops being any use to the people who live on the street it is on, and those are the people who keep it alive in February. Twelve seats held back for whoever turns up is the cheapest possible insurance against becoming a destination nobody local can get into.
It also means the honest answer to “are you full tonight?” is almost never a flat no. The dining room may well be. The bar might have two seats at nine o'clock.
The bar keeps its own hours
Longer than the kitchen's, every night. This is true of every restaurant with a real bar and it is the single most common thing a restaurant website fails to say — so somebody arrives at half past ten expecting dinner and finds a bar menu.
| Day | Bar |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday to Thursday | 5:00pm - 11:00pm |
| Friday and Saturday | 5:00pm - 12:30am |
| Sunday | 5:00pm - 10:00pm |
The full dinner menu is available at the bar while the kitchen is open. After the kitchen closes, the burger, the fries, the cheese and a plate of olives and almonds carry on for about an hour.
What is on it
A short list that turns over often, and one that describes wine by grape, style and region rather than by producer. That is not vagueness for its own sake: the bottle we pour this month may not be the bottle we pour next month, and a list that names a producer it no longer stocks is worse than one that does not name any.
One bottle per two guests, $35. One bottle per two guests, $35 a bottle, waived on the Tuesday supper. Two conditions worth knowing before you carry something across Queens: it must not be a wine already on our list, and it must be a 750ml still or sparkling wine rather than a spirit. If you are bringing something you care about, tell us when you book and we will have the right glasses out and decant it if it needs it — that part is free and it is the part that actually matters.