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By Chandler Kidd
Brooklyn Paper
It’s got Room to move!
A kitschy new event complex inspired
by a Midwestern supper club’s
idea of the Middle East opened one of
its three doors in Bushwick this week.
The Sultan Room, a two-floor live music
venue and dance spot, opened on
June 22, takeaway spot Doner Kebab
began serving shwarma the next day;
and sit-down restaurant the Turk’s Inn
is scheduled to open on June 27.
The owners of the three-part biz, lifelong
friends Varun Kataria and Tyler Erickson,
see the project as giving new life
to a beloved spot from their youth in Wisconsin
— the Turk’s Inn supper club.
“When we heard that it closed and
the contents of Turk’s were being auctioned
off, we plotted a scheme to give
it a second life,” Erickson said.
The pair bought many brightly colored
artifacts from the supper club,
which originally opened in 1934, and
have decorated their new restaurant in
its over-the-top style.
But music venue the Sultan Room,
named after a lounge in the Wisconsin
club, has more of a ’70s glam vibe, with
black leather banquettes and sunken gold
dance floor — along with a painting of
an Arab man leading a camel.
The Sultan Room is geared towards
music lovers of all stripes, and attendees
can expect a big tent of musical genres, including
alternative, house, techno, rock,
pop and more, said Erickson.
“Certain venues in New York tend
to carve out a niche for themselves, we
are not sticking to that format,” he said.
“We want to be a tapestry and include
bits and pieces of things. For example,
we might have an R&B night, but that
doesn’t mean we are an R&B club.”
The Sultan Room will focus on local
dee-jays, such as Naeem, to cultivate a
strong sense of community for Brooklynites,
said Kataria, while adding a wide
variety of live music in hopes of becoming
a neighborhood favorite.
“The nightlife gives consistency to
the Sultan Room. The variability and
element of surprise comes from the live
music programming, we want to keep
people on their toes,” Kataria said.
The Sultan Room 234 Starr St. between
Wyckoff and Irving avenues,
(718) 215–0025, www.thesultanroom.
com). $10–$15.
The Turk’s Inn (theturksinn.com).
Mon-Thu, 5:30–11:30 p.m.; Fri-Sat, 5:30
p.m.-midnight; Sun 5:30–10 p.m.
The Doner Kebab (www.turksinnkebab.
com). Open Tue–Thu; noon–10
p.m. Sat-Sunday noon– 2 a.m.
Turkish delight
Sultan Room and Turk’s Inn
venues opening in Bushwick
John Carlucci
By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
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The latest branch Ample Hills
Creamery, now open at Fulton Ferry
Landing in Dumbo, serves a creamy
dessert titled “I Contain Breakfast
Foods,” inspired by the favorite foods
of the Bard of Brooklyn, said the scoop
shop’s founder.
“Two of Whitman’s favorite foods
were coffee cakes and donuts, so we took
those and added them to ice cream, and
made a new flavor,” said Brian Smith.
“It’s not the same recipes he used, but
it’s close enough.”
Ample Hills Creamery at the Fulton
Ferry Landing 1 Water St. at Old Fulton
Street in Dumbo, (718) 874–2483, amplehills.
com. Open Fri–Sun; 10 a.m.–
midnight; Mon–Thu; 11 a.m.–11 p.m.
Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith,
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