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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, APRIL 12, 2020
High Drive-through
Park Slope bar opens take-out window for booze
BY ROSE ADAMS
When life gave them
lemons, they made cocktails!
While most bars have
shuttered in an effort
to stop the spread of the
novel coronavirus, one
Park Slope alehouse has
opened a take-out window,
where passersby can purchase
booze to-go.
High Dive, located on
Fifth Avenue by Carroll
Street, sells growlers and
curated six-packs of beer
at a discounted price, as
well as mixed drinks,
shots, and some bar food.
And, according to its employees,
business isn’t too
bad.
“Especially on nice
days it’s been alright,”
said Angela Slider. “People
come up and grab
their beers to-go, their
cocktail to-go.”
The bar opened the
take-out window shortly
after Mayor Bill de Blasio
ordered the shutdown
of bars and restaurants
on March 13, Slider said.
The window has remained
open on-and-off ever since,
serving customers Monday
through Saturday between
3 pm and 7 pm.
Bars are not typically
allowed to serve alchoholic
drinks to go, nor are
New Yorkers allowed to
drink from open containers,
however those regulations
were temporarily
lifted in an effort to help
establishments like High
Dive, which can no longer
serve patrons indoors.
The situation is componunded
because those
establishments still owe
rent to their landlords,
despite having a limited
source of revenue.
Word of High Dive’s
take-out window has
spread mostly on social
FLYING HIGH: A Park Slope bar, High Dive, has opened a walkthrough
window where customers can buy booze to-go.
Photos by Rose Adams
media and through word
of mouth, employees said,
and often entices unsuspecting
passersby.
Beer from Other Half
Brewing Company, a Red
Hook brewer, is still the
bar’s best seller, but customers
have also enjoyed
buying growlers for the
weekend or taking a shot,
which High Dive serves
in miniature Solo cups,
Slider said.
“Other Half remains
our best seller,” she said.
“Margaritas to-go have
been hot especially when
it’s nice out. Shots, always
a hit.”
Customers can also
purchase fresh Jamaican
patties or popcorn to have
with their drinks.
High Dive 243 Fifth Ave
between Carroll Street and
Garfi eld Place in Park Slope,
(718) 788—0401, www.highdive
brooklyn.com. April 8
to April 11; 3 pm–7pm.
Slope do-gooders buy hospital staff meals at local bagel shop
BY JESSICA PARKS
Brooklyn is paying it
forward!
Healthcare workers patronizing
Park Slope’s La
Bagel Delight are treated
to free meals during the
ongoing coronavirus outbreak,
as members of the
community have begun
paying for their food in
advance for when doctors
and nurses arrive at the
eatery.
“Yesterday, the line was
out of the door. The neighborhood
took care of a lot
of nurses,” said co-owner
Frank Bavaro. “It’s a wonderful
thing that people
are doing.”
The feel-good initiative
started when one local dogooder
called the Seventh
Avenue bagel shop asking
to foot the bill for a meal
delivery to Methodist Hospital
across the street.
Since deliveries to the
medical facility are diffi
cult, Bavaro suggested
adding money onto a gift
card instead — and cashiers
would use that to
pay for hospital staff’s food
orders.
“We keep the gift card,
and when healthcare
workers came in, we
would just select the gift
card,” Bavaro said.
After that initial act
of kindness, Park Slopers
have been calling into
and adding anywhere from
$5 to $100 onto the card,
which has now been used
to purchase dozens of bagels,
lunches, and cups of
coffee for medical workers
on the frontline of the pandemic.
“The other day it went
up to $900 and then it went
down to $400, and then back
up to $800,” Bavaro said. “It
just took off.”
Park Slopers have begun
promoting the initiative
on various social
media accounts, like Facebook
and the neighborhood
network Nextdoor, offering
locals an easy way to show
their appreciation for the
medical professionals.
And the kindness hasn’t
gone unnoticed, according
to Bavaro, who said the
nurses and doctors have
been very grateful for the
support.
“They love it, they think
it’s great that they are being
appreciated and feel
great being recognized,”
he said.
Anyone looking to contribute
can call La Bagel
Delight at (718) 768-6107. Donations have been pouring in to cover a cup of coffee or lunch
for healthcare workers at Park Slope’s La Bagel Delight. Google
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