Lager & larger
PLG brewery looks to expand
BY BEN VERDE
Pint sized no more!
A Beloved Prospect Lefferts
Gardens brewery is raising
funds to expand out of its
quaint Nostrand Avenue location
and into spacious new
digs with a full-sized commercial
kitchen.
DaleView Biscuits and Beer
has been feeding the parkside
neighborhood with its southern
style biscuits and inventive
craft beer since 2018. The
owner and brewmaster says
he is looking to expand so DaleView
can increase its food
production, start wholesaling
its mouth-watering gluten-free
biscuits, and expand its taproom.
“I’m looking for another location
with a full commercial
kitchen so we can start doing
some wholesaling,” said Chris
Gandsy.
To help fi nance the expansion,
Gandsy is crowdfunding
through the investment service
Mainvest, which allows
community members to invest
in the business and receive a
BEER
revenue-sharing note which
will entitle them to a certain
percentage of the business’s
future revenue. Gandsy has
raised $28,000 so far towards a
$75,000 goal.
While many eateries are
facing an uncertain future due
to the coronavirus pandemic,
Gandsy says expanding will
only prove benefi cial in the
long run because it will open
up the possibility of creating
new new revenue sources that
don’t require having guests
on the premises — like wholesale.
“The benefi t of having a
gluten-free food that people
really clamor over and really
want again and again is it’s
a growth opportunity, that’s
Take a dive into the life of Brooklyn’s
mega-developer William H. Reynolds
HISTORY
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ALE VIEW: Christopher Gandsy stands in front of Daleview Biscuits and Beer, his restaurant and brewery.
Photo by Ben Verde
what we have,” Gandsy said.
In addition to raising funds
for an expansion, the brewery
is raising capital through
sales of its “My Skin is Black”
beer to start a paid internship
program for brewers of color.
Gandsy says he hopes the program
— which would be held
in partnership with the New
York State Brewers Association
— will open doors to people
of color in an overwhelmingly
white industry.
“The lack of diversity in
beer is due to the lack of exposure,”
he said. “Being able
to expose people to brewing,
working the back-of-house,
front-of-house, all the different
aspects of working in the
brewery, gives access and
helps breed more interest in
the craft beer world from people
of color.”
But, Gandys’ plan to expand
doesn’t mean he’s leaving
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
— he says the Nostrand Avenue
location isn’t going anywhere.
“That’s the baby,” he said
of his f lagship location.
BY SUSAN DE VRIES
His name may not be familiar
to you, but developer
William H. Reynolds shaped
entire neighborhoods of
Brooklyn, from Stuyvesant
Heights to Coney Island.
The Municipal Art Society
has moved its popular
tour program online and
this weekend you can join
Brownstoner columnist Suzanne
Spellen (aka Montrose
Morris) and Morgan
Munsey, both preservationists,
for “The Legacy of William
H. Reynolds.”
The duo will take an indepth
look into the life and
work of the risk-taking visionary
who built one of the
most influential real estate
empires in the city.
Largely forgotten today,
Reynolds had the money
and connections to build
entire neighborhoods and
one of the great Brooklyn
attractions, Coney Island’s
Dreamland, which was an
iconic piece of Brooklyn’s
lore.
BROOKLYN
Virtual history!
Dreamland, circa 1905. Library of Congress
Daleview Biscuits and Beer
(1170 Nostrand Ave. between
Rutland Road and Fenimore
Street in Prospect Lefferts Gardens,
(347) 240–5110, www.
biscuitsandbeer.nyc). Open
Thurs-Sun, 12-7 pm.
The virtual event takes place
on Saturday, June 27 from 1
to 2:30 p.m. Tickets are required
and they are $10 for
members and $20 for non
members. For full info on registration
visit: www.mas.org/
events/the-legacy-of-williamh
reynolds/
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