SWANK!
Soon after East Village mainstay Lit Lounge turned 10 years old, we found out that owner Max Brennan was just about ready to open a new bar, in a new borough. The Flat will be different from its Manhattan sister—to our knowledge there's no cavernous basement in which to make terrible, terrible decisions—and here's how Brennan described it to us:
"I love that old vibe of the late night jazz jams—I'm not sure why that old scene died away. Lit is a rough dive, down and dirty rock club... The Flat is a swinging sixties type jazz club. It looks like an old London Flat you might find in Kensington. Like a secret gentleman's club. The concept was Serge Gainsbourg meets David Lynch. Swinging but dark and mysterious with a hefty twist of Oscar Wilde extravagance."
Tonight's grand opening will prominently feature FREE VODKA, because Brennan knows his audience—"dress to kill" (as the flyer says) and you may just be transported to this swingin' '60s Lynchian land (conveniently located a block from the J and M trains!)
