General manager Dylan Wells, a former GM at French Louie who was most recently a sommelier at Le Crocodile, has curated a list of affordable, mostly natural and organic wines from the Mediterranean region, all available by the glass. Other beverages include hyper-local beers from Gowanus and the surrounding neighborhoods, and a menu of classic and modern cocktails including a section devoted to aperitifs.
The chef-owners have been collaborators on and off for over a decade, opening both Buttermilk Channel and French Louie together. They’d been talking about working on a project together when the Freek’s Mill space became available in 2019. But the realtor said the space was already under contract and had a waiting list a mile long when they looked at it. They went on their way.