You know a spot is good when it starts as a bar, expands to include a restaurant, then opens a cafe on the restaurant’s patio, so customers can literally hang out at the space morning, noon, and night. And that's exactly what happened at Loosie Rouge, turned Loosie’s Kitchen, and now Four Men Hospitality’s latest venture, Loosie’s Cafe.
The South Williamsburg spot manages to feel special in the impressive landscape of trendy “designed for the ‘gram” spaces, due in part to the cultivated energies of each individual space. Spend a few hours there, and you’ll begin to understand why. Wandering from the café into the restaurant and bar, there’s definitely a cohesive feeling—and lots of greenery. But yet, you can still tell you’re in different spaces—an important delineation when you’re trying to get your customers to drink their alcohol and coffee in the same-but-different locale.
Many aspects of the compound make it the perfect haven for neighborhood creatives. From the cafe’s free wifi and happy hour—that starts at noon, by the way—to the bar’s piano that many people play freely after a few rounds of drinks, it’s intended to be a place full of “experiences,” as Vincent Marino, one of four co-owners, put it. You can work, caffeinate, get inspired, eat, drink, hang out, and play, all without changing locations.
The restaurant has those cozy, bookstore-esque vibes that you can only truly find in Europe, with a singular bright blue bistro table. Beamed ceilings, brick and texture-treated walls, and a faux fireplace can be found in the bar, that create a cabin-cool atmosphere that comes alive after dark. If you take one design lesson away from Loosie’s respective spaces, it should be the importance of texture, which is emphasized differently at each turn.
Of course, Marino could not answer which space is his favorite (“It’s like choosing between your mom and your dad! Your brother or sister!”), he did admit that the the cafe is the baby of the three, making the bar the older, more self-reliant sibling. Anyone with siblings understands this analogy clearly and knows which is currently receiving the most attention.
Loosie Rouge, the bar, opens at 5 p.m., the restaurant, Loosie’s Kitchen, at 6 p.m., and Loosie’s Cafe from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday - Friday and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday - Sunday. All are located at 91-3 South 6th Street in Brooklyn.
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Original article and pictures take domino.com site
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