Blue Ribbon Opening 60-Seat Beer Garden at the Thompson LES

Sadly, there probably will not be fried chicken. Restaurateurs Eric and Bruce Bromberg are still on track to open their stand-alone fried-chicken restaurant later this year at 28 East 1st Street, but this summer they'll open a beer garden at 190 Allen Street, which will not only serve Southern-style barbecue with sides like black-eyed peas and cornbread, but also a wide variety of snacks like smoked almonds and boiled peanuts. Farmhouse ales and offerings from Japanese brewers will be poured, an...