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Open for Business: Terroir Park Slope, 284 Fifth Avenue
Monday, September 24, 2012 at 10:56AM 
Chef Marco Canora and Sommelier Paul Grieco's mini-empire of wine bars expanded into Brooklyn on Friday, opening up at 5 PM in the space that was last occupied by Great Lakes, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and First Street.
The sleek Terroir offers a wide selection of wines (including a Happy Hour until 7 that includes a free glass of sherry, $6 glasses of wine and cheap bar snacks), six beers (and two wines) on tap, and a focused menu of cheese and charcuterie as well as panini, crostini, salads, bar snacks, larger fare like Canora's famed meatballs, and "fried stuff."
There's a laid-back, unstuffy vibe to the place, and the menu and wine list are quite accessible, helped along by a friendly and helpful staff. Each Terroir is tailored to the neighborhood it's in, and in Park Slope they've gone out of their way to accommodate those with small children: a table in the back is lower to the ground than the others, and there's even a place to hang strollers. There are a few menu items unique to this outpost as well: homemade Cracker Jacks and a Fleisher's hot dog are a nod to Brooklyn's baseball history.
They're open from 5 PM - 1 AM during the week, and from noon - 2 AM on the weekends.
Terroir Park Slope, 284 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn NY 11215. 718-832-9463.
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Reader Comments (10)
Absolutely fantastic addition to the neighborhood. Went over the weekend and thoroughly enjoyed the wine and the food. Very nice staff and service is excellent. I will be back often. Judging from the comments of the people around us, it's a major hit. Some were in the neighborhood from Manhattan (and we also heard them talking about Pork Slope) and it made us feel proud to hear how nicely they spoke of our neighborhood and how beautiful and charming it is.
I went by Terrior on Sunday around 2:30-3pm but they were closed. I guess they haven't worked out their weekend hours just yet.
@kimberly They opened at 5 this weekend while they got up to speed, but going forward it'll be open at noon.
Looks very promising! Dropped by mid-day Sunday and was disappointed to find it closed, but I'll be checking it out as soon as I can.
One thing I'm not too excited about (and Terroir is by no means the only bar guilty of this) are those unforgiving stools. Wish more places would put invest in comfortable (or at least somewhat ergonomic) seating!
They lost me at "place to hang strollers"... charcuterie and screaming moppets is not an appealing combo... plenty of other places for wine and cheese (maybe even places with actual chairs instead of stools)
I've been twice since they opened- once on Sat night and then Monday night as well. The service on Sat, while friendly, was bumpy (although no one waited too long, I could just see that it was a completely new staff.) But the menu is good and the recommendations were decent. It's nice to have somewhere to go that has more food options than Brookvin or Wolf and Deer, both of whom I hold close to my heart. Looking forward to seeing the staff grow their "sea legs" so to speak. I also hope that the bartenders warm up to the neighborhood as well as Brookvin and W&D have- I'm hardly a 5-night-a-week patron (more like twice a month) but the bartenders always remember me and my friends. Looking forward to adding Terrior to my rotation!
Also- nice, comfortable chairs (CB2...we have them in our apt bar!) and hooks for purses! Win!
place to hang strollers? guess I won't be swinging by soon. I like my wine without the whine of children. I'm so tired of kids in bar. Any bar that tries to ban them risks the wrath of the stroller posse.
@ Slopeygirl - Actually its "Stroller Mafia" as aptly called..
I would imagine kids won't be allowed in after a certain hour. I too am against kids in bars, and I'm a parent
Strollerati is the correct term.