Two Boots to Close on Sunday
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at 7:24AM 
Some big news came down the wire yesterday, via an email sent to FIPS: Two Boots, which has been on Second Street just east of Seventh Avenue since 1989, will be closing its doors on Sunday, with plans to re-open as a completely new restaurant from the same owners in a few months.
Two Boots has actually been one of the neighborhood's most venerable establishments, staying popular for 24 years in a time when a restaurant that hangs around for three can consider itself lucky. Its unique combination of Cajun food and pizza was a hit when the first one opened on Avenue A in 1987, and today there are 15 locations, everywhere from Grand Central to Downtown LA. Nine are still in New York, but this was the only non-Manhattan location.To the best of my knowledge, this is the first location of the mini-chain to close; the most recent one opened in Nashville in June.
Two Boots, and this location in particular, has also been dedicated to the community, most evidently last year at this time, after Hurricane Sandy hit, when they delivered 3,000 meals a week, for months, to families in hard-hit parts of the city.
John Touhey, who co-founded the first location with Phil Hartman and Doris Kornish and still co-owned this location, has decided to retire and his partners here, Piper & Andy Wandzilak, will be shutting it down to make "big changes," according to a note posted to Andy's Facebook page. "They plan on having the same warm welcome and relaxed party atmosphere, with much of our same happy staff and management," were the only details provided on what to expect.
Not only did Two Boots serve serviceable pizza and decent Cajun food, it was a fun place to take the kids and also have some sugary cocktails once they went to bed. Stay tuned for details on what's to come.
Here's Wandzilak's full note:
After 24 years, Two Boots Brooklyn is coming to a close; our last day will be November 10.
It's been our very great pleasure to have been a part of your lives, and to have had you in ours.
Piper & Andy Wandzilak, the current operators, will be continuing on in this space as their partner, John Touhey, Two Boots co-founder, retires.Piper & Andy will be renovating and making big changes over the next two months and are hoping to re-open sometime mid-winter.
They plan on having the same warm welcome and relaxed party atmosphere, with much of our same happy staff and management.
We all thank you for your loyalty and support all these years.
For us, this place has been like a second family and a home away from home, and we know it's been the same for many of you.
We're heartbroken to be saying goodbye, but we hope to see you again for our re-birth!
Most sincerely and gratefully,
Piper & Andy & John
Reader Comments (13)
I'll miss that gator. I rode that thing like a bucking bronco countless times over the last couple years. Thrilling.
We did my sons 5th birthday party there. He is now 22, and we still like to stop by for the Fried Calamari. It has been a staple on Second St, and will be sorely missed.
END OF AN ERA, Sad to see you go, we had some good times here.
I stopped going there after they served me a warm beer and said that it was the coldest they had. Mediocre food is forgivable in a family-friendly joint, but there's no excuse for warm beer with a No-F**ks-Given attitude.
I hated the crap they put on the bottom of their slices. But I'm glad to see they're not going out of business, just changing their feel. Cool with me.
It's been a part of our family's life since it opened.
I'm really okay with it reopening with a Louisiana emphasis. This could be quite interesting.
@Marty
Agreed - There are enough pizza places in PS.
^^It's not a pizza place
I love this place. When I was little, they would give me pizza dough to play with ):
What is it about this place that made it so successful? It was a little off the beaten path, the food/atmosphere was mediocre at best. But for some reason we kept going back and I really really loved the place. My wife and I would sit in one of their booths on a random Tuesday and try to figure out why we went back there and not to one of the 10 new restaurants that had opened in the neighborhood over the past 3 months. It never made sense to us, but we loved the place and I literally shed a tear when I read they were closing.
But really, 24 years is an eternity in the restaurant business, especially here. If Talde makes it 12 years we should all be surprised.
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