Lot 2
Friday & Saturday: 5pm-9pm
We have reduced our hours & days for the time being. We hope to add back days as our business and the world get healthier. Thanks very much for your support and understanding.
Sunday Supper is on hold right now. That’s heartbreaking to write. But Casserole Club is happening! We email and post each week’s casserole on Mondays. To join our mailing list email info@lot2restaurant.com with the subject line “mailing list”. We’ll add you!
Take Home Dinner
https://lot2takehome.square.site
or call us at 718.499.5623
Dinner
We are offering food to go! Please give us a call at 718-499-5623 to place your order. Pick up times have been ranging around 30-60 minutes. We’ll give you a more precise pick up time on the phone. We now have three outside tables! Please give us a call for table availability.
You can now also order food to take home through our online square store! Here’s the link! The menu is even accurate! Oh My!
https://lot2takehome.square.site
served friday-saturday 5pm-9pm
(sample take home menu 2.19.20)
for our most up to date menu check our INSTAGRAM. Our website takes a very looooong time to update. Sorry about that!
Starters
house pickles $5
brooklyn grange lettuces
beets, blood orange, ricotta salata, almonds, pink lemon-sherry-shallot vinaigrette $14
Mains
broccoli mac n’ cheese $18
grilled cheese
aged provolone, yellow cheddar, parmesan, honeycrisp apple $15
brick chicken
radicchio, lima beans, chili flake $27
shrimp & grits
fresh wild caught shrimp, chorizo, cheddar grits $25
red wine and coke braised beef short rib
potato gnocchi, peas and carrots $32
creekstone farm beef burger
cheddar cheese, pickles, duck fat fries $21
Dessert
salted chocolate chip cookie $4
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Sunday Supper
5pm-9:00pm
12.6.20
We are offering supper to go! Please give us a call at 718-499-5623 to place your order. Pick up times have been ranging around 30-60 minutes. We’ll give you a more precise pick up time on the phone. We now have three outside tables! Call us for table availability!
$35 Adults, $17 Kids
romaine lettuce
radishes, pepitas, cumin-lime dressing
mexican coke braised pork carnitas
black beans, nixtamal heirloom corn tortillas, guacamole, sour cream, cotija cheese, pickled red onion, cilantro, lime
salted chocolate chip cookies
vegetarian supper option available
or…
lot 2 burger $21
Lot 2 Friends & Family,
I’m writing to tell you about changes to our opening hours. I’m going to try and be upfront about our situation. I’ll start with the basic information, which is that starting next week we’ll only be open on Fridays and Saturdays. Here’s why:
First off, we’ve never been strictly business sorts of people. We make decisions based on how things make us feel and we try to adjust to the consequences later. Also, we’re pretty stubborn and don’t like change (we were hand writing guest checks and doing ‘math’ at the end of the night until June 2019). Despite our obstinance, somehow we’ve made it through 11 years, but this year, well, who needs to even finish that sentence anymore. We secured a PPP loan but that money is long gone. It’s just up to the business to pay our employees, and we like to pay our employees as much as possible, but Lot 2 is just plain not bringing in enough to cover our payroll anymore. We are now truly forced to deal with the consequences of the pandemic, like so many other small businesses, and it is painful. We don’t like having to cut people’s hours, but it is the only cost saving measure we can truly control with immediate results. Our hope is that by compressing the week into our two strongest days, those two days will be even busier. It cuts our labor costs in half and means that we lose money at a much slower pace than we are right now. We hope to be able to see things through to either another small business aid grant or at least to warmer weather and brighter outlooks. If Friday and Saturday become unmanageably busy, we’ll add back a day. That would be wonderful!
Something to look out for in the coming weeks:
We’d like to start a Casserole Club. You would be able to preorder your casserole each week for however many people you like from our square store, pick it up on Saturday, and eat it whenever there comes a night that you don’t want to cook or just need a little Lot 2 and we aren’t open. You could be part of the Casserole Club or maybe the Casserole-Cocktail Club. I hope the Casserole Club retains a bit of that supper spirit. I promise Danny makes a mighty fine casserole and Dawn’s cocktails are first class.
This Sunday is our last proper Sunday Supper for a time. Oh that breaks my heart to write.
I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that we’re in this together and we wouldn’t have made it this far without you. We are so thankful for you, for your support, for your encouraging words.
With love and thanks,
Lot 2
To join our sunday supper (casserole club) mailing list, email us at info@lot2restaurant.com with the subject line Mailing List. We’ll send you one supper email per week, plus the occasional special event email.
Drinks
(Sample Drinks Menu)
Cocktails
Lil’jito
lillet blanc, muddled mint, lime juice & a dash of simple
$10
Phyllis Gomez
cynar, aperol, old overholt rye & lemon juice
$11
Faux Swizzle
el dorado spiced rum, velvet falernum, pineapple & lime juice, served with a pineapple & a straw
$11
Father-in-Law
knob creek bourbon, ramazzotti amaro, luxardo maraschino & bitters
$14
Abeja #2
sauza blue agave tequila, chili infused honey, lemon & molé bitters
$11
Gibson Martini
ford’s gin, dolin dry & carpano bianco vermouth, served up with a house pickled onion
$14
Brooklyn Sunrise
dorothy parker gin, gentian liqueur, aperol, & lime
$12
La Paloma
cimarron reposado tequila, lime juice, sea salt & mexican squirt soda, served with a salt-crusted lime & a straw
$12
Shade Tree
siete misterios mezcal, a dash of tapatío, lime juice & watermelon syrup, served up
$13
Beer
Porkslap Pale Ale
Garrattsville, NY
$5
Rosé Cider
Long Island, NY $10
Nitro Milk Stout
Longmont, CO
$7
Abita Amber
Abita Springs, LA
$5
Kostritzer Black Lager
Bad Kostritz, Germany
$6
Allagash White
Portland, ME
$7
Victory Prima Pils
Downington, PA
$7
Wines by the Glass
Sparkling
Pinot Noir, Pineau d’Aunis
Loire, France, “Les Capriades”, Potaire/Gaddouche, ‘15
$14
Glera
Veneto, Italy, “Prosecco Superiore”, Azienda Agricola, N.V.
$11
Rosé
Cinsault, Syrah, Grenache
Provence, France, “MiP”, Dom. Sainte Lucie, ‘16
$12
White
Passerina
Lazio, Italy, “Passerina del Frusinate”, Corte dei Papi, ‘15
$10
Sylvaner, Auxerrois
Alsace, France, “Saveurs de Julien”, Les Vins Pirouettes, ‘15
$13
Red
Pinot Noir
Venezie, Italy, “Stema”, Terre Gaie, ‘15
$11
Syrah
Rhône Valley, France, “Syrah”, Aurélein Chatagnier, ‘16
$13
Team
Daniel Rojo, Chef, Co-Owner
Daniel Rojo was born and raised in Los Angeles. He attended culinary school in 2004. After stints in Los Angeles and Oakland he moved to New York. Danny started as one of the opening cooks at Lot 2 in June 2009, taking over as chef in November 2009, and then becoming an owner in 2012 thanks to the generosity of Lot 2’s original owner, Ben Jones. These days Daniel is grateful to cook simple, honest food for his friends and neighbors. He is also an owner at Southside Coffee across the street from Lot 2.
Dawn Kinstle, Bar Manager, Co-Owner
Dawn started in the service industry out of necessity but has stayed (some 15 years) out of love. She’s worked as a host, a busser, a server, a dishwasher, a floor manager, a line cook, a bartender, and, now, a bar manager. Her interest in cocktails was originally inspired by her mentor and husband, owner of nearby Quarter Bar, David Moo. It was at Quarter Bar where Dawn, then working in the West Village, originally met the Lot 2 crew and began a lasting friendship over post-work drinks. It is that basis of friendship that makes working at Lot 2 special. She has been a part of Lot 2 since 2011.
Khavon Owens, Chef de Cuisine
Khavon is a NYC native. Bronx born and raised. He’s a dedicated, passion driven, food lover. Khavon is excited to have made a return to the Lot 2 team.
Thea Bloomberg, Floor Manager
In June 2009 Thea Bloomberg did what many aspiring MFA writing students do- got a job in a restaurant. The restaurant was Lot 2 and it changed her life. She fell in love with Daniel Rojo (see above), marrying him at Lot 2 on July 24th, 2011. When not at the restaurant she can be found around the corner at home hanging out with her kids and occasionally trying to make good on that MFA in writing.
Amber Sather, Pastry Chef
Amber is a small town girl with big city ambitions, born and raised in Montana she moved to Chicago and then later to NYC in 2008. She landed in Brooklyn just around the corner from Southside Coffee. She trained them how to make coffee and also worked as a barista off and on at the cafe. Southside and then Lot 2 became her family. After a dynamic and fulfilling career in the Specialty Coffee Industry, Amber jumped at the chance to pursue her lifelong passion of baking and she joined the Lot 2 crew working with former Pastry Chef, Jen Shelbo. After leaving Brooklyn and learning more about her own personal baking style, Amber returned to Southside and Lot 2 in November 2015 to take over their pastry program. She’s happy to be back! When she’s not feeding the neighborhood sweet treats, Amber loves running and biking and adventuring with her husband. She is also an owner at Southside Coffee.
Press
New York Times
Flowers in Your Glass by Rosie Schaap. Featuring the Brooklyn Sunrise by our very own Dawn Kinstle.
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First We Feast
The 10 Most Underrated Burgers in NYC by George Motz
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Fodor’s Travel
Brooklyn’s 50 best restaurants
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New York Times
Drink Your Vegetables by Rosie Schaap, featuring the Chicaro Pea-queño by Dawn Kinstle
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TimeOut NY
The best farm-to-table restaurants for families
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New York Times
Restaurant Takeaway. Pecorino Fried Bread with Broccoli
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New York Magazine
Underground Gourmet. Two Brooklyn kitchens keep it fresh
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Contact & Hours
687 6th Avenue Between 19th and 20th Streets Brooklyn, NY 11215 718.499.5623 email us at info@lot2restaurant.com Thursday-Saturday: 5pm–9pm Sunday Supper: 5pm–9pm Lot 2 is closed Monday-Wednesday at this time. no reservations (except for New Year’s Eve & Valentine’s Day) contact us for gift certificates over the phoneLot 2 is available for private events, including weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays and other celebrations. Our team will be happy to customize a seasonal menu to meet your specific needs. Off-site catering is also available, please inquire.
To join our mailing list please email info@lot2restaurant.com with the subject line “mailing list”. You’ll receive an email once a week with our Sunday Supper menu, plus the occasional email throughout the year about special events at Lot 2.