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New nabe hotspot Char No. 4 [196 Smith Street] is profiled in today’s New York Times:
NY Times: Boite…Boite…: The first thing you notice about Char No. 4, the new bourbon-obsessed bar in Cobble Hill, is the intimidating wall of whiskey sitting directly behind the bartender and stretching up to the ceiling. More than a hundred bottles are displayed in a custom-designed iron and walnut case, and a muted backlight suffuses the young professionals at the bar with a faint amber glow.
Well, maybe that’s the second thing you notice.
“It smells like bacon,” said Udo Schneider, a 20-something “semi-cool kind of guy.” That smoky smell is likely wafting from the back of the bar, where house-smoked ham and other Southern staples are served at leather booths. And despite the bacon’s olfactory dominance, the food is meant as an afterthought.
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