Some Stuff That's Interesting

A fire ravaged the lovely little Montagure Wine & Spirits in Brooklyn Heights. [Brooklyn Paper]

Another nail in the coffin of the dying Flower District. [Curbed]

Old Ukrainian East Village shop to become Manhattan branch of the Brooklyn pizza shop run by the owner of P.J. Hanley's, the age-old Court Street bar. [JVNY] Apparently, the owners of Hanley's are real yahoos. What do you expect from a guy who makes his cash in Carroll Gardens but lives in Tribeca?

Very annoying new hot spot The Breslin invents the "forkage fee." [Gothamist]

The Rat-Squirrel House is apparently being repaired. Didn't even notice this until yesterday. Shame on me for not paying attention to my own beat. [Curbed]