More Details on the Moldy Fig

As New Yorkers ourselves, we at Moldy Fig wholly understand your concern over new entertainment venues coming into any neighborhood. We’ve all experienced the hell of sidewalk noise, trash, and general debauchery going on outside your door.

Our goal, however, is to be not only a great neighbor but a beloved neighborhood business. We’re not building yet another noisy “barf-fest,” as one of our neighbors described other local establishments. We intend to contribute to the community–both in the services we provide (superb music; a relaxed, adult atmosphere) and in our direct involvement with the neighborhood itself.

We also have every intention of enforcing strict crowd and noise control measures, with a security team we’ve trusted and worked with for years–good guys whose dedication to keeping the peace will likely make them adored by the neighborhood. And since we’ll only be serving wine and beer, the chaos level will be considerably lower than one might expect otherwise.

On top of that, we plan to make Moldy Fig a positive daytime destination for L.E.S./E.V/A.C. kids by facilitating music lessons, chess instruction, tutoring, and other community programming that’s currently in the development stage.

We live around here, too, so we understand how you feel, but we ask that you wait until Moldy Fig opens before deciding it will lower your quality of life, as we’re very confident it will do just the opposite.