I am stoked Sunny’s is back. It represents the best of Brooklyn. New Yorkers are tough; Brooklynites are resolved. Sandy was not keeping Sunny’s down. Cheers to Tone Johansen for surviving the flood and making a comeback.
I already told the Sunny’s story here, but in brief: The 100-plus-year-old dive bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn is my favorite place in the world, largely because of the magical Saturday night jam it hosts; however, it’s been officially closed ever since it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy (though the jam was still going for awhile under the radar) .
Well, I have good news to report: After several rounds of fundraising, Sunny’s was able to collect enough money to repair the damage from Sandy. The bar was closed for almost a year (and hadn’t hosted a jam in nearly two months), but it officially reopens on Thursday, with a barbeque and a live band. Happily, the reopening party coincides with owner Sunny Balzano’s 79th birthday.
Unofficially, Sunny’s had a soft opening this past weekend. On Friday night, John Pinamonti performed, and on Saturday night, Sunny’s once again…
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