Get to Know Grand: La Chacra

Get to know La Chacra! La Chacra is a Peruvian restaurant that’s been on 613 Grand Street since 2020. Owner, Ricky, opened the original restaurant in Bath Beach in 2011. La Chacra offers traditional Peruvian dishes, inspired by a mix of Peruvian street food and home-cooking. All of the spices are imported from Peru, a fact Ricky takes pride in. Ricky wants his customers to “feel like they are in Peru” with every aspect of La Chacra; from offering dishes like Ceviche and Anticuchos, to the Incan craftsmanship adorning the walls. Ricky himself built out most of the bar’s interior from the ground up, from the kitchen to the bar.

La Chacra is a family run restaurant, with Ricky’s son and wife doing their part in supporting the business. When their original location burned down in 2012, the entire family came together to build it back up. Opening a restaurant had been a dream Ricky inherited from his father, who comes from a lineage of farmers back in Peru. La Chacra translates to “The Farm” in Spanish, a callback to Ricky’s family’s history of farming. Originally from Peru, Ricky came to New York at 19 years old. He worked in construction initially, transitioning to the restaurant industry and then eventually opening his own restaurant.

Swing by La Chacra on 613 Grand Street to try their delicious Peruvian cuisine and finish your meal with some Helado de Lucuma!

Grand Street Passport

The Grand Street BID is proud to announce the Grand Street Passport: a passport book that offers freebies & deals at select restaurants, nightlife businesses, and other eateries in the BID. Participants will use their passport when shopping at participating businesses to get the passport deal and get a stamp in their passport. When passport holders accumulate stamps, they’ll unlock prizes! 

The Grand Street Passport is on sale now. Deals will be active from 2/15 - 4/30. Passports cost $40 and offer over $200+ worth of value in freebies and discounts! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to North Brooklyn Angels, a volunteer-driven, hyper-local nonprofit that organizes direct action projects to address the needs of a rapidly changing community. Its small staff, supported by scores of daily neighborhood volunteers, serves up to 1,800 hot, healthy meals per week at various locations in the area, engaging over 500 unique volunteers annually.

22 participating businesses are joining in on offering discounts, including Grand Street favorites like  Ammazzacaffè, Blinky’s Bar and BK Jani to name a few. Scroll down below for the full list of participants and deals! Click the button below to purchase a passport.

You can only get the deal at each business once per passport. Deals do not include tax or tip. Please don't forget to tip! Participating businesses may choose not to honor Passport deals on March 17. Passports will be delivered a week before the start date.

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Participating businesses

Medusa Slithers On To 618 Grand Street

Medusa Brooklyn slithers on to 618 Grand Street! Medusa Brooklyn is a gastropub, offering a variety of cocktails and other alcoholic beverages alongside small bites. They’re owned by seven different people, some from the acclaimed Our Wicked Lady in Bushwick. Medusa’s dishes take inspiration from Greek and Western cuisine, with a full menu to come soon. A wide variety of drinks at different price points are offered at Medusa, inclusive of everyone’s different tastes.

The interior is beautifully designed with a mixture of art-deco and greek motifs, inspired by the Greek mythological figure Medusa. A snake-scale diamond shaped wallpaper adorns most of the walls. Underneath the bar is the same snake-scale pattern in a neon-green lit LED light fixture. The rest of the interior includes an exposed brick wall, stone tiles, and a ceiling that are all remnants of the original Bushwick Country Club (which used to call this space a home). The backyard gives off a cozy vibe that emanates from the solar powered lighting adorned on top of the various New York perennials that they’ve planted outside

The owners of Medusa explain that they take inspiration from Medusa as a strong and resilient woman who’s a stoic survivor. They see Medusa as an empowering feminine figure, not as a monster in the way much of Greek mythology paints her. Medusa has seven different owners, all who played a part in the design and building process - Xandra, Hugh, Harlan, Jimmy, Zach, Ramsey and Keith. Their decor was designed and built by Max Graves, Chris Cornwell, Chris Perme, Keith Thomas, AJ Jankins and Alex Amini. Swing by Medusa at 618 Grand Street for a drink and a bite!

Philomena's Bar Opens at 790 Grand Street

The Philomena Cocktail

Philomena’s is Grand Street’s newest bar! The beautifully remodeled space is welcoming the community with open arms to try their featured infused ice cube cocktails. Owned and run by brothers Kyle and Sean O’Brien of Den Hospitality, and third partner Kyle Dailies — who is the master behind the cocktails and infused ice creations — Philomena’s has already made quite a name for itself. The bar has been mentioned in The Infatuation, Time Out, and Gotham Mag, and various food and travel social media accounts.

Signatures cocktails with infused ice include The Philomena (Prosecco with a watermelon and rose cube) and the Aileen (tequila blanco, guava, lime contrieu, and a habanero cube). These along with the rest of the drink selection are almost as gorgeous as the interior of the bar itself. Brown leather booths and deep powder blue walls create a cozy and tasteful atmosphere.

And if you’re hungry, they’re also serving up small bites from our neighbors at Pomp and Circumstance, a local, family run restaurant known for their pitas, dips, and elevated Mediterranean fusion cuisine.

Stop by any day after 5pm to check out this cool and creative cocktail bar on Grand Street!