You’ve Gotta Have Hart’s, a Coastal Mediterranean Eatery in the Former Willow Space
Willow may have barely lasted a year inside of its queerly-angled Franklin Avenue headquarters, but that hasn’t kept a new eatery, Hart’s, from taking a chance on the pint-sized former tax office, crouched below the elevated apex of Bed Stuy’s C and S trains.
And it could well prove the ideal starter home for Brooklyn wunderkind Nick Perkins, who—after years spent steadily climbing the ranks at Diner, Roman’s, Reynard and Marlow & Sons—has undertaken a next-level career leap as both chef and co-owner. Although instead of Andrew Tarlow, his seasoned partner in the venture is Maiden Lane founder, Nialls Fallon, who also had a hand in opening Bushwick’s recently debuted Ops.
506 Franklin Ave., Bed-Stuy
Photos by Max Branigan