The first retail tenant for Durst's new LIC rental tower: a brewery
Finback’s original brewery is also in Queens, further east in Glendale. Its second opened in Gowanus in the summer of 2020. Both are in relatively industrial, simple spaces. The Long Island City location is, by contrast, brand new, with big glass windows “It’s much more finished,” said Basil Lee, co-owner of the brewery chain. “Our focus is on making a nice space, upping the finishes and the design.” Durst is financing some of the build-out. Lee said the location would brew interesting small batches, using mixed cultures and fruit grown on Finback’s own upstate farm. There will be beers made…
Date 2022-04-28
Author Cara Eisenpress
Taproom and Microbrewery to Open on Ground Floor of Long Island City Development
The list of breweries choosing to operate out of LIC continues to grow—with a New York-based company announcing Monday that it is opening a taproom and microbrewery on the ground floor of a new development in the Queens Plaza section of Long Island City Finback Brewery—which opened in 2013 with a 25-barrel brewery in Glendale, Queens—has leased a 3,800 square foot space at the bottom of The Durst Organization’s 67-story apartment complex, which is called “Sven” and is located next to the iconic clock tower in Queens Plaza. The company will join a multitude of other breweries that have opened…
Date 2022-04-26
Author Christian Murray
Brewery To Open In New Long Island City Apartment Tower
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — The new luxury apartment tower that now glistens next to Queens Plaza has a new amenity to add to its list: a brewery Finback Brewery, based out of Glendale, has signed a lease to open a 3,800-square-foot location in Sven, the recently completed tower at the corner of Queens Plaza and Northern Boulevard, developers announced Monday. Consisting of a taproom and on-site "microbrewery," the ground-floor space will open in late 2022, according to the Durst Organization, which built the glass tower that curves around the landmark Chase Manhattan Bank building. Besides its Queens headquarters, Finback…
Date 2022-04-26
Author Nick Garber
Finback Brewery Opening Third NYC Outpost in Long Island City
Long Island City, Queens’ brewery game is about to get a bit stronger Finback Brewery plans to open a 3,800-square-foot microbrewery and taproom at the base of the Sven luxury residential tower at 29-59 Northern Boulevard, the New York Post first reported. The brewery — known for its India pale ale and stouts — signed a 15-year lease for the ground-floor space, where it plans to focus on “fruit-forward” sour beers conditioned in “wooden foeders [large barrels] and ceramic fermentation crocks” when it opens later this year, according to landlord the Durst Organization. A spokesperson for Durst declined to provide…
Date 2022-04-26
Author Nicholas Rizzi
Queens-based Finback Brewery expands to Long Island City
One of the most popular breweries in the city — with locations in Glendale, Queens; and Gowanus — is expanding its reach. According to Commercial Observer, Finback is opening a brewery and taproom at the base of a luxury apartment building in Long Island City. The brewery, known for its range of IPAs, will be highlighting more fruit-packed sour beers at the new location, the publication reports.
Date 2022-04-26
Author Erika Adams