February 12, 2005

Where the kids go to rock: Brooklyn

Deep in the heart of Red Hook, Brooklyn this afternoon, Liberty Heights Tap Room hosted its bi-monthly kids rock n' roll show. Eight bands -- some punk, some solo paino, and plenty of rock -- took the stage amid 200 or so parents, teens, and even pre-teens.

Steve Buscemi was hanging out in the back of the room, under the "School of Rock" props the owner bought when they were being cleaned out of nearby movie warehouses. The place truly has the "School of Rock" vibe, with nervous, fresh-faced kids chomping on pizza, decked out in ripped denim, bandanas, safety-pinned hand-written signs on jackets. And empty guitar cases all over the floor. The girls were there in force, too -- both on stage (I'd seen the girls' punk rock trio at an earlier gig,) and hanging out to be seen.

The Liberty Heights space - a block away from the docks where Ikea plans to knock down several Civil War-era buildings and open a warehouse store - is itself inside an old red-brick building that gets pretty drafty in winter. But they do brew their own beer and serve up a full lunch and dinner menu - specializing in flatbread pizza that come with a pizza slicer so you can cut your own. But since it's in a pretty industrial neighborhood and doesn't always open precisely on time, you may want to give them a ring-ding before heading out on non-concert days.

Next kids gig is in April.

February 12, 2005 05:38 PM in Drinkology, Kids, Out of Manhattan

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