One could argue that the bar scene in Bushwick has reached its saturation point. For one, Community Board 4 certainly thinks so. And while the areas off Morgan and Jefferson L train stops have thanks to their sprouting establishments become a Disneyland for twenty-somethings, in east Bushwick you can still walk for miles without bumping into a single watering hole. In Ridgewood, the situation has always been a little different. While The New York Times has recently published their almost template article announcing yet another New York neighborhood gentrifying, the truth is that Ridgewood has had its bars (and even yoga studios) for decades. Gottscheer Beer Hall, an old-fashioned German beer heaven popular among Ridgewood old-timers as well as among recent college grads has been serving Franziskaner beer since 1924. Queens Tavern recently replaced Caskey’s Bar and has been generating good local crowd also thanks to its fun events such as the Variety Night or BYOV(inyl).

It appears that a newly opened cozy bar at a corner of Onderdonk Ave and Menahan St will be joining these Ridgewood favorites.

Onderdonk & Sons is owned and operated by a husband-wife duo Louise Favier and Brian Taylor who are no newbies to the bar scene. The duo has owned (and closed some of their) several bars in Greenpoint, Long Island City and even in Edmonds, a small town nearby Seattle where Brian grew up. Probably the most notable of their bars is Pencil Factory bar in Greenpoint, which they have been running since 2001.