It’s official: the building on the corner of Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue is one of the Slope’s Restaurant Corners of Death. (There are others that we wish would be similarly cursed, but that escape, year in and year out.) The corner in question most recently housed Mediterra, although some might recall it as another Mediterranean restaurant that crashed and burned or as part of the Chip Shop (which escaped just before the curse spread to the entire franchise). In any case, meat lovers, it’s becoming a new burger place called Corner Burger. Here’s the lowdown from pastoralia on Brooklynian:
Just walked by the old Mediterra restaurant on 6th st and Fifth Avenue yesterday and saw a sign saying “Corner Burger, Park Slope Brooklyn”. It will be a (duh) burger joint. I couldn’t read the full menu since the shutters covered most of it. While this might be cause for celebration- this is a cursed corner (two failed restaurants in about a year) and on the other corner of 6th st and 7th Avenue Five Guys will be opening any day now…causing a burger overload. Who knows? Maybe it will be good? Maybe Corner Bistro good? Although the decor in Corner Burger is a lot of red and black lacquer (ick) and not aged wood and cobwebs.
How many months will it get before it too succumbs to The Curse?
10 responses so far ↓
1 Lisa // Jul 11, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Don’t know if this makes a difference in terms of the curse, but the owners of Mediterra are the same ones running the Corner Burger restaurant. That’s why the decor hasn’t changed. Does that give the site a reprieve?
2 JCW // Jul 11, 2008 at 4:22 pm
The Corner Burger is owned and operated by the same couple who ran Mediterra. As far as competing with Five Guys – only those living close to 6th Avenue will have a real burger overload – otherwise the two places don’t cater to the same foot traffic.
3 6th Street Girl // Jul 11, 2008 at 7:55 pm
The folks who owned Mediterra have simply change their cuisine. My partner just went past it and said it was packed with people with kids.
Good for them for figuring out that they needed to change things up.
4 lauren // Jul 11, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I’m pretty sure the interior is the same as Mediterria. I live across the street, and I saw the signs change one morning, but I didn’t see them close at all!
Maybe it’s the same owners?
5 bumpershine // Jul 12, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Just saw the old Mediterra sign behind the Old Stone House today.
6 historic neighbor // Jul 14, 2008 at 3:58 pm
The first restaurant on this “cursed” corner was a West Indies style cuisine owned by 2 sisters who had very little restaurant experience. It lasted about 6 months then the Chip Shop expanded and rented the corner for its Indian style cuisine. Next, a Middle Eastern style cusine restaurant (can’t remember its name) was opened up by a very nice couple who baked their own bread that was very delicious. Mediterra followed next and now changed their name to Corner Burger. Hopefully, the former Mediterra managers can make Corner Burger work. But, it is quite a drop from haute cuisine to burgers.
7 LSA // Jul 15, 2008 at 10:52 am
The Corner Burger seems to be owned by the same people of Mediterra. Went in there when it just opened and their burgers were amazing. The owners seem to be very nice people, they came out and starting talking with the customers. I’m a burger person and have to say that its top 2 burgers I’ve ever had. Good quality and they don’t cheap out on the meat.
8 Ian // Jul 15, 2008 at 11:15 am
FYI, I just had a turkey burger at Corner Burger a few days ago, and a few hours later found myself violently ill. Two of my friends also ate there, getting the beef burgers, and they were fine. Just a heads up for everyone…
9 Lauren // Jul 19, 2008 at 9:49 pm
I’m just curious why people who post restaurant reviews always seem to be extremely overly critical. Just eat your goddamn food and like it or don’t. Why do you always have to post rediculous rantings to the world? You’re food evangelists, except that instead of pushing what you think is good, you curse and gossip about what is bad. I’m sick of this bullshit.
10 Douglas // Oct 6, 2008 at 12:32 pm
This place is just horrible!!! The service tries (too) hard but the burgers are even worse than at 5 Guys. And I would rather drink a Slim Fast than their shakes. This place will be gone in less than a year.