Show Me a Sign: Dinosaur Barbecue in Park Slope

Dinosaur Barbecue gets one step closer to opening with new signage that went up last week. It hangs off a steal frame on the east side of the building in a way that looks like it's been there for years. Windows have also been delivered and installed where plywood used to keep passersby from peeking in. Their old, wooden frames synch up with the rugged, honky tonk aesthetic the space is going for. The restaurant is slated to open next month.

Dinosaur Barbecue is Hiring in Park Slope

Early this summer, Dinosaur Barbecue will open its first Brooklyn location in Park Slope. On a recent visit to the 604 Union Street site, and then to Craigslist, signs were up announcing the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Upstate barbecue joint is hiring all positions. The hiring site is setup in a lot next to the restaurant, and future employees are welcomed to apply between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Local artists were also on site painting the new mural in dedication to Raul Vasquez Jr., who was the victim of a shooting on the same block almost twenty years ago. Cutting out windows in the facade displaced the original mural, but Dinosaur founder John Stage contacted Vasquez's mother beforehand and got the OK to relocate it.

Construction Well Underway at Dinosaur BBQ BK

Work started earlier this year inside 604 Union Street, where Dinosaur Barbecue will open later this spring. But a lot was done to the restaurant's facade recently. Large holes have been cut from the brick wall to make way for windows, and a steal foundation is in place to support a large awning.

Construction for the windows cut into a mural that was painted in dedication to Raul Vasquez Jr., who was the victim of a stray bullet in 1995. Dinosaur founder John Stage, after seeking out Vasquez's late mother, got permission to relocate the mural. It'll remain on the building's facade, and bricks from the original will be used in various places throughout the restaurant's interior. More pictures after the jump.

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Pig Island Sails to Governor's Island Labor Day Weekend

Pig Island is an annual celebration of pork and booze held on Governor's Island.  Tickets are available here.  General admission is $85 but there's an Early Bird package for $70 available for purchase until August 17th.  Ticket price includes food and booze.

The event includes 25 of the best chefs from around the city, butchering and cooking demos, local beer, local pigs, and local wine from New York State's Finger Lakes and North Fork.  King Phojanakong (featured in the video) will be there.  As will Anthony Sasso of Casa Mono and John Stage, the man behind Dinosaur BBQ.  Dale Talde will also take a boat to the island for the event September 1st.  It'll probably his first chance to leave Brooklyn as his latest project Pork Slope, opening August 18th, will be just two weeks old.

Pig Island | Saturday, September 1st | 1130am - 4pm | rain or shine

Barclays Center is Opening in Two Months

Barclays Center is being built across the street from Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn’s busiest transportation hub. The Brooklyn Nets will be calling the 19,000-seat stadium home when it opens in just two months. Park Slope, the neighborhood due south of the stadium, teems with restaurants and nightlife. It is a landscape that is changing now more than ever as Barclays Center readies to open September 28th.

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Dinosaur BBQ to Open in Park Slope

After years on the road selling Gianelli sausage from the back of a 55-gallon drum hitched to his motorcyle, John Stage opened the first Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse, New York. That happened in 1988. Ten years later Rochester, NY got a Dinosaur. Then in 2004 Stage brought his 'cue to Harlem. Troy, NY got a taste of Wango Tango in 2010, and work is underway on a Newark, NJ location.

Now it's Brooklyn's turn. A sign taped to the former Perfect mechanic shop at 604 Union Street (btwn 3rd and 4th Aves) reveals Stage is applying for a liquor license. A community board meeting is to be held tonight at 65 6th Ave. Let’s hope the Dino reps get themselves a liquor license so we can get this ball of prehistoric barbecue rolling.