Do the Gran Electrica, Boogie Woogie
Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 11:35AM 
Colonie is a seasonal, small-plates restaurant that opened on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights a little more than a year ago. Tamer Hamawi, Emelie Kihlstrom, and Elise Rosenberg make up the trio responsible for the restaurants success. The momentum of which has lead to their latest venture, Gran Electrica.
Bradford McDonald is the executive chef for the restaurant group. He and chef Sam Richman, an ex Fat Duck and Jean Georges employee, spent some time in Mexico learning the food so they could present an authentic product at Gran Electrica, which opened about a month ago at 5 Front Street in DUMBO.
Gran Electrica is making a lot of their own products in house, i.e. tortillas and chorizo. The food and drinks all look pretty good as the restaurant fills the zapatos left by Hecho en Dumbo, the neighborhoods previous restaurant to serve Mexican fare that crossed the river and settled in NoHo a couple years ago.