Brooklyn Bridge Park to have a lotta grub

Brooklyn Bridge Park (or, more accurately, the expansion of Brooklyn Bridge Park) is slowly making progress. One of the fun things about the construction of this park is that the progress is so visible. Whether in a car on the BQE, walking along the Promenade, on the Brooklyn Bridge, in a Water Taxi or from Furman Street, there are many good vantage points from which to see what is going on in the (eventual) park.

The City (and sort of the State) are now looking for restaurants and food vendors who will sell delectables to the park users. From the New York Post:

"The Pier 1 concessions will include two locations for mobile food carts, a 130-square foot location inside the Pier 1 gatehouse at the park’s main entrance at the intersection of Old Fulton Street, and a 2,500-square foot elevated outdoor plaza that could serve beer and wine as well as great food.

So famished park patrons will have options other than the swanky, yet expensive River Café next to Pier 1 or Grimaldi’s pizzeria across the street, which is as famous for its long lines as it is for its brick oven pizza.

Interested respondents must submit proposals for one or more of these sites by April 1. The Pier 1 concessions are expected to be running by mid-summer 2010.

Food concessionaires are also being sought for the Pier 6 portion of the park, also slated to open this spring.

One request for proposal will be for a sit-down restaurant with almost 2,000 square feet of interior space, plus outdoor dining space on both the adjoining terrace and the rooftop. The other RFP will be for a 170-square foot space in Pier 6’s Gatehouse at the park’s southern entry off Atlantic Avenue."

Lets hope they include some nutritional thresholds for who the select! 
Image source: New York Times