Bed-Stuy Will Soon Be Eatin Good in the Neighborhood

Out here on Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, the wait for a genuine full-service casual sit-down restaurant seemed interminable. Announcements about a forthcoming Applebee's kept coming, but the wait for the day when the restaurant would actually open seemed like it would never end. Well Bed-Stuy, the wait is almost truly over. The long-anticipated Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar at Bedford Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza (1368 Fulton Street, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn) will officially have its public grand opening on Wednesday, February 22, 2006. Let's hope that the success of Applebee's will convince other restauranteurs to set up their kitchens in Bed-Stuy and give this community the choices and variety it deserves.