Buttermilk Channel Set to Open Tomorrow
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<p>Buttermilk Channelâs goldfish, Ackerman, named after the bar & grill which stood in the same location over 70 years ago (Ackerman is not on the menu). </p>
<p>The dining room walls are painted a warm shade of (what else?) buttermilk.</p>
<p>A corner table </p>
<p>No soda guns here: Buttermilk Channelâs seltzer comes from old school siphon bottles, all kept in good working order by the last of the Brooklyn seltzer-men, <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2008/award/best-old-school-brooklyn-seltzer-man-691264/">Eli Miller</a>, who refills and recharges at <a href="http://64.233.169.132/search?q=cache:AH-e2uKOvZYJ:www.nypress.com/print.cfm%3Fcontent_id%3D10119+%22Gomberg+Seltzer+Works%22">Gomberg Seltzer Works</a>, the last of the old school seltzer makers in the city. These arenât seltzer bottles in the name of kitsch; these are your grandfatherâs seltzer bottles. </p>
<p>Chef Ryan Angulo and staff prepare for Friends-and-Family night. </p>
<p>The restaurant from the outside. </p>