Redspot Backyard BBQ party!

Title: Redspot Backyard BBQ party!
Location: Dock Street Beer Garden
Description: Again join Mr. Cottone and crew at the Redspot!, BBQ pit is up and running, good times to be had by all!
Date: 2009-08-08

For most Staten Island twenty-somethings, still in the infancy of their bar exploring days, it is the bar that your parents used to go to when they were beginning to explore Staten Island’s nightlife. Now, the lost gem of the nightlife of yesteryear, the famed “Redspot,” is setting out to prove that with a little revamping, and the power of nostalgia, no former hot spot is immune to revival.

The proprietor of the former “Redspot,” Steve Cattone, in collaborative efforts with Edgewater Hall owner and proprietor, Ettore Mazzei, has ressurected the “Redspot” and established a new home for the so-called “beatnik bar,” as dubbed by Mr. Cottone, behind Dock Street Bar And Grill.

So what can you expect of the new and improved Redspot? Well, owner Steve Cottone has designed the second generation Redspot much in the same style as the first. Cottone has re-implemented his pop-surrealist designs, the same designs that made the new venue’s predecessor vaguely reminiscent of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.

The twist is that the new Redspot is an outdoor lounge. There is no live music, however, familiar bohemian sounds of Redspot past softly permiate the the venue and fade into background ambience.

After all the Redspot “was the place to be for the alternaitve crowd,” as stated by Steve Cottone, up until the bar’s closing seventeen years ago in 1992.

And, as is the case this Saturday, the Redspot frequently hosts “Backyard Barbeques.” This week’s menu features beers and burgers for dinner, served with a little slice of history for dessert.