Red Hook sees serious revenues only in summertime
Eye On Real Estate: Waterfront Nabe's 'Like a Resort Community,' Home/Made's Monica Byrne Says
The French toast made with brioche and sauteed apples, pears and dried cherries is terrific.
The income stream is not.
Van Brunt Street restaurant Home/Made was knocked flat by Hurricane Sandy and its owners have worked hard to recover, like so many small Red Hook commercial tenants. But thriving in this semi-industrial seaside village that has captured the public imagination — and the attention of investors with big bucks for property purchases — is harder than you might think.