Greenpoint Levels Up With Two New Restaurants

"Fulgurances Laundromat, the Brooklyn outpost of the Paris restaurant that hosts chef residencies, which opened in 2021, is closing. Its last day of service in Greenpoint at 132 Franklin Street, between Milton Street and Greenpoint Avenue, will be on Wednesday, December 31, with the current residency run by Eleven Madison Park sous chef Brock Middleton. However, a Fulgurances Laundromat resident chef alum is taking over the space for a new restaurant, per Greenpointers. Chef Kevin Finch and his wife, Lex, will open Arthur in the spring of 2026."

"Arthur was originally Finch's pop-up series. The new location keeps its casual ethos as a neighborhood restaurant. It'll have "ingredient-driven cuisine, inviting ambiance and globally-inspired menus of the modern Parisian bistro," he told Greenpointers, with a la carte and a chef's tasting menus. Dishes will include snail kushiyaki and dry-aged tilefish. Finch cooked at Fulgurances for three months in 2022; his previous culinary experience includes (currently closed but soon to be returning) Roman-style restaurant Maialino, Maaemo in Norway, and Atelier Crenn in San Francisco."

Fulgurances Laundromat in Greenpoint will close its Brooklyn location on Wednesday, December 31, with the current residency run by Eleven Madison Park sous chef Brock Middleton. Resident chef alum Kevin Finch and his wife, Lex, will convert the space into Arthur, opening in spring 2026. Arthur will retain a casual neighborhood bistro ethos with a la carte and chef's tasting menus and dishes such as snail kushiyaki and dry-aged tilefish. Finch previously cooked at Fulgurances in 2022 and has experience at Maialino, Maaemo, and Atelier Crenn. The Fulgurances team plans to open Gigi's, a wine bar and rotisserie, nearby in early 2026 and will continue the chef residency program. Sunn's Korean wine bar now offers takeout and delivery via DoorDash.

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