Since Peter Sibilia and Damien Vizuete launched Sadie’s Kitchen in Cobble Hill a few weeks ago, they’ve been getting an earful from the neighbors. The restaurant is on a residential side street, so everyone seems to be taking a personal interest in the start-up’s well being. Folks stop in to compliment the tiny eatery’s cutie-pootie, retro-1940s décor, and to rave about the gourmet mac ‘n’ cheese and Southern-style baked goods. Others barge in to offer advice: Sadie’s should offer green salads; Sadie’s should open for breakfast.
The pair take it in stride. But there’s one comment they’re really tired of hearing: The suggestion that their charming location, at 243 Degraw St., is cursed. Folks haven’t let up about how the address defeated five previous restaurant start-ups in 10 years. Then there are the bloggers and online food reviewers, who toss around words like “doomed” and refer to Sadie’s as “the next victim.”