(Wong and Russell also sold groceries out the front door, hawked breakfast burritos, and personally delivered meal kits to get Oxalis, and its staff, through those dicey times.) Place des Fêtes, their excellent new wine bar in Clinton Hill, has more of a Covid-era origin story: The team first launched the concept in the alley behind Oxalis, back in the early days of the pandemic when dining outside was the only option.
It subsequently earned a Michelin star two years in a row. Oxalis, the trio’s acclaimed tasting menu place in Crown Heights, began life as a roving food-and-wine show, hitting more than 30 different spots around the city before settling in on Washington Street at the end of 2018. Chef Nico Russell, beverage director Piper Kristensen, and operations guy Steve Wong have all been around for a while now, with time spent at the likes of fine dining mecca Daniel and pioneering cocktail bar Booker and Dax, but their signature move these days, it seems, is turning their own experimental pop ups into hit Brooklyn restaurants.
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