Chrebet's Restaurant

What's the name of the place and where in LI is it located?

 

Located at Hofstra, called Chrebet's. haha.

Its a cool place. Food is average and overpriced though.

 

I thought it was 'ok' but a bit expensive

 

i heard its decent

 

Its already out of business. lol its called bar social now

 

Guess hes to busy with the horse racing now. The dude lives in Colts neck and had a restraunt in LI. It made no sense anyhow.

 

I drove by once. It looked kind of dark and dingy.

 

Ive heard that another restraunt may be popping up in the Colts Neck area.

 

If so Ill check it out. 10mins from home.

 

its a shame if its out a business he should of tried and area closer to the stadium of manhattan

 

Maybe try something near the new training facility in Florham Park N.J.

 

These athlete-restaurants usually are only the athlete's by name, and partial ownership. I doubt Wayne had much more than an investment in it, where his name and memorabilia was part of the deal. Remember the old "LT's" on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights? How much of it do you think was run by Lawrence Taylor? LOL.

My guess is that Wayne was one of many owners and his financial stake may not have been that much - at least I hope not for his sake. I really don't know though - just guessing. Too bad it's failed. They got screwed once the team bolted for Jersey.

 

I used to manage a sports bar in NJ. The owners were in negotiations with Carl Banks, in hopes of getting him to put his name on the place. He came in a few times and seemed like the nicest guy, but he was not into being that involved in the daily operations. He even joked about wanting to have his own place because LT had his. They were very close to reaching a deal, but the place was shut down before Carl Banks could save it. I am fairly certain most of these restaurants are owned by athletes in name only.

 

Unless the food is good, most people won't over pay for these type of restaurants. I remember looking on line at Chrebet's menu. What was it, 18 bucks for a hamburger? Never did bother to go there.

Now, Mantle's in NYC lasted because he was an immortal but the food was good, even if a bit over priced by Manhattan standards. Every time I went there I saw famous sports personalities. Players, coaches, reporters, writers.

Rusty Staub's place lasted because the ribs were fabulous and he was there most of the time. 18 dollar burgers and a name... doesn't get it done in such a competitive market.

 

wasn't somebody killed there?

 

the reason why the place got shut down was because fights always got started there from the hofstra crowd

 

Nah the reason the place got shut down is because before chrebet bought it, it was a bar called bogarts. Real shady place, got raided every other night, and the attention carried over to chrebet and he was tired of dealing with the bs