Park Slope Eateries Got $45M From Federal Stimulus: Here's Where

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — More than 100 restaurants, caterers and other food spots in and around Park Slope received grants from the federal government as part of the stimulus package passed in January, according to newly released data.

Ranging from $2,000 to $3.2 million, the grants came from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a key component of the American Rescue Act. The recipients were revealed Friday by the Small Business Administration in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.

In Brooklyn, 1,346 food businesses got a slice of the funding, 150 of them in the two ZIP codes covering Park Slope. The ZIP codes, 11215 and 11217, also include parts of Gowanus and Boerum Hill.

All told, the 150 Park Slope-area grants amount to more than $45 million. The government's $28.6 billion fund closed at the end of June after granting less than a third of the more than 370,000 requests made nationwide.

The largest grant in the 11215 and 11217 ZIP codes went to Royal Palm, the shuffle board hotspot on Union Street, which got $3.2 million. Negril on Fifth Avenue, Kiki Sushi on Seventh Avenue and a few caterers were also in the top 10 biggest grants for the neighborhood.

Across the state, 27,000 got Restaurant Revitalization grants, totaling more than $9.6 billion.

The fund was initially supposed to prioritize restaurants owned by women, veterans and members of other marginalized groups, but that aspect was halted after white business owners sued, alleging that the government was discriminating against them.

Below, scroll through the full list of Park Slope-area spots that received federal grants. (Note that many are listed under business aliases, but searching the name on the state's liquor license database can help reveal each one's identity.):

Patch reporters Gus Saltonstall and Nick Garber contributed to this report.