Carroll Gardeners are one step closer to their very own cocktail lounge today. Word from Alan Harding and Jim Mamary is that, while the recommendation for a liquor license won’t be assured until the full community board meets, the land-use committee voted in their favor yesterday. Harding, who is not a partner at present, will create a menu that doesn't require a kitchen. “It’s a huge challenge, but you can do some great things without a gas-fired kitchen. We’re going to be as fancy and creative as we can.” Given the kind of success Jimmy’s and Marlow and Sons have with a limited kitchen, this may be the future of cocktail cooking. In the meantime, the lease is secured and Mamary and Harding predict a “late-spring” opening.

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