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The people of Prospect Heights are well familiar with Hot Bird, only they know it as a long-extinct chicken restaurant whose bright-yellow signage still hangs over Atlantic Avenue. Enterprising bar owner Frank Moe, of Fort Greene’s Rope, took advantage of the brand recognition to turn an old auto shop right under one of the old signs into Hot Bird 2.0, a neighborhood bar whose greatest asset is its spacious patio. Surrounded by high walls—a must, seeing as it borders the bustling Atlantic Avenue—and populated by long picnic benches, it's reminiscent of Williamsburg’s Union Pool, only minus the music-venue part and plus an indoor bar space that resembles a low-rent version of a Keith McNally restaurant. — Amos Barshad

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