{"id":140420,"date":"2026-02-20T21:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140420\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T21:06:12","slug":"behind-blazers-williamsburgs-first-women-owned-sports-bar-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/140420\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Blazers, Williamsburg\u2019s first women-owned sports bar \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"blazers\t\t<\/a>\t<\/p>\n

Caroline Kane, Debany D\u00e1vila and Chandler Robertson, founders of Blazers sports bar. <\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Blazers<\/p>\n

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Allyson Felix. Simone Biles. Serena Williams. Mia Hamm. Lisa Leslie. These women, and many others, are trailblazers in the women\u2019s sports world.\n<\/p>\n

Blazers<\/a>, Williamsburg\u2019s first women-owned sports bar, is dedicated to crafting a safe, community-centered space for women\u2019s sports fans to gather and celebrate the athletes who too often go unrecognized. Located at 308 Bedford Ave, the newly opened bar was welcomed into the Williamsburg community in December 2025.<\/p>\n

Founders Caroline Kane, Debany D\u00e1vila, both former lawyers, and Chandler Robertson, a previous talent agent, first crossed paths in August 2023 through the dating app Hinge. Kane matched separately with both D\u00e1vila and Robertson. She initially became friends with Robertson, and later with D\u00e1vila.<\/p>\n

\"blazersA photo of Blazers foudnders Caroline Kane, Debany D\u00e1vila and Chandler Robertson on display in the bar. Photo by Isabella Bernabeo<\/p>\n

\u201cCaroline [and I] went on a date\u2026and talked about women\u2019s sports the whole time,\u201d D\u00e1vila said. \u201cIt felt like we\u2019re going to be friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only a few days later, D\u00e1vila attended a New York Liberty game with Kane and her friends, where she met Robertson. The three former suitors ended up hitting it off, building a beautiful friendship.<\/p>\n

A few months later, Kane confided in Robertson about her dream career.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI was having coffee with Chandler, and I was complaining about my job, and I said, \u2018I want to open a women\u2019s sports bar,\u2019\u201d Kane said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t even fully serious about it, because that\u2019s a crazy idea. But Chandler, to her credit, [said], \u2018I\u2019ll do that with you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Inspired by the prospect, the two approached D\u00e1vila and soon convinced her to join their efforts, bringing all three together to pursue the idea seriously.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we were really just looking for that fulfillment and that bigger why, of why we were waking up every day,\u201d D\u00e1vila said.\n<\/p>\n

\"blazersThe exterior of Blazers on Bedford Avenue, where the bar has established a growing presence since its December 2025 opening. Photo by Isabella Bernabeo \"\"A glimpse of the bar\u2019s interior design, which emphasizes community-building and representation in women\u2019s sports. Photo by Isabella Bernabeo<\/p>\n

Their collaboration was solidified with an official meeting about opening the bar in January 2024. Over more than a year of planning, supported by Heather Dismore\u2019s \u201cRunning a Bar for Dummies,\u201d they signed the lease in July 2025, turning the dream into a reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had done tours of other locations that we liked, but I think this is the first spot we saw where we walked in and said, we can see Blazers here,\u201d Robertson said.\n<\/p>\n

Since opening, Blazers has been hit with a wave of warm reception from the public, with a tsunami of regulars already established.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a place where everybody can come together and celebrate women\u2026even if you don\u2019t even watch sports,\u201d Paige Fitzpatrick, a Blazers regular, said. \u201cIt\u2019s a space that really gives into the community and makes people feel safe and included.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even amid the constant work that\u2019s brought with opening a new business, the founders say they have no regrets.\n<\/p>\n

\"\"Blazers was founded to create an inclusive, community-centered space where women\u2019s sports are prioritized and celebrated. Photo by Isabella Bernabeo \"\"A bathroom turned museum of women\u2019s sports greatness: portraits of iconic athletes line the walls.Photo by Isabella Bernabeo<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how tired I am, every time I show up here, I have at least one really meaningful connection with someone,\u201d D\u00e1vila said. \u201cThat\u2019s what our why has always been, creating a space for women\u2019s sports fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Blazers is not exclusively for women. The founders say they have welcomed a diverse crowd into their community, even men who have praised the bar\u2019s concept and embraced the space.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been a space for anyone who is invested in women\u2019s sports, or wants to be a fan, or is one and wants to share that with other people,\u201d Robertson said.\n<\/p>\n

While the bar has only been open for a few months, the founders already have their eyes set on becoming a core establishment within the Williamsburg community.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re doing all the little things so that we become an everlasting brand and thought in people\u2019s hearts\u2026We\u2019re going to continue to put more and more love into [Blazers] and make her a force to be reckoned with,\u201d D\u00e1vila said.<\/p>\n

Borrowing a chant from New York Liberty fans<\/a>, D\u00e1vila describes the trio\u2019s bond and journey in opening Blazers in six words: \u201cWe all we got, we all we need.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Caroline Kane, Debany D\u00e1vila and Chandler Robertson, founders of Blazers sports bar. Photo courtesy of Blazers Search our…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[6212,33938,6213,59340,98,100,99,288,59341,59342,59343,8894,9,24,8915,12,370,63,319,8494,904,1424,4903,6223],"class_list":["post-140420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-bar","tag-bedford-avenue","tag-blazers","tag-blazers-sports-bar","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-business","tag-caroline-kane","tag-chandler-robertson","tag-debany-du00e1vila","tag-food-and-drink","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-liberty","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-sports-bar","tag-things-to-do","tag-williamsburg","tag-women","tag-womens-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}