{"id":220952,"date":"2026-05-05T18:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220952\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T18:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T18:36:02","slug":"bar-susanne-opens-in-brooklyn-with-new-york-seafood-and-cocktails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/220952\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Susanne Opens in Brooklyn With New York Seafood and Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024, chef Jackie Carnesi, with the help of owner Louis Skibar, rejuvenated the then-96-year-old<\/a> Kellogg\u2019s Diner<\/a> in Williamsburg into an exciting Brooklyn dining destination, applying her fun and creative cooking sensibilities through Tex-Mex touches<\/a>. But then, this past March, she announced<\/a> that she was leaving the restaurant for a new project.<\/p>\n

Her new gig as co-partner and executive chef is at Bar Susanne<\/a>, a cocktail and raw bar opening in Williamsburg at 6 River Street, between South Fourth and Fifth streets, on Friday, May 15.<\/p>\n

Co-owner Matthew Maddy is a well-known restaurant designer; in fact, he and his business partner, Nico Arze, worked with two of Carnesi\u2019s previous employers, Nura<\/a> and Kellogg\u2019s, under their company Walk and Talk Consulting<\/a>. That\u2019s why Maddy tapped her to run the kitchen at 75-seat, 2,500 square-foot Bar Susanne<\/a>, after he and co-owner Marisa Maddy Ripo opened<\/a> Cafe Susanne next door last fall. Both are in a prime location: directly north of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Brooklyn side, part of Domino Park.<\/p>\n

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Jackie Carnesi in front of Bar Susanne\u2019s raw bar. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

At Bar Susanne, Carnesi gets to focus on seafood sourced from New York waterways, taking her cues from the coasts of Italy, France, and Spain. \u201cIt\u2019s not pushing the envelope too much with the type of seafood we\u2019re using,\u201d she says, \u201cbut more so trying to introduce New York to what\u2019s around here and what people are pulling in from close by, whether that\u2019s razor clams, scallops, mussels, or fluke.\u201d Also look out for steamed periwinkles \u2014 a rarity on local menus.<\/p>\n

Other seafood dishes include shrimp cocktail served with an aioli made with roasted shrimp shells; scallop crudo with turmeric, tangerine, and hibiscus-pickled onions; grilled squid with butter beans, mustard greens, preserved lemon, and chimichurri; and fluke Milanese with sauce gribiche, hakurei turnips, and wilted radicchios.<\/p>\n

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The grilled squid at Bar Susanne. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

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The fluke Milanesa at Bar Susanne. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

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Caviar at Bar Susanne. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

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The strawberry fish galette at Bar Susanne. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

Beyond the raw bar, Carnesi will serve a Caesar salad with celery, hearts of palm, mint, and Parmesan; crudites with a spicy cilantro dip; a dry-aged cheeseburger; and a roasted Sasso chicken with fries and a rich chicken jus.<\/p>\n

Carnesi gets whimsical when it comes to desserts. There\u2019s a fish-shaped galette with \u201cscales\u201d made out of strawberries and a play on oyster shooters with fruit sorbet topped with coconut creme anglaise and basil oil served on oyster shells.<\/p>\n

Bar director and co-partner Milos Zica (a partner of Brooklyn bar Fandi Mata<\/a> and formerly of Employees Only<\/a>) is focusing on martinis, agave cocktails, low ABV options, as well as New York wines.<\/p>\n

Maddy and Carnesi describe Bar Susanne as \u201cfeminine.\u201d One of Maddy\u2019s mentors, artist Susanne Greene<\/a>, is the cafe and bar\u2019s namesake; she was his mother\u2019s best friend. In honor of her, both spaces have \u201ca very strong, female artistic personality, and Jackie fits perfectly into that,\u201d he says. On the walls, they hung artwork by Maddy\u2019s mother, Barbara Chapman.<\/p>\n

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The Domino Effect cocktail at Bar Susanne. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

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Bar Susanne faces the Williamsburg Bridge. Lorenzo Bongiovani<\/p>\n

The hardwood oak floors are sourced from Architectural Salvage on Long Island; the bar top is made of teakwood stone; and there\u2019s plenty of red Spanish marble. Because the building itself is concrete, \u201cit\u2019s nice to have some elements that are more warm, old, and homey,\u201d Maddy says. There\u2019s a photobooth, too.<\/p>\n

James Freeman, who formerly worked at Brooklyn restaurants Sweet Science<\/a> and Sally\u2019s<\/a>, rounds out Bar Susanne\u2019s partner team.<\/p>\n

Both Cafe and Bar Susanne are meant to work together. Cafe Susanne is for all-day dining and drinking, from coffee and pastries in the daytime to wines, beers, and low-ABV cocktails in the evenings. Bar Susanne is a fuller option for food, drinks, and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need to be on your best behavior,\u201d Maddy says. \u201cIt\u2019s a place to really feel like you\u2019re celebrating, and I think raw bars are great for that. It\u2019s a New Yorker: it can get dressed up, but it can get dressed down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bar Susanne\u2019s hours are from 5 to 11 p.m. nightly.<\/p>\n

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Matthew Maddy, Marisa Maddy Ripo, James Freeman, and Milos Zica. Bar Susanne<\/p>\n