Black Flamingo

"Basement nightclub of Mexican seafood restaurant closed after ten years." - Nadia Chaudhury

"A basement nightclub in Williamsburg, known for its vegan Mexican restaurant, cocktail bar, and club which opened in 2015. It is closing due to changes in the nightlife scene and financial challenges." - Nadia Chaudhury

"Black Flamingo is a vegan Mexican restaurant where you can sit down for an early dinner, eat some jackfruit tacos, and quietly discuss your reading habits with a friend. It’s also a nightclub with a dark little basement where you can spend several hours dancing inches away from about 50 other sweaty people. That’s what this place becomes late-night on weekends, and it’s the main reason why we come here. Stop by at 11pm on a Friday or a Saturday night, and the party should just be getting started. And if you don’t feel like dancing, you can hang out in the upstairs lounge area and network with people who probably won’t remember you when they wake up in the morning." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, bryan kim, matt tervooren

"If you want your birthday dinner to evolve into an underground disco party, come to Black Flamingo in Williamsburg. After 10pm on weekends, a DJ starts spinning in a small club right underneath this vegan Mexican spot. But even if you’d be content calling it a night after dinner, the latke tacos here are special occasion-worthy on their own. Have one for every year you’ve been alive and then cry a little, since it’s your birthday and you can do that if you want to." - nikko duren, matt tervooren

"Dancing on a rooftop is nice, but if you prefer dark basements that feel entirely disconnected from the outside world, go to Black Flamingo. It’s a vegan Mexican restaurant in Williamsburg that turns into a bar at night. Upstairs, there’s a lounge area where you can drink and talk to people who also enjoy drinking, and down below there’s a dance floor that gets pretty packed on weekends. It’s perfect for when you’ve spent the past dozen Saturdays at home watching Frasier reruns and finally decide you need to go out, be somewhere loud, and get home at 4am." - Bryan Kim, Matt Tervooren