No photo of this bar survives from the 2008 site.

Beast (Brooklyn)

638 Bergen St · at Vanderbilt Ave
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

In 2026

Closed; now The Nuaa Table

Last licensed here under this name: 2013–15. Later here: Spirited (licensed 2014–16).

Checked October 15, 2026.

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Overview

Tapas bar.

History

Tapas behind medieval-style doors

We once summed up Beast in two words: tapas bar. It sat at 638 Bergen Street, at Vanderbilt Avenue, behind distinctive medieval-style doors, and it closed them for good in April 2014¹. Its owner and chef, Debra Bicknese, said the closing was voluntary¹. The corner is now The Nuaa Table, a Thai restaurant; when Gothamist wrote it up as new in 2021, it called the spot the former home of the popular Beast^{2, 3}.

Sources

Researched October 2026.

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