Jeret Peña, who owns The Brooklynite, has plans to return to downtown to open a new bar, The Last Word, on Houston Street.

Peña said the bar should open at 229 E. Houston St. in July in the spot that was formerly Club Metro. The Last Word will differ from The Brooklynite in that it will be bar service only.

“It will be a smaller progressive cocktail menu with some classics, but more cocktails on tap than at Brooklynite,” he said.

The bar program will be managed by the Boulevardier Group, which is comprised of Peña, Rob Gourlay, Javier Gutierrez, Jorel Peña and Joe Hernandez, who will be the head bartender. The group was formed to manage future concepts, and rest assured, there are more projects in the works. Among them is the goal is to open another concept inside The Last Word within a year of opening. Those plans include a smaller, reservation-only cocktail bar inside the 2,500-square-foot space.

Jennifer McInnis

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