by Erin Conlon At street level, 750 Manhattan Ave may just look like a Walgreens. And it is, technically. But through the door to the right and up the stairs is an all-new speakeasy, Wise Guy.
Wise Guy is the new passion project of husband-and-wife duo and hospitality experts Lisa Dollimore and Sonny Valverde, who have decades of combined experience in the industry both in and outside of Greenpoint (most recently 99 Franklin for Valverde and Paloma…
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