While she’s finished relocating her Ms. Bee’s Juice Bar to its new location in Jackson Ward, owner Brandi Battle-Brown hasn’t forgotten about the custom-designed parklet that remains in front of her old Northside storefront.
Battle-Brown is planning to move the once-controversial parklet from Ms. Bee’s old space on Brookland Park Boulevard to its new location at 323 N. Adams St.
The restaurateur, who also owns the adjacent Hive Bar & Grill at Adams and Marshall streets, has secured city approval to relocate the parklet – a parking space-sized patio intended for outdoor dining – to a spot right in front of the Adams Street storefront that previously housed Saison Market.
The honeycomb-styled structure will take up the equivalent of one curbside parking space, with temporary plastic safety bollards placed around it, as was the setup at its Brookland Park location. In all, the parklet and bollards will fill a length of 30 feet, leaving enough room for two vehicles to park between the parklet and the stop sign at Marshall…