Carreau Club — Restaurant in New York

Why did it take a couple who celebrated every milestone at industry city (including a then-unknown “soft launch” of Japan Village for their first date, and one half of their engagement following an amazing dinner at Wakuwaku) so long to realize their wedding couldn’t be anywhere else? Call it a glut of options in Brooklyn, the tristate, the destination celebrations. Intimate? Extravagant? We went through them all… until the night we found ourselves having a drink at The Carreau Club. “This would be a great spot for an after party, said Adrienne.” My reply? “This would be a great spot for a wedding.”

One email to Hello@thecarreauclub.com and fingers crossed started what would become the most epic event of Summer 2024. Had they done private events? Yes. Did they ever do a wedding? (They’d love for us) to be their first. Did that matter to us? No! The vibes were right.

And what was our vibe? “…Think 1950’s Palm Springs meets 2023 White Lotus.

Resort wear with a touch of luxury, sophistication and elegance.”

In a flurry of emails and visits we worked out a bespoke menu with Dana and Chef Aaron.

Dana, a former multi-generational wedding planner, would roll in with floor plans, suggestions, and ideas to bring our celebratory vision to life. A big detail - we had the entire venue - cocktails outside (exactly 1 hour until the August summer sky exploded) and everything else indoors! She designed our wedding invites. And menus. And cards for a game we dreamed up. She helped navigating vendors and their neighbors (ask about the Brass Queens leading a second line through IC!), sound checks, run of show, and even managed one unruly guest who tried to dance on a table - and spent not only the day, but through the end of the night with us.

Aaron was testing our menu on their Friday night pétanque leagues (they were lucky to get the veg mushroom tacos. Or grilled flank steak with chimmichuri. Our meateaters mashed these up and made the ultimate taco!). He tirelessly worked with us to find options for our gluten free and vegan friends (Vegan cheese at our grazing table? Hell yes. Gazpacho shooters? Mmhm. The panisse sando - a modern interpretation of the panelle sandwich for us Italians!). They laughed with us. They cried with us. They got their team to wear ascots… and of course there were pétanque lessons! Honestly everyone that was with us that day was just as much a part of our wedding as every last guest we invited.

Carreau Club was the perfect venue for our wedding celebration—an absolute dream that took our vision and made it the most epic event from start to finish. The space itself radiates electric vibes, setting the stage for a night filled with joy, love, and nonstop dancing.

Say yes to The Carreau Club! It’s taken us 6 months to write this review because we’re still processing how much fun we all had, and can’t drive past 34th street without feeling all the...

Super fun place w a group. We were a group of 12 and played petanque (French bocce) all night while celebrating my niece's graduation w a Master's (she's a smart cookie 🍪🎓😊).

You don't need a big group to enjoy this cool spot. There are 4 courts in the outside open-air area between the bldgs within Industry City. The bar, kitchen and plenty of seating either at the bar or a table are inside.

The food was so good including the lamb waffles, French onion soup sandwich and their take on chicken parm which was chopped up deep fried chik w melted mozzarella on a toasted hero/sub roll. Everyone in our party enjoyed all of the eats.

The drinks matched the fine fare as they had a nice selection of local, domestic and international bevvies both wine n beer. I had the Old Fashioned which my sarcastic new BF at the bar told me is pre-made and comes out of a tap. It was still serviceable but not like ordering a Belleit Rye from some fancy Manhattan cocktail bar, rightfully so. And at $12, fahgettaboutit!

Go there tonight, bring a group, or just a couple of you or only yourself and you can't help but have a ball (yeah, that was a bad petanque pun 🙄😜). Thank me later or let me know when ur going and...

Overall rating: 4.995

Highly, highly recommend if you’re looking and open to a new experience. I stumbled on this place via tiktok last summer & have been itching to try it out. Randomly, I decided to join the winter league with a friend. And we had such a nice time, we’re doing the spring league. Everyone is super friendly and totally Brooklyn energy 🥹🥹

People can be very competitive but the regulars seem to have been doing this for years. I’m not here to sell the league though, this is also a great place to catch up with friends and a fun midweek hang. The food is actually really good! And I’m listing my favorite selfishly to help me keep track.

Food: Chocolate cake Greek meatballs Roast Beef Sando Merguez hummus with pita Cubano Wagyu Sando Tikka masala Mac & cheese Pepperoni Panisse Sando quesadilla

Drinks: Post Script Venomous Villans IPA Baby Kittens IPA Rolling in Clouds IPA Canned IPA Panchito’s Margarita cold brew w/ baileys

My only edit is I wish there was a HH 😅 other than that, great place! Also if you ever have any questions, the owner is super nice! Highly,...