Thursday, January 19, 2012
Food & Drink Founder of Brooklyn Heights Dive Dies
Posted by Henry Stewart on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Pilar, who often wore a beret, "endeared herself to generations of patrons with her elegant beauty, trademark bluntness and canny ability to explore current events from her catbird perch at the front end of the glass-brick bar," according to the Brooklyn Paper's obituary—not to mention her ability to rein in drunken customers.
Pilar moved to Brooklyn from Manhattan when she was "very little," the Times reported in 2006. She rode the ferry over with her father, who was the ferryman.
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