Coney Island Brewing Company
3008 West 12th St. at Surf Ave.
Wednesday, August 10, free with RSVP, 5:30 – 8:30
www.coneyisland.com
While some are trying to turn Coney Island into a kind of hipster Disneyland, there are still those out there fighting to preserve its low-budget charm and uniqueness as one of the last bastions of good old-fashioned fun, albeit with many a strange twist. So on Wednesday, August 10, Coney Island Sideshow founder Dick Zigun, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce president Carl Hum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! head Michael Hirsch, and ubiquitous Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz will be on hand for what is being billed as “the World’s Smallest Ribbon Cutting Ceremony” for “the World’s Smallest Brewery,” the brand-new Coney Island Brewing Company. The opening celebration, which is free and open to the public with advance RSVP, will include live performance by Justin Mullins and the Neptunes, appearances by various sideshow freaks, samplings of food and drink courtesy of the brewery (cheesecake ale!), specially priced commemorative T-shirts, a small gift bag, and more.