There’s a TikTok sound that precisely describes the psychological gymnastics you face if you stumble upon a near-perfect house like Dae, Brooklyn’s latest, and maybe most curious, design haven: “Shit, shit, shit.” Like many in style, fairly issues on the Web, it’s a combined feeling of need and anxiousness; you need, however you additionally don’t need to disrupt. Thankfully, the stakes inside are far much less excessive than its decor may counsel. Simply no photos, please.

Housed in a former unremarkable actual property workplace, Dae is spectacular and dramatic, particularly towards its sleepy Carroll Gardens backdrop. (The truth that its identify is the prefix “greatness” in Korean feels apt.) Solar bounces off its brutalist stainless-steel bar inside, which serves as each a middle of commerce and a visible point of interest. Its smooth countertop is “infinity type,” explains Carol Music, who opened the idea café together with her longtime pal Suea Cho earlier this summer time. “It was the very first thing we knew we wished.” The thought was to depart its reflective floor fully naked—sans money register, even—a visually putting setup that contrasts the remainder of the house’s minimalist, wood aesthetic with blocky, Donald Judd-esque tables and classic Scarpa chairs. However then the crowds began lining up.