Bro. Jimmys + Bacardi = Flaming Good Time

I'll always remember the Bro. Jimmy's on Amsterdam Ave. as the place I watched the Tar Heels capture the national championship. That same night, I met Paul O'Neill. I could have died on the way home and been fulfilled.

I now watch the Heels play at the Bro. Jimmy's by Penn Station, and pre-gamed there before I caught Kid Rock and Skynyrd at the Garden.

Unfortunately, not everyone will share these positive memories about the bar:

Torched woman sues after stunt at Brother Jimmy's turns horrific
BY JOSE MARTINEZ
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Thursday, November 20th 2008, 8:59 PM

A Manhattan woman who went up in flames to "Great Balls of Fire" when a bartender lit a match to 151-proof booze is firing back in court.

Lauren Sclafani is suing the owners of the Brother Jimmy's chain of barbecue restaurants after she suffered second- and third-degree burns in March in a fiery stunt gone bad.

"I was just about to leave when they decided to light the bar on fire," Sclafani said. "The next thing I know, I am on fire."

Sclafani and a friend were at the Brother Jimmy's on Amsterdam Ave. when the bar was doused in Bacardi 151 rum and lit on fire while the classic Jerry Lee Lewis tune played.

Her suit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, charges the bottle of booze exploded, shooting flames that engulfed Sclafani's face, arms and arms.

"It's like lighting gasoline," said her lawyer, Thomas Moore. LINK