Heath Ledger’s Posthumous Celebrity Restaurant

Back in March, we noted the slow renovation of a restaurant on Brooklyn's Bedford Avenue into a new venture partially backed by a mystery celebrity. Via Eater we learn that Down by the Hipster has revealed the mystery backer as none other than Heath Ledger. Though Ledger's death slowed things down for obvious reasons, "his father became executor of the estate and because he knew how much the project meant to heath, he released the funds to finish construction." Interestingly, a commenter on our own post -- "shiso" -- gave Ledger's name back in April. Spies everywhere! Tentative name for the new place is "the Five Leaves."

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