Wednesday Food and Drink Round-Up

Saul keeps hold of its Michelin Star
“Last year’s one Michelin Star rating really packed people in. This should be our biggest year yet. Only 50 or so seats, and everyone wants a 7-9PM dining window… Your best bet is to call a week in advance or keep trying, because there are cancellations. Also, tastings aren’t on the menu, but can be requested by dinners, with wine pairings.” — Mario Haro, the gatekeeper at Michelin-starred Saul on Smith Street [Eater]

After the jump: Court Street’s “teat lounge,” Aussie fare meets poutine at Sheep Station, sushi in the Slope, and an intriguing pizzeria in Carroll Gardens…

Tea Lounge
“I think it’s official that Carroll Gardens is the new Park Slope. This week I’ve been working from home and spending a good part of my day at the newly-opened Tea Lounge on Court Street. And while I’m well aware that the Lounge’s Park Slope branch is typically crammed with lactating moms and screaming kids, earning it ‘teat lounge’ status, I grossly underestimated the mom-count in my own neighborhood.” [Clean Plate Club]

Sheep Station
“Martine Lafond, onetime managing partner of Smith Street Kitchen, cooks simple but satisfying bar food like the shearer’s burger (anointed, in classic Aussie style, with beets, pineapple, and a fried egg), and a flaky minced-meat pie. Like co-owner Jason Crew, the wines, the lamb, and the whole fish of the day (when it’s barramundi) all hail from Down Under. Lafond, on the other hand, comes from Quebec, and is contemplating adding poutine—French fries drowned in Cheddar curds and brown gravy, bar food par excellence—to the otherwise antipodean menu.” [New York Magazine]

Sakura
“Sakura features exquisite examples of the traditional ideal: simple, elegant, with great attention to small detail. A piece of Bonito ($3.50) topped with a dablet of grated ginger practically melts atop its bed of warm rice; lobster-like Botan Ebi (sweet shrimp, $4) is completely different from that pink hunk of rubber you’re used to. Disks of rich Monkfish Paté ($5.50) drizzled with pungent ponzu make foie gras seem clumsy.” [The L Magazine]

Loucallie’s?
The name isn’t confirmed, but there’s a new pizzeria on Henry Street between Carroll and 1st Place. Chowhounders are calling it “a DiFara knock-off” and “the best pizza in the nabe” — which is a strong statement in Carroll Gardens. The official opening is November 1, but has anybody been in for a preview?