Now Open: Black Mountain Wine Bar at 415 Union Street (at Hoyt Street). Their rustic deck furniture is looks very inviting — has anyone been inside yet?

New York magazine’s Cheap List features all their favorite inexpensive eateries, including a bunch of Brooklyn establishments — Cobble Hill’s Bocca Lupo and Hibino; Clinton Hill’s Choice Market; Park Slope’s Flatbush Farm and Willie’s Dawgs; Williamsburg’s Egg, Silent h, and Falafel Chula; Sunset Park’s Yun Nan Flavour Snack Shop; Lucali and Petite Crevette in Carroll Gardens; and The Farm on Adderley in Ditmas Park.

Killer Apps at Po
276 Smith St (at Sackett), Carroll Gardens, (718) 875-1980
“Appetizers were unbelievably good, and set a ridiculously high bar that the rest of meal couldn’t possibly follow. The highlight was marinated anchovies piled on a suprisingly light mound of barley, the whole thing drizzled with lemon and chili oil–it’s my new favorite dish.” [A Brooklyn Life]

After the jump: Keeping cool at Sample, getting the grill going at Gowanus Yacht Club, and taking orders at La Maison du Couscous…

Cooling Off at Sample
152 Smith St, Cobble Hill
“Enough with sitting outside in the twilight and drinking with my friends — shit is hot outside. I recently cooled down at Sample, a quiet bar with brick walls, decorative arrangements of wintry twigs, and really effective air conditioning.” [The L Magazine]

The Grill is Running Again at Gowanus
323 Smith St (at President Street), Carroll Gardens, (718) 246-1321
“Gowanus Yacht Club’s GrillGate has ended and the establishment is once again serving up grilled hotdogs and hamburgers. A tipster fills us in on the bucolic scene: ‘im happy to report that the grill at gyc is up and running, and both sat and sunday the deck was filled with smiling sweaty people, finding comfort under the spraying sprinkler and enjoying grilled dogs, burgers, and keilbasa. (sp?)’ ” [Eater]

A Passionate Server at La Maison du Couscous
77th Street in Bay Ridge, just west of 5th Avenue; (718) 921-2400
“When we tried to order the Chicken Kdra, a stew of chicken, chickpeas, smen, lemon, parsley, and saffron along with a side order of plain couscous, he insisted that we try the Couscous Maison instead. We tried to explain that we craved chickpeas and smen and hated pineapple, and were reassured that we would get everything we wanted.” [Gothamist]