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July 30, 2008

Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

Lobster Rolls on the Cheap
Chow's Outer Borough Digest is discussing the Brooklyn's best lobster rolls, from the splurge-worthy $33 roll at Brooklyn Fish Camp to the best budget rolls. The quarter-pounder roll for $14.95 at Jordan's Lobster Dock gets a nod, as does the Fairway roll (pictured above) which costs a mere $8.99. It sounds a bit too good to be true, but Serious Eats gets behind Fairway's lobster roll, too: "if you are a lobster-loving-cheapo (like me) you are going to love this one."

Big Scandals in Brooklyn Heights and Dumbo
McBrooklyn is following the Busy Chef saga. Here's the short version — manager Dan Kaufman was arrested for identity theft and credit card forgery after he allegedly stole $25,000 from customers. McBrooklyn says that both Busy Chef locations, the Blue Pig ice cream shop, and Oven restaurant are all closed for business... Meanwhile, Grimaldi's was shut down by the state for 5 hours last week due to unpaid taxes. The Brooklyn Paper reports that "the pizzeria owed as much as $165,000."

Quick Bites
Time Out New York says that Williamsburger is now open at 342 Wythe Avenue... Eater reports that Kate's Brooklyn Joint on Berry and South 2nd in Williamsburg has closed and will be replaced a Mexican place called La Superior. It'll be "cheap and open late" and is set to open August 4... Eater also says that Brooklyn BarBQ at 6th and 20th is closed and will be reopening next month as Safe Haven Bar and Grill...A Brooklyn Life recommends Fat Cat Wines... BergenCarroll complains that the smoothies at Nectar aren't made with 100% real fruit... And The Brooklyn Paper laments the closing of Tea Lounge on 7th Avenue in Park Slope.

After the jump: Condo tours under the influence of strawberry daiquiris and a guide to Brooklyn's Chinatown...

Forté's Rooftop Tiki Bar
Every Wednesday this summer from 6pm to 8pm, the new rooftop tiki bar (pictured above) atop the Forté condominiums at 230 Ashland Place will host "open houses featuring tropical cocktails, classic summer films and tours of four model homes."

Exploring Brooklyn's Chinatown
With the help of tour guide Tom Mylan, "whole animal butcher for the Marlow and Sons empire and Meat Sensei at The Brooklyn Kitchen," Brooklyn Based leads you to all the best eats in Brooklyn's Chinatown. One of the highlights is Lan Zhou, where the "crispy, bone-in duck was so good it made me want to slap not only my mama but your mama."

Uncle Louie Won't Break Your 20
One Eater tipster spotted a sign in the window of Uncle Louie's ice cream shop on Smith Street that reads, "NOT Taking $20 bills for orders under $9 At All." The folks at Eater think that's out of line: "If you only have $20s, a common predicament after a trip to the ATM, you should be able to be able to buy an ice cream cone, a pack of gum, or anything you want under this arbitrary $9 cutoff."

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brooklyn fish camp's lobster roll is the biggest ripoff in the city. I understand paying for lobster, but that's insulting.

Posted by: new2hood at July 30, 2008 11:38 AM

The brooklyn fish camp lobster role is great. I didn't know Fairway was in on the game.

Posted by: dittoburg at July 30, 2008 11:39 AM

Is there anyone else who just doesn't get the whole delicious lobster in a hot dog bun thing?

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 11:44 AM

dittoburg, I played the lobster role in my high school's production of the Little Mermaid, although I've never had a lobster roll (I'm sorry, I couldn't resist).

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 30, 2008 11:45 AM

superstooper...you have to have grown up in the northeast and experienced them in Maine or Cape Cod...the top split, Freihofer white trash buns are de rigeur for a lobster roll.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 11:48 AM

PLEASE....can anyone tell me the name of any Chinese place that delivers to Bed Stuy where the food is good?? How can all these places be soooo bad???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 11:49 AM

Dave- right. I am from the Michigan and much more about the smoked trout. I am road-tripping to Maine in a week and would love to "eat right" if you have tips.

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 11:53 AM

I disagree the lobster roll at Brooklyn Fish Camp is great. It's fine but that's the most praise I can give it. I'd have to suspect if someone loves their roll (and is okay with the insane price tag) they've never had one in Menemsha or any of the places where you really get an amazing lobster roll and for under ten bucks at that.

Posted by: traditionalmod at July 30, 2008 11:55 AM

superstooper...anywhere around Brooklyn you can get fried smelts??? I spent 17 years in Chicago.

I can give you tips on the Cape but haven't been to Maine in many, many years. The water will be cold up there though.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 12:00 PM

lobstah rolls on cape cod don't look anything like that scrumptious looking one in the picture. how do i know? because i grew up on the cape and real lobster rolls (i.e. from clam shacks not restaurants) look more like tuna salad; small chunks with LOTS of mayo, on an untoasted white trash bun, as daveinbedstuy mentioned.

Posted by: bowl of dicks at July 30, 2008 12:13 PM

Dave- I wish. If they exist, I do not know where to get them. Yum, yum. I'm going to order these today!

http://www.wholey.com/virginiaspots.html

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 12:18 PM

BOD...at prices now of $15-30 the chunks have gotten a lot bigger on the Cape. Call it gentrification. That said, even McDonalds sells lobster rolls around paarts of MA and RI.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 12:34 PM

1st: Ugggggh!
That has to be the nastiest looking sandwich...I don't have a fondness for all of these restaurants springing up all over the place..The rodents in the basements of these establishments must be having a real picnic.

re: Forte's Tiki Bar.....

I don't get many of the ads with white women..... and black
men standing in the forefront or the shadow. I notice it in a lot of the "gentrification" ads. I don't see many black women with black men or white men in these ads. Is this a subliminal marketing technique?

Posted by: The Who at July 30, 2008 12:46 PM

Who- that is so funny. I didn't even notice the "races". I don't think that it is subliminal anything. I think that it is that your slip is showing.

You know women don't really wear slips too much these days.

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 12:54 PM

That's a white guy standing behind the bar The Who.

Posted by: Chaka at July 30, 2008 12:54 PM

The Who...where to begin??

I guess growing up where you did there never was any lobster. And those two "white women" are standing by themselves. Haven't you ever been to a bar where both black and white people frequent. They do exist.

Or are you just bitter that you've never been with any woman, or a black man for that matter?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 12:55 PM

The Fish Camp's lobster roll is one of the best things in the world. And the fact that it comes with a mountain of their shoestring fries makes $33 (almost) reasonable. I always thought "rolls" were a waste of lobster -- but this puts it in a whole different sphere.

Posted by: BH76 at July 30, 2008 1:05 PM

I stand by my opinion....

The sandwich looks nasty...it doesn't matter where I grew up.

My observations about gentrification ads are true!

Posted by: The Who at July 30, 2008 1:11 PM

Who....just what is there about a roof top tiki bar that has anything to do with gentrification???!!!

Have you ever had lobster? It ain't like crawdads you know.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 1:15 PM

My family's from Atlantic Canada, where the the lobster rolls are excellent. The best lobster rolls are made with top split rolls, so the one pictured above. Also, the chunks of lobster meat should by less chunky than pictured above, but still chunky, and this roll needs a little more mayo There should also be a very small lettuce leaf beneath the lobster. Of course, the whole thing depends on having good lobster which you can't get in NYC. It's just not fresh enough.

Posted by: Boerum Hill at July 30, 2008 1:31 PM

I don't like the lettuce leaf in mine BH

You can get live lobsters in NYC so I don't know how one differs from the other as long as they are all from Cape Cod or points north.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 1:40 PM

Dave,

Those aren't real.

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 2:16 PM

SS...what aren't real? those people next to the tiki hut??

believe it or not, I had a house with a massive 2 car garage in Lincoln Park in Chicage...flat top roof with a deck and I built something similar to a tiki bar (yeah that was the 80s). I had women and black people there for parties too. Never served lobster though.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 2:27 PM

Are they really $33 at Brooklyn Fish Camp. Holy Christ, I gotta pay more attention to what my wife orders. The best dish there is theFried Cod Sandwich, also one of their cheapest.

Posted by: FatLenny at July 30, 2008 2:36 PM

D-in-Bed,

The lobsters. . . just a joke.

As for the Chicago parties with women and black people. I thought I knew you. Candy was cheap back then.

Posted by: superstooper at July 30, 2008 3:02 PM

Yeah...Swingtown!!!! With Ah-Ha, Billy Ocean, Men At Work, Abba all blasting over the speakers.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2008 3:07 PM

Had the $33 roll last night after seeing this post. I maintain that delicious lobster should not swim in mayo and rest in a hotdiggity bun. WTF- 33 bucks, seriously?

Posted by: superstooper at July 31, 2008 12:12 PM

superstooper,
Sorry you didn't see my post before your forked over $33.....
I have a discerning eye for foodstuff - lobster coated in a creamy mayo-looking sauce on a frank bun.....A definite no-no!

Posted by: The Who at August 6, 2008 10:51 AM

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