Food and Drink
February 3, 2010
Streetlevel: DIY Beer Brewing Store in Gowanus
A business called Brooklyn Homebrew opened in the former martial arts studio space near the corner of 3rd Avenue and 8th Street a couple weeks ago. The store sells hops, yeast, malts and spices, as well as starter kits ($40+) for the beginner brewer. "The city that supposedly has everything has been missing [a homebrew store] for some time now," one of Brooklyn Homebrew's owners, who used to operate out of an apartment in Sunset Park, told the Voice's Fork in the Road blog.
Brooklyn Homebrew [Official Site] GMAP
Brooklyn Homebrew Opens in Gowanus [Fork in the Road]
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Brookyln's Best Eats?
Time Out New York lists their 10 best things to eat in New York City and two items from Brooklyn menus make the list -- the fried chicken and biscuits at Roberta’s Pizza in Bushwick (which was recently reviewed by Alan Richman in GQ) and the roasted Manila clams at Umi Nom in Bed-Stuy. Do you agree that these are the two best dishes Brooklyn has to offer? If not, what's your pick?
Newly Opened and On the Way
The Brooklyn Paper reports on Michael & Ping's Modern Chinese Take-Out. It's "slotted to be the first eatery in Brooklyn certified as 'green' by the Green Restaurant Association," and it's set to open in March at 437 Third Avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets... Manhattan's Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is expanding -- possibly to Brooklyn -- and is seeking "6,000 - 10,00 square feet of space within 'buildings with character,'" says Eater... Plus, The Downtown Diaries reports that Cupcakeland is now open in the old Catbird space in Williamsburg.
Warning: Before You Visit Mile End...
Check out their twitter and make sure they haven't run out of food. This Montreal-style deli in Boerum Hill has been having trouble keeping up with the demand for smoked meat, says Eater.
After the jump: "the last intact pre-Prohibition bar," a lobster shack run out of a Greenpoint basement, Beco, Roman's, and Eat...
February 1, 2010
StreetLevel: New Eatery Coming to Old Bagel Delight Spot
A reader sent in a note to say that a large sign has gone up on the old La Bagel Delight space on the corner of 7th Avenue and 5th Street advertising a place that will sell fancy chicken and bread, opining that it "sounds like something Park Slope actually needs. Very nice to see that large storefront not taken over by a bank or real estate agency." Agree? GMAP
These the Slope's Best Chow Options?
The Voice's Fork in the Road blog came up with a ranking of the 10 best Park Slope restaurants, bestowing top honors on Al Di La. Probably not a controversial choice, though some of the others may strike some as questionable: 2. Stone Park Cafe; 3. Convivium Osteria; 4. Taro Sushi; 5. Tacos Nuevo Mexico; 6. Chiles and Chocolate; 7. Cafe Steinhof; 8. ZuZu Ramen; 9. Applewood; and 10. Beer Table. There were also a lot of restaurants mentioned as runners up, including relatively new places like Bark Hot Dogs and Get Fresh. There were a couple omissions we noticed that we'd have bet on at least making the runners up list, including Moim and Alchemy. What say you about the ranking?
Our Ten Best Park Slope Restaurants [Fork in the Road]
January 27, 2010
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Now Open: Dewey's and No Plates
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Dewey’s candy shop is now open at 41 Front St. between Pearl and Jay streets in Dumbo. "The new confectionery caters more to candy-loving grown-ups than kids, stocking an armory of nostalgic treats like Wax Lips and Fun Dip in addition to standard fare like Snickers bars," writes Kristen V. Brown... And according to Gothamist, No Plates is now open at 280 Bedford Avenue, a space formerly occupied by Khim's Millennium Market: "Menu options include sandwiches such as Pork Duo (tender braised pulled pork and pork belly with pickled daikon, greens, and spicy mayo. Served with fries for $13.) There is a soup of the day, Fried Calamari with Wasabi Mayo, Popcorn Shrimp, and entrees including Classic Steak Tartar ($13) and Pan Seared Tilapia."
Coming Soon: St. Anselm and Dry Dock
Off The Presses says that Joe Carroll, of Fette Sau and Spuyten Duyvil, is getting set to open St. Anselm at 355 Metropolitan Avenue. Carroll says, "We're doing burgers and dogs and also doing old school diner, blue-plate special things. A lot of offal, a lot of organ meat dishes, and a pretty sizable wine list. We're trying to do something simliar in wine to what we do at Spuyten Duyvil with beer." Off The Presses also reports that "work has been stepped up" at the new wine shop, Dry Dock, on the corner of Van Brunt and Van Dyke in Red Hook.
Behind the Bar with Freddy's Donald O'Finn
485 Dean Street, Prospect Heights
Freddy's, located in the Atlantic Yards footprint, has two years left in their lease and all intentions of sticking it out. Metromix chats with bartender Donald O'Finn and asks if the bar might relocate to "a rumored Third Avenue location in the Gowanus" in the future. His reply: "I’ve thought about it. What I would like to do is get one block down into the industrial area. To be really close to the residential areas, but you don’t have to worry about neighbors."
After the jump: GQ checks out Brooklyn Kitchen, Chowhounds gripe about Mile End, and Edible Schoolyard is coming to Brooklyn...
January 20, 2010
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Now Open: Vinnie's of Greenpoint
Bedford Avenue's Vinnie's (pictured above) has opened a second location at 253 Nassau Avenue, near Kingsland. Greenpointers writes: "You'll find all the unique and familiar toppings you order at their original spot: bbq chicken, mac n cheese, vegan meat galore, black beans, olives and artichokes, the list goes on... I am relieved the restaurant scene on this side of the point is improving and it's only a matter of time before we start seeing all types of organic, locally produced hipster friendly bistro joints on Nassau."
Coming Soon: Mile End, Pies 'N' Thighs, More Waterfront Dining
In case you missed it, we took a sneak peak inside Mile End yesterday. The Montreal-style deli is scheduled to open next Monday at 97 Hoyt Street... Eater notes that Pies 'N' Thighs on South 4th and Driggs passed its first Dept. of Health inspection and now has chairs inside... Plus, the NY Post says, "The city’s Parks Department is seeking a restaurateur to operate an eatery overlooking the New York Harbor on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6... While details of the restaurant specifications are not available yet, it would probably be similar to the River Cafe, 1 Water Street at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO."
Now Closed: Socrates
Greenpointers shares a eulogy for Socrates, which recently closed its doors at 651 Manhattan Avenue: "Socrates might have been too good of a secret. You would've never known passing by that behind its unassuming dining room was the most amazing deck looking out over the garden's of Greenpoint. On warm weekend mornings, I would laugh at brunch lines and head straight to Socrates for an ice coffee, a breakfast sandwich and peacefully enjoy the views of the Brooklyn backyard."
After the jump: Visit LeNell at her boozy Mexican B&B, Anella gets a new chef, a landlord-tenant brawl in Boerum Hill, wifi at Arby's, and alleged mobsters at the new Lucali...
That 5th Ave Banh Mi Rumor Turned Out to be True
The buzz last month about a banh mi joint opening on 5th Avenue between 5th and 6th streets was on the money. On Friday, a place called Home S opened in the storefront next to Willie's Dawgs. All banh mi (classic, pork chop, chicken, etc.) cost $6, and bubble teas start at $3.75. There's no pho on the menu, but a guy working there said there's a possibility it might eventually show up.
StreetLevel: Pizza and Maybe Banh Mi for 5th Ave [Brownstoner] GMAP
January 13, 2010
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Coming Soon to Greenpoint
Greenpointers shares the news that Paulie Gee's is getting ready to fire up the pizza oven in the old Paloma space at 60 Greenpoint Avenue. (This bianco pizza photo is from Paulie's flickr.) Greenpointers also notes that Van Leeuwen is opening an "ice cream and coffee shop with pastries... in the space to the right of the Manhattan Inn...sometime in February."
More Brooklyn Openings and Rumors
Off the Presses notes that Mission Dolores is set to open corner of Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street "by late January, early February at the latest." Brooklyn Based says that "Fatty ‘Cue, the Fatty Crab’s Brooklyn barbecue outpost on South 6th between Bedford and Berry... could open in as soon as a month." BB also notes, "In Bed-Stuy, the owners of Saraghina... are working on opening a new place nearby. The focus? Fish." On the Williamsburg tip, Eater takes note of a new place on North 5th and Berry called Mode Bistro and a new Uraguayan joint on South 1st & Roebling.
After the jump: New brews at Stinky Bklyn, 500 bottles of beer on the wall in Bay Ridge, the new Frankies cookbook, Katy Sparks news, and Martin Scorcese checks out Moto...
January 6, 2010
StreetLevel: New Coffee Shop for 4th Avenue
As noted in a Food & Drink Roundup a couple weeks ago, 4th Avenue has a new coffee shop. Cafe 474, which is between 10th and 11th streets, has cups of drip starting at $1.50 and shots of espresso for $2.25. There's also an assortment of baked goods from Blue Sky and Little Buddy. One of 474's owners used to run a coffee truck. GMAP
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Free Ride to Columbia Street
Jake's BBQ, a barbecue joint on the other side of the BQE, "is apparently offering free limo rides to and from the restaurant. Make a reservation and they’ll pick you up and cart you home, fat on fries and saucy ribs," says Time Out New York's The Feed, along with a scan of the promotional postcard that Jake's sent out. Any thoughts on this interesting ploy to get customers in the door?
Lots of Openings
Avi Shuker, the owner of Mimi's Hummus in Ditmas Park, is getting ready to open a Middle Eastern market, called Market, on January 25. Fork in the Road reports: "Market shares a space with Shuker's wine bar, which he says is set to open by the end of February. The bar will be called the Castello Plan, after the 17th-century map of Lower Manhattan designed by Jacques Cortelyou." ... Brooklyn Heights Blog says that Le Petite Marche, which shuttered on New Year's Eve, will reopen as "Bread and Butter, and specialize in American comfort. Dishes will include southern fried chicken, lobster rolls and three different types of macaroni and cheese." ... Fork in the Road also reports that Balaka, a new "Punjabi-Bengali" restaurant from the owner of Bombay Dream, opened at 522 6th Avenue in Park Slope... Eater says that Khim's Millenium Market is opening a restaurant and bar on Bedford and North 1st... and The Brooklyn Paper reports that Voxpop has reopened.
Closed for Good?
A tipster tells us that Reds Tapas Bar on Columbia Street closed over the holidays. Can anybody confirm this info? And if it's true, anyone hear what's next for the space?
After the jump: The new Brooklyn Flea food vendors (!!!), Café Glechik's expansion, and buzz about Boerum Hill's forthcoming "Montreal Jewish delicatessen"...
December 31, 2009
Bringing in the New Year Right
Hoppin’ John and collard greens are an old African American and Southern traditional food for New Year’s Day. They are seen as good luck, and eating them will bring prosperity in the New Year. Hoppin’ John is a savory stew of black eyed peas and rice seasoned traditionally with ham hocks, fatback pork, or more often in this more healthy age, smoked turkey wings. Collard greens, or “collids” in my neck of Brooklyn, are also seasoned with salted and smoked pork or turkey. There used to be lots of flatbed trucks that sat on major intersections in black neighborhoods, selling salt pork, collard greens, Southern cured hams, pecans and other Southern delicacies. The trucks came up from South Carolina, Georgia and other states brimming with goodies, which disappeared fast in communities with strong ties to the South. As the Times reports, there are less and less these days, as people’s food shopping habits change, the economy fizzles, and old ties dissolve. My Mom, who was from South Carolina, made the best greens, and peas and rice, as we called it growing up. I can make them, but they are not the same as hers. Hers were much better. These foods are filling and nutritious and cheap, a pot of each can last days. Prosperity can last all year and beyond. Get cooking, and Happy New Year.
Brooklyn's Flavor Route to the South [NY Times]
Brooklyn Style Collard Greens [NY Times]
Brooklyn Style Hoppin' John [NY Times]
Photo:eatcheapeatwelleatup.com
December 23, 2009
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Closing: DUB Pies and Silent H
DUB Pies is closing its original location on Columbia Street, but keeping its production space in Red Hook and its storefront in Windsor Terrace open. According to DUB's website, "We tried to hold on for the turn of the economy, the oft promised improvements in local infrastructure etc etc - but it simply makes more sense to find a busier storefront to re-locate to – which is what we plan to do." Stop by all day today or until 3pm tomorrow for goodbyes and cheap savory pies: "We're offering hot pies at $4 each and frozen pies to take home for the holidays at $3.50 each!! (Our lowest price point ever!)" In other news, Eater reports that the highly regarded Silent H, "a solid Vietnamese restaurant and a nice option near the Bedford area in Williamsburg, is closing this month."
Openings: Cafe 474 and Roebling Inn
Cafe 474 (474 Fourth Avenue, between 10th and 11th Street) opened last week, serving " Blue Sky Bakery's wonderful, fruit-heavy muffins, croissants from Balthazar bakery, and other baked goods from Little Buddy," Fork in the Road reports...Plus, "Roebling Inn, the eagerly anticipated new bar from the folks behind Boerum Hill’s The Brooklyn Inn, will open next Monday, December 28," says Brooklyn Heights Blog, which also shares some interior photos of the old Magnetic Field space.
Williamsburg's Locavore Liquor
Grub Street already reported on New York Distilling Company and Breuckelen Distilling, and now they've got the skinny on Kings County Distillery, which is "planning to start making and selling double-distilled whiskey, bourbon, and (oh yes!) moonshine, right in East Williamsburg."
After the jump: Sifton his Trini-Gul, Bon Appetit loves Roberta's, and Red Hook's first vintage...
December 21, 2009
Booze-plex Brewing on 4th Avenue and Carroll
The former Cattyshack space on 4th Avenue will be born again as a new bar, according to workers who have started fixing the place up. The business doesn't yet have a name, they said, and they also seemed pretty positive that it won't once again be a lesbian bar. It's scheduled to open in January. Meanwhile, Mission Dolores, the Bar Great Harry spinoff that'll share a building with this new place, is also still in-progress.
StreetLevel: Bar Great Harry Spinoff Opening on 4th Ave [Brownstoner] GMAP
Another Vietnamese Sandwich Shop Coming to the Slope
The old Scaredy Kat spot on 5th Avenue between President and Carroll has a new tenant coming: A Vietnamese sandwich and bubble tea shop is filling the small space, according to a sign that's gone up in the window. If the rumor about the other banh mi place on 5th Avenue turns out to be true, that'll mean there are four banh mi joints in the Slope, two on 5th Ave and two on 7th. GMAP
December 18, 2009
Streetlevel: Green Kitchen Coming to 5th Avenue
A storefront on 5th Avenue between 11th and 12th streets that's been under construction for a long time now is going to house a business called Green Kitchen, according to signage that's gone up. Judging from the refrigerated food displays inside, it's looking like it will have a lot of prepared food. It's unclear whether this venture is related to a diner of the same name on the Upper East Side. GMAP
December 16, 2009
StreetLevel: Diner Opens on 6th Avenue in the Slope
Kohzee Cafe, the new eatery on the corner of 6th Avenue and 7th Street, opened last week. On offer: Standard diner fare as well as a bunch of grab-and-go pastry options.
Streetlevel: New Cafe Opening on 6th Avenue GMAP
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
This Week's Openings
Eater dishes the details on the Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Avenue): "Those nutjob geniuses at Glasslands, the superhip rag tag performance space on Kent in Williamsburg, have managed to do something original and pretty damn good looking on an otherwise unexciting strip a block from McCarren Park. The bar and restaurant serves New American cuisine from chef Justin Farmer. Fancy cocktails, sourcing from Rooftop Farms, repurposed design details, you know the drill. And on that sweet, sweet baby grand? Ragtime." ... Plus, the NY Times reports that part of the General Greene "will become a market on Dec. 18 featuring house-made pickles, pastries, baby food, smoked fish, etc."
Restaurant Gossip
New York Shitty says that "the man behind Brooklyn Standard and Papacitos" is going to open a wine bar called Cafe Royalle at 195 Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint... Grub Street notes that Tavern on the Green chief operating officer Michael Desiderio told Crain's, “Maybe we'll open a Tavern on the Green hotel or a Tavern on the Green [restaurant] in Brooklyn.” ... Brooklyn Based says: "Freemans Williamsburg–just food, no clothing shop yet–is definitely happening. The location is almost decided and that’s all we’re saying for now." ... And Eater brings word that Fort Greene veggie haven Red Bamboo is getting a new name and putting some real meat on the menu. The restaurant's website says, "Aiming to meet the demand for a comfort foods spot in the neighborhood, Poppa's Place will serve neo-American cuisine and will retain some of Red Bamboo's signature dishes."
Best Veggie Burger in Brooklyn?
Jonathan Safran Foer shares his favorite vegetarian-friendly Park Slope restaurants with The Brooklyn Paper and gives a ringing endorsement to Bonnie's Grill: “Their veggie burger is f—king great! I remember what hamburgers were like, but, believe it or not, I would choose their veggie burger over a hamburger. I know that sounds just like what a vegetarian would say, but they are maddeningly good.” We're wondering how it stacks up against our favorite veggie burger at Downtown Bar & Grill in Cobble Hill...
After the jump: The Times hits up Henry Public and Chowhounders recommend cannoli, cheap eats around the Dyker Lights, and the best under-the-radar pizza in Brooklyn...
December 14, 2009
Are These the 10 Best Bars in Brooklyn?
The Voice's Fork in the Road blog recently released a ranking of the 10 best bars in Brooklyn. Selections were based on "atmosphere, company, value, and the quality of the beverages," and Williamsburg's Spuyten Duyvil nabbed the top spot. The rest: 2. Montero's Bar and Grill (Brooklyn Heights); 3. Brooklyn Social (Carroll Gardens); 4. Sunny's Bar (Red Hook); 5. Tip Top Bar and Grill (Bed-Stuy); 6. The Brooklyn Inn (Boerum Hill); 7. Freddy's (Prospect Heights); 8. Smolen Bar and Grill (Greenwood Heights); 9. KeBeer Bar and Grill (Brighton Beach); and 10. Palace Cafe (Greenpoint). It's nice to see so many neighborhoods represented! What do you think of the list?
Our Ten Best: Brooklyn Bars [Fork in the Road]
Photo by kisluvkis.
December 10, 2009
StreetLevel: Pizza and Maybe Banh Mi for 5th Ave
The two storefronts next to Willie's Dawgs on 5th Avenue between 5th and 6th streets are about to be home to a couple new businesses. According to a sign that's gone up, one will be a new pizza place called Prego's. Contractors working on the store say it's supposed to open very soon. More exciting: A poster on Brooklynian says there's word the storefront next to Prego's will be a banh mi joint, and a store owner on the block told us he'd heard the same rumor. GMAP
December 9, 2009
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Yunnanese Bargain Bites in Sunset Park
75A 49th Street (Eighth Avenue), Sunset Park; (718) 633-3090
This photo of the "No. 13, or Noodles with Crispy Meat Sauce" from Yun Nan Flavour Snack is from an old Serious Eats post, but NY Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton has paid a more recent visit to this Sunset Park spot and gives it a rave review: "A bowl of wontons in hot and sour sauce, for instance, is fantastically sour, ridiculously spicy, addictive and deep. (And only $4.25!) Another of silky rice noodles with crispy pork sauce, chilies, cilantro and perfection can act as a kind of Chinese version of Armagnac. It, too, costs $4.25 and is a highly recommended antidote to holiday-season overindulgence."
Now Open: M Noodle Shop
549 Metropolitan Avenue (between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue), Williamsburg; (718) 384-8008
"This wood-paneled noodle shop—inspired by the street vendors of Canton, China—peddles in snacks like sesame pancakes and pork buns. At the heart of the space is an open kitchen, where chef Shou Zheng crafts dumplings from scratch," says Time Out New York. And Eater adds, "M Noodle Bar seems tailor made for Brooklyn bar hoppers -- they're open everyday from noon till 6AM."
The Vanderbilt Burns the Midnight Oil
570 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights
According to their PR peeps, the Vanderbilt is now serving a late night menu "Thursday through Saturday from 12am - 2 am. It's the first to be doing so in the neighborhood." The menu includes pickled eggs ($4), house-made jerky ($8), grilled Merguez sausage with a chickpea salad ($10), a cheese plate ($12), fried apple turnovers with vanilla ice cream ($9), and more.
After the jump: Chowhound love for Kevin's in Red Hook, Brooklyn's own Egyptian hot sauce, and Tanoreen's big move...
December 2, 2009
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
This Week's Openings
New York magazine posted this photo of the Loading Dock (170 Tillary Street, near Gold Street, Downtown Brooklyn), opened by Flea vendor Choncho's Tacos: "Part café, part gallery, the space has been winterized with wood-burning stoves and canvas flaps, and will be open from 8 a.m. through 3 p.m. weekdays for Mexican-style eggs, tacos made with tortillas from Corona’s Nixtamal, and Gorilla coffee."... Time Out reports that Patrick Watson from The Jakewalk is opening Brooklyn Wine Exchange, "a wine store specializing in New York, New World, Old World and biodynamic wines in Cobble Hill. A 40-seat learning center, meanwhile, will offer frequent tastings to those who have purchased the $100 annual membership." (138 Court Street between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street)... Grub Street says that Manhattan's Rainbow Cafe has moved to Brooklyn's Chinatown: "we counted one dish — the fried chicken wings stuffed with sticky rice and Chinese sausage — among the absolute best cheap eats in the city." (773 60th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Sunset Park). And BushwickBK reports that Checkers "opened last week near the Halsey JZ stop at Eldert St. and Broadway."
Katy Sparks Takes Over Bussaco
Former Food & Wine Best New Chef and cookbook author Katy Sparks is now co-owner and executive chef at Park Slope's Bussaco. "Sparks will use the restaurant’s high-heat stone oven to do things like roast fish on sea salt, and she’s adding a bar menu with items like deviled eggs with cider-glazed bacon and cremini mushrooms cooked a la plancha with chiles and Cabrales blue cheese," says Mouthing Off. And Grub Street shares the whole delicious-sounding new menu here.
Monday Night Special
Eater reports that Buttermilk Channel is now open for dinner on Monday nights: "To celebrate, they're launching a $25 three course menu that includes buttermilk fried chicken with cheddar waffles and bacon wrapped brook trout." There's a vegetarian option, too, and a miniature version of Buttermilk's perfectly sweet-and-salty pecan pie sundae is also part of the deal. Check out the Monday night menu here.
After the jump: The Vanderbilt, a new roti joint in Bed-Stuy, and the recently shuttered Miracle Grill...
November 30, 2009
StreetLevel: Slope's Miracle Grill Calls it Quits
Another restaurant says goodbye on 7th Avenue: Miracle Grill, on 3rd Street, closed up yesterday, according to Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn. OTBKB reports that Bobby Flay was the original chef at Miracle Grill's first outpost in the East Village.
Miracle Grill is Closing on Sunday [OTBKB] GMAP
Photo by Miracle Grill
November 25, 2009
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Tanoreen's New Digs
The new Tanoreen storefront, located just across the street and down the block from the current location in Bay Ridge, is looking good — we can't wait to grab a seat in the sun room jutting off the back of the space. And Chowhound CGeats dispells any rumors that the restaurant is going downhill: "Rawia IS back in the kitchen and serving her usual fare of -perfect- authentic Middle Eastern food. Large portion, fresh ingredients and the infamous Tanoreen spice are mixed lovingly into all her dishes." We second this opinion — our meal there the other night was as delicious as ever.
3 Openings for Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights Blog reports that Wi-Pie Pizzeria has opened at 155 Remsen Street: "Along with pizza, the shop will serve sandwiches, salads and cream cheese sticks, a creation of Solomonov. The sticks have the texture and fillings of bagels, but in a log-like form. Cream cheese fillings include regular, veggie, lox and walnut raisin." Plus, Fork in the Road sneeks a peak at Iris Cafe (20 Columbia Place near Joralemon), serving breakfast items and "baguettes, priced from $7 to $8.50, [which] include baked blue brie, surrayno ham, and walnut." The Village Voice blog also reports: "Down the block, the old River Deli space will soon be home to an Italian wine bar, according to one of Iris's proprietors."
Alleged Mobsters Welcome at Lucali
"Yesterday, a judge allowed mobster Dominick (Black Dom) Dionisio—a convicted felon who is awaiting trial for racketeering—to keep his job at Carroll Gardens pizzeria Lucali, even though prosecutors allege the gig is a fake, is a ploy for him to get away from his house arrest," says Eater. The New York Post says that Black Dom's upcoming trial includes "charges that he and another mobster shot at two rivals in broad daylight during the Colombo mob wars in the 1990s." But perhaps he has turned over a new leaf because Lucali owner Mark Iacono insists that his job is for real and that he's learning the pizza business.
After the jump: A Purple Yam review, new spots in Greenpoint, and coffee wars in Park Slope and Crown Heights.
November 23, 2009
StreetLevel: Lucali Spinoff is Named Giuseppina's
Eater filed a post last week noting that the Lucali sequel in the South Slope will be called Giuseppina's. The 20th Street pizza restaurant's relationship to the Carroll Gardens original is that it's being run by the brother of Lucali mastermind Mark Iacono. A worker at the new place told us they're looking to open it within a few weeks.
South Slope's Lucali II to be Called Giuseppina's [Eater] GMAP
Looks Like Lucali is Coming to the South Slope! [Brownstoner]
Photo from Eater.
November 20, 2009
StreetLevel: South, New 5th Avenue Bar, Opens
South, the new bar in the former Vin Rouge space on 5th Avenue between 17th and 18th streets, has opened. According to BlackBook, South is run by the same people who own the Brooklyn Ice House in Red Hook and has half a dozen beers on tap.
StreetLevel: New South Slope Bar on Tap [Brownstoner] GMAP
Latest Restaurant Additions
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Bridgeview Diner
added February 9, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
222 Franklin Street
added February 8, 2010 12:00 PM in Greenpoint -
La Petite Provence
added February 5, 2010 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Purple Yam
added February 4, 2010 12:00 PM in Ditmas Park -
Kasia's Restaurant
added February 3, 2010 12:00 PM in Williamsburg -
myThai
added February 2, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Vinnie's Pizzeria
added February 1, 2010 12:00 PM in Greenpoint, Williamsburg -
Vesuvio
added January 29, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Sue Perette
added January 28, 2010 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Radegast Hall & Biergarten
added January 27, 2010 12:00 PM in Williamsburg