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ScottBerkman wrote a review about DiFara on November 17, 2008 12:44 PM
DiFara's is not in the middle of nowhere. It's just off the J street train station and not far from where I was raised, so I've been going for years. Dom is exactly the kind of Brooklyn proprietor that was pushed out of most neighborhoods by gentrification, so his attitude doesn't earn him any points from me. The pizza is fine - often singed too much for my taste. And overuse of grated cheese usually leaves me with heartburn for hours. Give me Totonno's in Coney Island or the square at L&B Spumoni Gardens any day. Plus you don't have to deal with the crowd of tourists out for an "experience."
Yeah, buckfast, you are so right. Red Hook is just like Bushwick. No - like inner city Detroit. Just like inner city Detroit. NO - Mumbai!! Now that's just the kind of intelligent, inspirational thinking I come to Brownstoner to read
Posted by: ScottBerkman at November 17, 2008 7:56 AM in response to Open House Picks
Thank you Ppark. I am gong to the Red Hook open house today. Although it may be currently configured as a one family all you need to do is close off the front hall - you can even see where the door was removed just beyond the stairs. That's how they were designed. My bet is that it sells - and fast. A twenty five foot - of this quality and with these upgrades - never turns up in Red Hook. I never even knew one existed and I've lived here for over a decade. The pricing also seems very realistic - certainly 150000 less than inferior homes have sold in the past year. And there seems to be a pool of people who really want to buy kn Red Hook - those of us who own a car or don't fear the bus ride to the subway.
Posted by: ScottBerkman at November 16, 2008 10:02 AM in response to Open House Picks
ScottBerkman wrote a review about Hope & Anchor on October 21, 2008 2:20 PM
Best fish tacos ever. Great pork burger. Love the banana cream pie - and pretty much all of the desserts. Never had any problem with the service or the coffee. Always worth the trip
Will this ever end?
Posted by: ScottBerkman at November 21, 2008 12:37 PM in response to Bird Blog: Week 22