Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

Since 1963 Opens in Trout Space
102 Smith Street (at Pacific Street)
Trout’s outdoor bar remains, but now the interior space has reopened as a barbecue joint. Chowhound SteakNut says, “It’s market style, like Hill Country. I had a really good pulled pork sandwich there, which consisted of two ‘mini’ sandwiches. The buns were a tad stale, but the mass of meat and the pairing with pineapple salsa made up for it… And where else are you going to find Lone Star for $3?!” Has anybody else visited Since 1963 yet?

More Brooklyn Bar and Restaurant Openings
Time Out New York says that Fort Greene is getting its first German beer garden: Der Schwarze Kölner (710 Fulton St at South Oxford St) will have 18 brews on tap, 20 by the bottle, and both indoor and outdoor seating… Time Out also reports that Café Grumpy, which already has locations in Greenpoint and Chelsea, is opening their third branch in Park Slope (383 Seventh Ave between 11th and 12th Sts), and it’ll be equipped with two Clover machines… Brooklyn Based says that “Stephen Tanner, one of the original owners of Pies ‘n’ Thighs and a cook at Egg, will be the chef at the new restaurant taking over Black Betty” in Williamsburg… Eat to Blog says that Istanbul Turkish Cuisine is opening in the old NoNo Kitchen space in Park Slope (293 7th Ave at 7th St)… Eating in Translation reports that a new kebab and beer joint called Kebeer is set to open in Brighton Beach (1003 Brighton Beach Ave at Coney Island Ave)… And, finally, despite reports from on-site workers that Calexico is supposed to open this week, local Chowhound oohlah remains skeptical: “There’s definitely been some progress, but, as before, I think their estimates are way off. Maybe they’ll open by July.”

After the jump: Reviews of Glass Shop in Crown Heights, Watty & Meg in Cobble Hill, and Enoteca on Court in Carroll Gardens…

TONY is Officially Obsessed with Glass Shop
766 Classon Ave between St. Johns and Sterling Pls, Crown Heights; no phone
“Owner Kathryn Weatherup, also the proprietor of an eponymous Prospect Heights cocktail bar, transformed an abandoned glass shop into a bright caffeination station… I’m feverish for the coming months: The lush backyard garden should open this summer, and wine and microbrews may eventually join coffee on the menu. Once that happens, I may never make it home.” –Joshua M. Bernstein for Time Out New York

Serious Eats Gives Watty & Meg a B
248 Court Street, Brooklyn NY 11201; (718) 643-0007
“There’s no question that Watty and Meg is a welcome addition to the BoCoCa neighborhood (er, Boerum Hill-Cobble Hill-Carroll Gardens). But it’s a little pricey for what it is, and to achieve the same vibe with slightly better food, you should really be at Frankies 457 down the street or No.7 in Fort Greene… You’ll leave pretty full and happy, just not blown away.” –Erin Zimmer for Serious Eats

An Early ‘Hound Review for Enoteca on Court
347 Court St., near Union; (718) 243-1000
“The pizza was great. We got the plain margarita, which almost hit the perfect crisp-and-chewy combo (could have been a touch crisper). A fried-then-baked eggplant dish was also excellent, but the baked veal meatballs were simultaneously oily and mealy—a far cry from Bocca Lupo’s perfect iteration of the dish.” —Chowhound ScienceMike