Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Now Open: Der Schwarze Kölner 710 Fulton St., Fort Greene; (347) 841-4495 Eater shared this photo of Fort Greene’s new beer garden and says that “the sun drenched corner spot has plenty of space at its long bar and communal tables for serious drinking. They’re serving 18 German-only draft beers from $4-$16 along with bratwurst,…
Now Open: Der Schwarze Kölner
710 Fulton St., Fort Greene; (347) 841-4495
Eater shared this photo of Fort Greene’s new beer garden and says that “the sun drenched corner spot has plenty of space at its long bar and communal tables for serious drinking. They’re serving 18 German-only draft beers from $4-$16 along with bratwurst, pretzels, cheese platters, and pickles.”
No. 7: Brooklyn’s Best New Restaurant?
7 Greene Avenue, Fort Greene; (718) 522-6370
Bon Appétit named No. 7 one of their top 10 best new restaurants in America, citing the waitstaff, which (allegedly) looks “straight out of an American Apparel catalog” and the “risk-taking, slightly theatrical menu from chef Tyler Kord.” The magazine also shares the recipe for No. 7’s Pumpkin-Seed-Crusted Tofu with Lemongrass Broth, Rice Noodles, and Poached Eggs. Do you believe the hype about this place? Share your thoughts in our restaurants section.
Speakeasy to Open in Bed-Stuy… with a Dress Code
Eater says that SarahJames, a speakeasy-style restaurant, is set to open this Saturday on Pulaski and Throop: “The menu will include ‘classic American food, including steak & chops, seafood, and pastas.’ …and a dress code (‘no sneakers, baseball caps, droopy jeans or hoodies’) will be enforced.” Does this sound a little strange or strict to anybody else?
After the jump: Brooklyn Brewery reveals plans for their new bacon beer; Floridians attempt to recreate Brooklyn bagels, a video on illegal Brooklyn beekeeping, an interview with the man behind Buttermilk Channel, praise for Fort Defiance…
Brooklyn Brewery’s Bacon Beer
Broookyn’s brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, has been experimenting with bacon fat and brown ale, and then aging the experimental brew in bourbon barrels. He tells Pete Wells from the New York Times Diner’s Journal: Either this will be the most amazingly disgusting thing you’ve ever tasted in your life. Or I shall rule the earth.
Floridians Recreate Brooklyn Bagels
Gothamist says that “a south Florida company, The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co., has started selling bagels that owner Steve Fassberg claims taste just like our bagels—because they’re made with ‘Brooklyn water.’ The effect isn’t achieved by a tap water pipeline from Brooklyn, but by an elaborate water filtration system, enclosed behind a glass wall in the restaurant.” (Not sure if we buy into this technology, but we’ll definitely be telling our Grandma about this!)
Quick Bites
Jauntsetter chats with Buttermilk Channel owner Doug Crowell… A “passionate crew of illegal urban beekeepers in Brooklyn” post a video on Vimeo… And The L Magazine (with the help of yours truly) piles praises on Fort Defiance…
In my experience whenever a place starts off with a dress code of some sort that place ends up exactly opposite of what was planned. Happened to Soundz Lounge in Harlem where a no baggy jeans and baseball caps type place turned into $3 beers for college students all day kinda place. Happened to 95 South in CH where they originally wanted a mature, professional crowd yet six months later the crowd on line out in front putting their business all out on the street is decidedly not. I wish SarahJames luck and hope they can stick to their guns and make a proffit.
I remember being at Buttermilk Channel once and there was some wedding dinner or whatever, a large group of friends all Abercrombie and Fitced out and there were 2 guys with fancy hipstery hats that kept them on while eating (I wanted to do a Three Stooges slap across their heads to knock them off). No matter how nice one dresses up, there will always be uncouth people in the crowd.
No this isn’t strange I think it is okay to enforce no baseball caps, droopy jeans or hoodies’. Sneakers well everyone wears sneakers mostly for comfort.
But i think this would be a great addition to the neighborhood!
I dunno, opening a speakeasy in Bed Stuy, and not the most prosperous part of that neighborhood, either, and then excluding a sizable portion of the under 35 population of said area sounds discriminatory to me. It would be more out front to simply say, “this place is for young, white hipsters of a certain income and style of dress, and their friends of color with same criteria, only.”
I, personally, don’t want anyone around me who can’t pull up their pants over their butts and keep them there, and I can see where they are coming from, but still, that dress code screams bias. Not cool.
ditto new2hood.
I’ve REALLY enjoyed my couple times at No. 7
I think it deserves the praise.
James is another really wonderful place, if you haven’t tried it yet.
I’m a tough sell, but No. 7 is really, really, really good. It continually impresses. An excellent value, and nicely informal to boot.
It’s funny that the Bon Appetit article says that the wait staff look “straight out of an American Apparel catalog” which is classic Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is awesome, but aside from parts of Williamsburg, it’s definitely not filled with young hot exotic models. Sure, the quality has gotten better in the last few years, but it’s still far below what you see in the East Village or Soho.
Please, a dress code for a casual restaurant?
This is obviously one of those ‘restaurants’ that turns into an annoying club (sans caberet license) during weekend nights. I bet this place will be a neighborhood nuisance for a while.