Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
A Solid Review for Prime Meats & Carroll Gardens New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton gives Prime Meats two stars and also offers a description of its neighborhood scene through the eyes of an outsider: “You can see these people standing on Court Street nightly, staring through the plate-glass windows at a dining room…
A Solid Review for Prime Meats & Carroll Gardens
New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton gives Prime Meats two stars and also offers a description of its neighborhood scene through the eyes of an outsider: “You can see these people standing on Court Street nightly, staring through the plate-glass windows at a dining room packed with brownstone bohemians, third novelists, people with Web sites, with good art at home. They look slightly pained, these visitors from afar wondering about the life choices they made that put them in Chelsea or Park Slope or Montclair, and not down here in Carroll Gardens, this little Italian village off New York Harbor where life is obviously perfect.” (Photo by urbanblitz)
New Brooklyn Openings
The Aviator Sports and Events Center at Floyd Bennett Field is getting a new food vendor, says Grub Street: “The Brooklyn Smoke House, as the set of outdoor tents outside of Hangar 5 will be dubbed, will start by serving pulled pork, Texas-style brisket, Memphis-style ribs, and beer-can chicken.” … Catskill Bagel is supposed to open on Cortelyou sometime in June, says Ditmas Park Blog… Free Williamsburg‘s favorite coffee shop, Second Stop, is opening a juice bar called Get Juiced next door to the cafe on Ainslie Street, and it “will feature organic juices and smoothies made from fresh greens from the rooftop of The Brooklyn Grange.” … And the New York Times notes that Choice Kitchens & Bakery is open at 198 Jay Street (at York Street) in Dumbo: “This sleek buffet-style place, with servers, has a Mediterranean-accented menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”
After the jump: New taco stand in Kensington, the word on Traif and Fornino Park Slope, Bay Ridge hookah hoopla, Marlow & Sons new cowhide menu, and Spike Lee’s Brooklyn vodka…
Chowhound Buzz
Kensington has a new taco stand in front of Walgreens on Church at McDonald. Chowhound noisejoke says, “They’re open Tuesday – Sunday, 2 – 9pm… Tortillas were nicely grilled, plenty of onion and cilantro, with lime and cucumber on the side. Tasty red and green salsa on hand. Brought home three good tamales too ($1.25 each).” … Fellow ‘Hound sir chowalot describes his dinner at Traif in Williamsburg as his “best meal in a long time.” … And Marion Morgenthal gives Fornino Park Slope a big thumbs up: “We started with the Pizza Vinny Scotto to share (bel paese, pecorino, fior di latte, cacciatorini al diavolo, roast pepper aioli, ricotta), and loved it… For main courses, winners were arancini, braised short rib ravioli, and chicken sausage.”
Quick Bites
Bay Ridge Community Board members are looking to shut down local hookah bars, says the Brooklyn Paper… The Cut shares a photo of “Marlow & Sons‘ first non-culinary products: plush leather bags and pouches made, in the use-everything spirit, from the skins of house-butchered cows and pigs.” … And, finally, Grub Street reports: “In what might be his weirdest marketing appearance since those Fresh Direct ads (and Absolut’s hippest campaign since they teamed up with Tim & Eric), Spike Lee is collaborating on Absolut Brooklyn, a $24.99 blend of ginger and red apple (after the Big Apple).”
*rob*,
I am not 11217, but would like to be, because 11217 lives closer to Flatbush.
Cordially,
fuplease
i love how 11217 waited for the PERFECT thread to make a fake account (FUPLEASE, which maybe he was using before, who knows…) only to jump in and start talking to himself only to pimp out park slope restaurants :-/ more transparent than that office invention General F.J. Scotch invented a long time ago!
*rob*
Yes, I too love eating at the bar. But like Biff said, at this stage in life, I don’t want to stand around in one waiting hours for a table.
“I don’t necessarily like waiting either – that’s why I typically eat at the bar, where it’s not frowned upon to go out for smoke breaks and do shots of whiskey :)”
Ok, now you’re talking. That makes total sense.
(not at Prime Meats of course – damn stand up bars!!)
“DH, you have way more stamina than I! I wouldn’t wait 1.5 hours for a meal personally prepared for me by El Bulli.”
I don’t necessarily like waiting either – that’s why I typically eat at the bar, where it’s not frowned upon to go out for smoke breaks and do shots of whiskey 🙂
I guess I’m in the group of people that would prefer to make a reservation weeks in advance and be sure I’ll get a table versus those willing to roll the dice and wait for hours at a crowded bar in hopes of snagging something within a couple of hours. I’m sure it’s because I’m older now. I also wouldn’t wait on line to get into a club, whereas I did that often back in the day.
DH, you have way more stamina than I! I wouldn’t wait 1.5 hours for a meal personally prepared for me by El Bulli.
Your favorite (and mine) Al di La has had a no reservations policy for the better part of a decade and done quite well with it.
What DH says is correct…the really good places like Prime Meats would have nothing available for the next few weeks, so keeping this no reservations policy allows for a much more democratic system so that if you feel like going on Friday, you can….you’ll just wait for a little bit. Might give you the chance to check out another place in the area for a pre-dinner cocktail as well.