Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

A Look Inside Fatty ‘Cue
One of our favorite local photographers, ultraclay, shares some tasty photos of a recent meal at Fatty ‘Cue. Pictured above: “Smoked duck with a coconut curry dipping sauce.” For more interior shots of the bustling Williamsburg restaurant, plus a close look at their pork ribs and “Bronto-sized beef short ribs,” check out his blog.

Brooklyn Restaurant Openings
“The owners of the well-loved Milk Bar in Prospect Heights have rented out the old deli next to Abacus Realty at 1603 Cortelyou to open a friendly, high-quality coffee shop called Cafe Madeline… the first week of September,” says Ditmas Park Blog… Fornino at Home, a takeout shop next door to Fornino in Park Slope, is now open, according to the New York Times: “Items on the regular menu can be ordered to go, and there are homemade sausages and pasta sauces for home cooks. Grilled pizzas are sold fully cooked or with the crust grilled on one side only, to be topped with your own kitchen creation.” …Time Out says that Campo de Fiori in Park Slope is now open…

Brooklyn Food Buzz
“The folks at Stinky Bklyn–the beloved Cobble Hill cheese, charcuterie and beer emporium–have turned the shop’s barren back lot into a multipurpose gathering place and urban garden,” says Tasting Table, which is offering a beer-and-cheese tasting flight there this Sunday. Get your $10 advance tickets here… Nero Doro got their wine and beer license, and they’re having a party from 7 to 10pm tonight to celebrate, says Bed-Stuy Blog. Plus, a tipster tells us that their “evening food menu will be added and established as they go along and learn what the people want.” … Grub Street reports on the expansion of one of the most coveted tables in the borough: “Since the minuscule Brooklyn Fare opened last summer, its single table’s twelve communal seats have been booked months in advance. But in what constitutes a major expansion, the dining room’s been beefed up so it can comfortably accommodate six more guests. That means chef César Ramirez can now serve his beloved tasting menu ($135) to 40 guests a night, and he’ll also open up Sundays and Mondays for groups of ten to twelve.”

After the jump: A Korean-Russian cafe in Brighton Beach, Greenpoint cheap eats tour, harsh words for a new Smith Street restaurant, and Williamsburg’s Traif…

Recently Reviewed: Cafe ‘At Your Mother-in-Law’
3071 Brighton Fourth Street (Brighton Beach Avenue), Brighton Beach; (718) 942-4088
“The lengthy translation of its pithy Russian name — serves an amalgam of cuisines that reflects the culinary history of ethnic Koreans who were forcibly relocated during the Stalin era from the Soviet Far East to Central Asia. Thankfully, the concept of ‘mother-in-law’ as a stern figure who, once she accepts you, feeds you well survived the journey… the flavors are refreshing rather than fiery; after several generations of Korean cooking in Tashkent kitchens, chili pepper seems to be added more for color than for heat.” [New York Times]

Quick Bites
Chef Julie Farias of the General Greene takes New York magazine on a cheap eats tour of Greenpoint… After sitting in Seersucker for an hour without getting served, the Strong Buzz posts a scathing review of the Smith Street newcomer… And Keith Wagstaff for the L Magazine raves about Traif in Williamsburg: “Lamb and chorizo meatballs came out… draped in paper-thin slices of manchego. The chipotle cream sauce was so good that every last bit of it was scooped up with forks, even after the last meatball was gone.”