Fort Greene Dining Doubleshot: Luz & Madiba
Luz The dining room at this pan-Latin bistro is minimal without being cold or inhospitable. The menu darts among Latin American cuisines with arepas, a trio of empanadas and Luz’s most popular dish, a gigantic Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken. (718) 246-4000; 177 Vanderbilt Avenue. More on Luz available here. GMAP Madiba This little bar and restaurant,…
Luz
The dining room at this pan-Latin bistro is minimal without being cold or inhospitable. The menu darts among Latin American cuisines with arepas, a trio of empanadas and Luz’s most popular dish, a gigantic Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken. (718) 246-4000; 177 Vanderbilt Avenue. More on Luz available here. GMAP
Madiba
This little bar and restaurant, seemingly woven out of straw, old wood and scrap metal, may be New York’s only South African restaurant. The extensive menu includes unfamiliar dishes like uphuthu, a ground corn porridge not unlike polenta, with marinated tomatoes and onions, and sauteed chicken livers peri-peri, a spicy dish of Portuguese origin, delicious on toast. (718) 855-9190; 195 DeKalb Avenue. Photo from here. GMAP
Intriguing Dining Near BAM [NY Times]
This is one of my favorite restaurants of all time. Make sure to try the bunny chow and the rum punch. Mussels are also dangerously good.
This is one of my favorite restaurants of all time. Make sure to try the bunny chow and the rum punch. Mussels are also dangerously good.
The vibe at Madiba is so welcoming, it’s great. The mojitos are some of the best in town and the Malva pudding is worth the trip alone.
Luz’ pina coladas are dangerously good.
I LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVs me some LUZ
Welcome to Los Pollitos 3 on Myrtle! Keep the good restaurants comin’! We love Luz, too. Hoping more are on the way –
Good drinks and South African wines at Madiba, too!
me too. but don’t forget Olea!