Quote of the Day
I didn’t love Patois, but am feeling nostalgic. Boerum Hill Food Company last month; Patois this month. Those two, plus Smith Street Kitchen and Halcyon, are the first places that I remember getting excited about on Smith Street. Oh well, things change — but its clear that the neighborhood’s exciting stage is done. — by…
I didn’t love Patois, but am feeling nostalgic. Boerum Hill Food Company last month; Patois this month. Those two, plus Smith Street Kitchen and Halcyon, are the first places that I remember getting excited about on Smith Street. Oh well, things change — but its clear that the neighborhood’s exciting stage is done.
— by aishling in Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
sorry ps,
smith owes its existence to the renovation of the street with the attendant streetlamps and to the inheritance taxes when the old guard kicked off and the kids had to run a business, manage a property or sell to cover the inheritance taxes.
they sold.
the new owners, hungry for income gave out good rent deals to more legitimate types. the rest is, as they say, history.
brownie77- to each his own re: Chestnut. I’ve probably had 20-30 meals there. All were excellent.
sam- not only do I remember Smith but I remember when Patois was the ONLY restaurant for 20 blocks amidst a blur of bodegas, empty stores and crack dealers. No matter what anyone says about Harding, Smith St OWES its existence to him and in a larger sense, all of Brooklyn’s gentrification. Sure, if it wasnt him it would have been someone else. But it was him.
I guess that should say….even as LATE as 2000…
I agree, Sam.
Same thing with 5th Avenue. I remember even as early as 2000, 5th Avenue was miserable and depressing.
Now it’s one of the finest shopping/dining strips in Brooklyn.
All that in 8 years is nothing short of spectacular as you say. I’d use the same word for the transformation of Smith as you did.
for those of us over say, 14, who remember the pathetic, dogpatch-like character of Smith Street, its current character and offerings are nothing short of spectacular. It has become a great street.
A real product of radical reinvention. Long live Smith Street!
Also “quote of the day” doesn’t inherently mean “accurate and insightful quote of the day” — it’s just something to stir up discussion, which this quote accomplished. 🙂
I very much enjoyed my one experience at Chestnut.
Chestnut is terrible. Had my worse meal in a long time there !
Is Panino’teca still opened…?