Gourmet Comes to Prospect Heights
Rym Abid-Gun, who lived in Paris and worked in a chocolate store there, was frustrated because there were no shops for specialty food items in her neighborhood in Brooklyn, Prospect Heights. So a few months ago, with the help of her husband, Isitan Gun, she opened Delicacies, 639 Vanderbilt Avenue (Prospect Place). She now sells…
Rym Abid-Gun, who lived in Paris and worked in a chocolate store there, was frustrated because there were no shops for specialty food items in her neighborhood in Brooklyn, Prospect Heights. So a few months ago, with the help of her husband, Isitan Gun, she opened Delicacies, 639 Vanderbilt Avenue (Prospect Place). She now sells items that some parts of the city take for granted, like good olive oils and condiments, artisanal breads and a nice selection of cheeses and pastries.
Across Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope, Luscious Food, 59 Fifth Avenue (St. Marks Place), has a few of the items Delicacies sells, but its owners, Stacy Mooradian and Christine Zeni, emphasize prepared foods. Ms. Zeni prepares hot and cold sandwiches, including a fine pressed Cuban; roast chicken; macaroni and cheese; assorted salads; and dips and spreads. Luscious Food also has a secluded little garden filled with greenery, marble tables and chartreuse chairs for eating in.
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Delicacies supplies some of the ingredients at The Garden Cafe across the street. Looks to be a good addition to this stretch of Vanderbilt.