StreetLevel: A Katz's for Brooklyn on 4th Avenue?
A new deli opening on 4th Avenue and Bergen Street is aiming to be Brooklyn’s answer to one of the city’s great delis. “We’ll have bagels and coffee, but we’re also going to have things like hot pastrami,” one of the owners of Canteen, which is scheduled to open on Monday, told us. “We’d like…
A new deli opening on 4th Avenue and Bergen Street is aiming to be Brooklyn’s answer to one of the city’s great delis. “We’ll have bagels and coffee, but we’re also going to have things like hot pastrami,” one of the owners of Canteen, which is scheduled to open on Monday, told us. “We’d like to be a Katz’s for Brooklyn.” Although it remains to be seen whether they’ll achieve their lofty goal, the gleaming renovation of the space (see photo on jump) is certainly an improvement on the poky interior of the bodega that preceded. Think you’ll give ’em a shot? GMAP
Mitchell’s on Flatbush makes awesome sandwiches.
so why does it hurt to have something similar in the park slope area? People from boerum hill (which i think technically this is where this place is located) fort greene and cobble hill along with park slope people can eat there. 4th ave is a great location and is surrounded by a huge population of people.
maybe people dont wanna go to coney island to get a nice sandwich. Also places like Katz and Russ and Daughter are pretty much museum peices at this point. Nostalgia locations can be lame and overpriced. Ive had better lox & bagels than the one I had at Russ and Daughter and much cheaper as well.
10:12- ever go to City Sub on Bergen btwn 5th and 6th? Very very good sandwiches, nothing fancy, but great bread and good quality meat. My favorite sandwiches on earth.
Also the deli on 5th and Berkely makes good sandwiches too.
Brooklyn already has Essex on Coney, Adelman’s on Kings Highway, and pastrami joints on Avenues T and U. Get out of Park Slope sometime, guys! Brooklyn’s a big place.
The proprietor saying “This is like Katz’s for Brooklyn” is a little like someone opening a soul food restaurant in the West Village and saying “this is fried chicken for Manhattan.”
It shouldn’t be difficult to emulate Katz’s. I mean, how hard can it be to serve up tasteless, overpriced food in a rude manner?
Agreed “Rock”, The Brooklyn Burger Bar gives the cliche “Shit on a Shingle” a new meaning. The food deoes suck.
Fear not 10:12, you’ll soon not recongize 4th ave.
I remember before Brooklyn Burger Bar opened, they were promising “awesome burgers and fries, and legendary shakes, and a gourmet Kobe burger!” And that place serves shit on a plate.
Proof will be in the pudding (or brining, in this case)
I dunno, I kind of liked that bodega. They stayed open late and only charged $1 for a soda after everyone else raised their price to $1.25.