Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

South 4th Bar and Café
90 South 4th St, Williamsburg
“Unlike numerous other bars that have opened in Williamsburg in the last five years, South 4th doesn’t expect anything from its clientele, it doesn’t have a hook. You don’t have to be particularly fashionable, you don’t need to be knowledgeable about music or beer or wine—you can just relax and go about your business. In this respect, South 4th is a lot like a French café, serving the needs of its locals from seven in the morning all the way to last call in the wee hours.” [The L Magazine] Photo by TrespassersWill.

Lunetta
116 Smith St. (718-488-6269)
“At the finger-food end of things, a dish of fried artichokes is superb: fried more or less to the consistency of potato chips and drizzled with lemon. Of the main courses, a wild bass over grilled leeks is unchallenging but prepared with real care, while the chicken provides unexpected excitement. Its appearance—just a heap of chicken on a plate—leaves you unprepared for the sweet-and-sour intensity of its agrodolce sauce and the detail of its pignoli-and-raisin garnish.” [The New Yorker]

Enid’s
560 Manhattan Avenue at Driggs, Greenpoint
NY Mag’s Grub Street asks Enid’s staffer, Lynnea Scalora, “Do bridge-and-tunnel kids ever come in on the weekends to hang with the hipsters?” She replies, “Lately. Maybe once a week I get a group of people ordering dirty martinis and coffee with dessert, or decaf or Splenda. All these things that aren’t what happens at Enid’s.” Check out the whole Q&A here.

After the jump: Gothamist waxes poetic about Royal Crown’s ciabatta, “The Scary Bar Project” continues at Meytex Lounge, and Smith Street says goodbye to Vegas.

Royal Crown Magnifico: The Best Bread in Brooklyn?
6512 Fourteenth Avenue, (718) 234-1002
“At Paneantico II, try the chocolate bread ($3), a triangular loaf with semisweet chips blast-baked into the top, the inside studded with white chocolate crumbles. Ciabatta ($2.50) and Italian-style baguettes at all Royal Crown Magnifico locations are quite possibly the best bread in Brooklyn, really chewy and light on the inside, flaky and malty on the outside.” [Gothamist]

Scary Bar Project: Meytex Lounge
543-545 Flatbush Ave. (betw. Lincoln Rd. & Maple St.), Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, 718-941-1093
“‘Try this then,’ she says, retrieving Africa’s Castle Milk Stout ($4). It’s Guinness’ thick, sweet cousin (thanks to an infusion of lactose, a.k.a. milk sugar). The stout’s redolent of roasted coffee, and drinks smooth as milky Nesquik. Drinking two’s a rotten notion, but one’s a rich treat.” [NY Press]

Vegas
135 Smith Street, between Dean and Bergen
“I live next door to and above the Smith Street bar Vegas, near Dean St. I’ve opened my front door to a pool of vomit and frequently kick aside old cigars and small hills of cigarette butts as I leave the building. I was enthralled a few days ago when a U-Haul pulled up and a robins-egg blue couch and various other unclean items went in. The place has finally been shuttered, thank you very much. Please tell the Donut Plant there is space available in my hood.” [The Shutter on Eater]