Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Applewood 501 11th Street, Park Slope; (718) 768-2044 According to Leah Cheatham, the restaurant’s gatekeeper: “There are 44 seats and a bar, which can be problematic on weekends, as we offer dinner at the bar, and many people do dine there, leaving very little space for those waiting or just interested in drinking. We generally…
Applewood
501 11th Street, Park Slope; (718) 768-2044
According to Leah Cheatham, the restaurant’s gatekeeper: “There are 44 seats and a bar, which can be problematic on weekends, as we offer dinner at the bar, and many people do dine there, leaving very little space for those waiting or just interested in drinking. We generally save at least one table for walk-ins. On a typical weekend night, there are 3 turnovers. I can take your number, as you walk around Park Slope.” [Eater]
After the jump: NY Magazine recommends the Queen’s Hideaway in Greenpoint, Smith Street gets (yet another) “homey Italian menu,” Fort Greene’s Cambodian spot reopens, and one of our readers gives props to Bed Stuy’s Brooks Valley.
Queen’s Hideaway
222 Franklin St. (near Green St.), 718-383-2355
“Sweet-potato pecan pie is the dessert delicacy to order at The Queen’s Hideaway, a quirky little establishment buried deep in the backwoods of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Every evening, Liza Queen scrawls out her dinner menu on a piece of paper, puts an old LP on the house Victrola, and serves up home-cooked delicacies like spicy venison and duck gumbo, Brussels sprouts and nuggets of smoked sausage poached in sweet pear cider, and the aptly named ‘Lap of Luxury,’ a nourishing stew of slow-cooked chicken smothered in a creamy mash of garden vegetables, with big blocks of battered cornbread ‘French Toast’ on top.” [NY Magazine]
Plus: Check out Adam Platt’s favorite Brooklyn restaurants.
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276 Smith Street (DeGraw Street), Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, (718) 875-1980
“Steven Crane will open a branch of his Greenwich Village spot in Brooklyn next month. The chef, Lee McGrath, will oversee both restaurants with a homey Italian menu. The new place is in a brownstone that looks remarkably like the one on Cornelia Street that has housed the restaurant since 1993.” [NY Times]
Cambodian Cuisine Reopens… Across the River
“Jerry Lay’s restaurant, which left Fort Greene, Brooklyn, last summer, will reopen in Manhattan in about a month: 1664 Third Avenue (93rd Street).” [NY Times]
Brooks Valley
415 Tompkins Avenue, Bed-Stuy
“My girlfriend and I decided to eat there last Saturday night and
we can’t say a bad word about it. The only thing that seemed strange is that for being a Saturday at 8:30pm, the place was kind of empty. Maybe a lot of people in the nabe don’t know about the place since it was only opened in August. The food was delicious, an influence of Caribbean and Southern flavors and the price was reasonable. The decor is modern and entrees were about $12. I don’t think it has a liquor license though.” [Reader tip!]
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just wanted to let you all know that, while there may be no good grocery store in bed-stuy, there is certainly a thriving community supported agriculture program (the Bed-Stuy CSA). They’ll be accepted members soon, and you can join/learn more by checking out: http://www.bedstuycsa.wetpaint.com or emailing bedstuycsa@gmail.com
Bassam is great and they have a serious chef corner of Lewis and Mcdonough. Le Toukouleur is on Bedford and Quincy and they are only weeks old but they save you a trip to the city for those special dates, or if you just want to impress. Brooks Valley’s prices hide the fact that organic ingredients are used and the ownership is health concious.Organic sweet potato pie and cornbread in Bed Stuy, try the fruit punch also organic and the bathroomspeaks to their excellence.
It’s good when u have a place like Brooks Valley that’s so close, that you dont have to go over to Ft Greene to entertain ur friends. The jerk Shrimp appt is delicious and the presentation is A+. I tried da king Fish, but yet to try Jerk chicken as I can get that at any other takeout place in Bedstuy. How is the food and atmosphere at “Petit Bassam”?
“BrooksValley” BYOB.
I’m with Anon 10:20 – also on my Bed Stuy list are Solomon’s Porch, Petit Bassam, Shakoor’s Sweet Tooth, Food 4 Life, Bread Stuy… any other places people can recommend? What we really need though is a decent grocery story with organic produce… something on par with The Garden in Greenpoint would be amazing. Hear that bed stuy entrepreneurs??? WE NEED A GROCERY STORE.
love brooks valley!! can’t recommend it enough- the food is fresh, plentiful, delicious and inexpensive- surprisingly though, i haven’t had the jerk chicken (yet). but i love the jerk shrimp, the corn soup and the chicken roti. i’ve also noticed a lot of people doing take-out, so that may explain why it isn’t as crowded as one would think it should be.
Check out “Brooks Valley” In Bedstuy at http://www.brooksvalley.com. Support local restaurants in Bedstuy so we can continue to have nice places to eat in.