Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

Photo by Melissa Hom

Now Open: Huckleberry Bar
588 Grand Street, near Lorimer Street, Williamsburg; (718) 218-8555
“The classic-cocktail movement has yet to make many inroads into Williamsburg, that hipster nexus where PBR and its ilk remain the sentimentally ironic quaff of choice. Sensing a void, and eager to deploy the mixology skills she honed at Hearth and Blue Smoke, Stephanie Schneider seeks to raise the neighborhood’s mixed-drink-and-small-plate standards at the just-opened Huckleberry Bar.” [Grub Street]

Big Trout Replaces Gravy on Smith Street
102 Smith Street; (718) 935-0545
“Gravy was the one part of Alan Harding’s Brooklyn restaurant empire that never clicked… the food was thoroughly mediocre, and after a few nightmare service experiences, I was done with it. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one – the owners have just converted the restaurant into an expanded version of the adjacent beer garden, Trout. Food is – surprise – fish shack fare.” [Bottomless Dish, the new Citysearch food blog]

A Couple of New Food-Related Shops
New York magazine reports that the owners of Applewood recently opened a cookware store called Applewares (548 10th St., near Seventh Ave., Park Slope), and next month, the owners of Choice Market will open a “combination juice bar, fromagerie, charcuterie, and florist” called Panier (214 Greene Ave., near Grand Ave., Clinton Hill).

After the jump: Palo Santo cuts their brunch service, NY Press takes a chance at Larry’s Liquid Lounge, Baked peddles Greenmarket candy apples, and the Brooklyn Inn has a bone to pick with bloggers…

No More Brunch at Palo Santo
652 Union Street, near Fourth Avenue, Park Slope; (718) 636-6311
“Anyone have any details as to why Palo Santo stopped serving brunch? While I had mixed feelings about the couple of dinners I had there, the brunch was superb, particularly for its un-brunchlike qualities: interesting dishes (such as pupusas, fish and grits, wild mushroom quesadillas) that weren’t the standard eggs-and-bacon-I-could-make-myself fare and a beautiful and tranquil (back) room in which to eat them, with great service.” [Chowhound]

Larry’s Liquid Love
1165 Bedford Avenue, at Putnam Ave, Bed-Stuy; (718) 783-9129
“At the Triple L, barrel-chested bouncers gave our jeans and ratty sneakers the hairy eyeball. ‘You guys here to dance?’ asked a bouncer whose neck was swallowed by his muscular shoulders. Yes, yes, I lied, and he ushered us inside. We met an imposing woman wearing a black women’s power suit. She introduced herself as Miss Jackie.” [NY Press]

Treat of the Week: Candy Apples at Baked
359 Van Brunt Street, near Wolcott Street, Red Hook; (718) 222-0345
“Imagine a crisp, tangy apple robed in sumptuous caramel, a candy apple unlike any other you’ve had. Impossible, you say? This month and next, Baked, a pastry shop in Brooklyn, is making exemplary examples of the genre, using Macoun and Cortland apples from the Greenmarket for now, and other varieties later.” [NY Times]

The Brooklyn Inn Is Here to Stay
148 Hoyt Street, at Bergen Street, Boerum Hill; (718) 522-2525
Yikes, we won’t be messing with the manager of the Brooklyn Inn anytime soon. Apparently, Eater pissed him off by speculating that his bar was possibly shutting down, so he sent them a scathing email. Here’s an excerpt, with some good news for fans of the bar… but if you’re a loyal customer, you probably know this already: “YES, we’re fucking there to stay. And I gotta tell you, as a long-time Brooklynite myself – all this bullshit from the faceless bloggers is simply proof that YOU ain’t about Brooklyn – you’re bullshit. So fuck off. If ‘you’ or anyone doesn’t like something about the Inn – here’s a little free advice… DON’T FUCKING DRINK THERE!” [Eater]