Wednesday Food & Drink Round Up

Photo by Clean Plate Club

Is DUB Pies coming to Windsor Terrace?
According to the most recent DUB Pies newsletter, the Columbia Street-based meat pie shop is expanding and opening a new location somewhere in Brooklyn. One Chowhounder may have discovered the new branch: “Walked by the vacant store across the street from Farrell’s this morning. It used to be a check cashing place, and has been vacant for several months now. Looked in and saw display cases and construction material, and there were signs in the window that mentioned Dub’s. It was still dark so I couldn’t read the signs, but I took it to mean that Dub’s is expanding from their original Red Hook location.” FYI: Farrell’s is located at 215 Prospect Park West, near 16th Street.

Coming Soon: Marco Polo To Go
347 Court Street, Carroll Gardens
Marco Polo, the old-school Italian restaurant on the corner of Court and Union in Carroll Gardens is turning the vacant storefront nextdoor (which used to be home to Fratelli Ravioli) into an Italian take-out joint. According to the signs, they’ll be peddling paninis. We’ve got our fingers crossed that they’ll also be offering Marco Polo’s delectable blood orange salad.

The Times Checks Out Moim
206 Garfield Place (Seventh Avenue), Park Slope; (718) 499-8092
“Moim does a tempered, tweaked version of Korean cooking that’s still rarer — still more of an exciting discovery — than you’d expect, given all the Momofuku mania. Many of its dishes, distinguished by a beautifully modulated and lingering heat, are compelling. Most are at least satisfying… Moim means gathering; why aren’t more people gathering here?” [NY Times]

After the jump: The L Magazine gives Greenpoint’s new bowling alley bar a rave review, the Voice samples funnel cake fish in Sunset Park, and NY Press hits Vietnamese spot, Silent H…

Greenpoint’s New Bowling Alley Bar: The Gutter
200 N. 14th St, Greenpoint
“The real reason The Gutter’s gimmick works is that it’s not shoved down its patrons’ throats. The space as a whole is enormous, divided into two sections: the bar on your left and the bowling alley in a separate room on the right… The bowling alley itself is crammed with perfect details: from the weird old-timey computers (the kind you’d see in 80s movies) and the appropriately hideous rental shoes, to each lane’s semi-circular seating arrangements and the standard, multi-tiered racks of bowling balls.”
[The L Magazine]

Funnel Cake Fish at Ren Ren Restaurant
5318 Eighth Avenue, Sunset Park; (718) 633-3383
“The fish (we were unable to verify what kind of fish these are) are salty and peppery, but the puffy batter is exactly like what you would find at a carnival, and we thought we detected a pinch of clove in there too. Somehow, the slight sweetness works perfectly.” [Village Voice]

No Pho at Silent H
79 Berry Street (at North 9th Street), Williamsburg; (718) 218-7063
“Silent H remains BYOB. This is a beautiful, beautiful thing. Not so beautiful? The lack of pho. It’s everywhere, reasoned owner Vinh Nguyen (don’t pronounce his name’s silent h), so why serve it here? That’s crazy-making logic, just like the toasted bánh mì (served on fluffy Polish rolls, instead of crisp baguettes) being lunchtime-only treats.” [NY Press]