Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

Ethiopian cuisine at Ghenet’s original Manhattan location. Photo by Tien Mao from Gothamist.

Opening This Week: Ghenet
348 Douglass St at Fourth Ave, Park Slope; (718) 230-4476
“Mother-and-daughter team Yeworkwoha Ephrem and Sosinna Degefu open a Park Slope spin-off of their Nolita Ethiopian restaurant this week. The menu will skew lighter than Manhattan’s, with grilled meats and fish replacing sautéed dishes.” [Time Out New York]

Smoke Joint Owner to Take Over Petite Basam Space
393 Lewis Avenue, Bed-Stuy
“I was surprised to come home from work today and run into the owner of the Smoke Joint out in my neighborhood, outside the recently shuttered Petite Bassam on Lewis Avenue. Apparently, Ben (the Smoke Joint guy) is setting something up there to start ‘soon.’ We chatted a bit, and he said he wanted something cheaper than Petite Bassam (which was a good place, but always seemed a bit expensive for the neighborhood) and a little ‘different’ from the Smoke Joint.” [EaterWire]

The Best Coffee in Bushwick
This week, NY Press hits up a couple of neighborhood coffee shops. Potion Café (248 McKibben Street), which is “by far the most aesthetically pleasing café in Bushwick” serves “strong coffee, good pastries, mid-range bagels,” $3 Red Stripes, and sandwiches, such as the recommended cheddar and pesto croissant. Archive (49 Bogart Street), on the other hand, is “devoid of personality” and serves “prepackaged paninis and salads and soup.” On the plus side, the baristas are friendly.

After the jump: A new cooking show is looking for sexy Brooklyn singles, and the L Magazine reviews Beer Table…

Single Foodies Needed for Cooking Show
According to Gothamist, the Feed Me Show is looking for “a few attractive Brooklyn singles.” Those chosen to participate will be set up on blind dates and will have to cook for each other. Their kitchen shenanigans and awkward first-date conversations will be filmed at Williamsburg’s own Brooklyn Photo Studio and then streamed on the web.

Fancy Shmancy Brews at Beer Table
427 B Seventh Ave, Park Slope
“The bar features three taps and a cask, rotating through gourmet beers familiar only to subscribers of niche magazines, and wide varieties of similarly select bottles, ranging in price from $5 to more than I’m accustomed to spending on a 24-pack… The menu uses the taster’s language to describe probably made-up beers like Piccolo Birrificio Seson-ette (‘juniper, chinotto peel, coriander, white wine’) and Grado Plato Strada San Felice (‘chestnuts, dry, bark, nutty sweetness’).” [The L Magazine]