Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Photo by Jeremy Liebman Margaret Palca’s New Bakery 210 Court Street (at Warren Street), Cobble Hill; 718-858-2429 “Palca has just opened a new café on Court, where she’s supplementing her cookies and muffins with a salad bar and pressing panini made with her puffy, focaccialike homemade rolls.” [NY Mag] Closing: Maggie Moo’s 183 7th Avenue,…
Photo by Jeremy Liebman
Margaret Palca’s New Bakery
210 Court Street (at Warren Street), Cobble Hill; 718-858-2429
“Palca has just opened a new café on Court, where she’s supplementing her cookies and muffins with a salad bar and pressing panini made with her puffy, focaccialike homemade rolls.” [NY Mag]
Closing: Maggie Moo’s
183 7th Avenue, Park Slope; (718) 788-3900
“Park Slope Maggie Moo’s has gone to the big frozen dairy treats factory in the sky… If Maggie Moo’s can’t survive in this storefront of death that has now swallowed up three establishments in the last five years, what can?” [Gowanus Lounge]
Franny’s Gets Two Stars
295 Flatbush Avenue (Prospect Place), Prospect Heights; (718) 230-0221
“Artisanal pizza may be all the rage, but it’s the rare pizzaiolo who spreads dough thin enough and gets a brick oven hot enough to produce the gorgeous blisters like those on Franny’s best pies. And the restaurant’s soppressata has a suppleness that would make Armandino Batali blush.” [NY Times]
After the jump: Reviews of Black Mountain Wine House and Sheep Station
Review: Black Mountain Wine House
Corner of Hoyt St. and Union St., Carroll Gardens
“The various wines I tried were excellent, and well served. The bartender was thoughtful, welcoming, and able to recommend with authority and without condescension. The extensive wine list features a variety of mostly European wines, bottles in the $30 range, the cheapest at $24, and most glasses at $7 or so… Black Mountain serves several delicious small plates, such as white bean crostini, grilled eggplant salad, and daily specials like gravlax with cucumber salad, as well as desserts and a nice selection of cheeses and cured meats, all $4 to $12.” [The L Magazine]
Review: Sheep Station
149 Fourth Avenue (Douglass Street), Park Slope; (718) 857-4337
“There’s a scrumptious minced-meat pie, very satisfying fish and chips, and an unlikely concoction called ‘poutine,’ which is a kind of Australian chili-cheese fries and, I’m glad to report, shockingly delicious. [Actually, I think poutine is a Canadian specialty —KZ] There’s also an admirable selection of beers served in real 20-oz pints (a rarity these days).” [Clean Plate Club]
Franny’s used to be my local go-to place, since I live practically around the corner. They were super-nice, knowledgeable, and the food was great.
Then, the food became just good, the knowledgeable people mostly left, and they turned rude. They were outright snotty to me, even though they said they knew I was a regular. I never stepped foot in the place again, and I warn people moving into the area against it.
I love Sheep Station. I live in south slope yet find myself there a few times a month. There is actually a great, healthy salad available, and the mussels I had there recently were very good. But the best thing about the place for my money is the steak sandwich and fries – Maybe the best I’ve had in New York. Agreed that the burger is perhaps not to American tastes. It is kinda dry (intentionally) and i don’t like it with the egg on top. But I do like it occassionally with the beet topping.
Staff is great, always friendly, no attitude, and I like the people who go there. Two thumbs way up…
Peppinos- apples and oranges. There really isn’t a comparison for Franny’s. They have their own thing goin’ on.
peppinos in bay ridge has by far the best brick oven pizza. it is on 77th and 3rd avenue and next door to tanreen middleastern that is also excellent. it is not cheap at peppinos but the pizza is better then frannys and anthonys.
Franny’s is super yummy. The pizza prices are from $8 to $17. The olive oil is worth that.
Franny’s is great- although I do have to say that while the prices do not look so bad on the menu I am always a bit shocked when the bill arrives. And the pizza is not the best thing on the menu. It’s the crostini! Their wine list is really nice too. Oh, and the service is perfect.
DiFara- for the insider pizza du jour? What will it be next year? Is there a line to wait on? I thought the Health Department shut them down. The wait is ludicrous and logic defying and the filth is as well. It does taste pretty good, though.
Oh, and to 12:06- do you think that we need the source of your quote? I’m so old – I remember when rappers said negro.
I was also underwhelmed the one and only time I patronized Franny. Rather wait 2 hours for a DiFara slice anyday.
I compeltely agree with 12:06. Overpriced and nothing to write home about. $50 should get you mroe than a salad, pizza & glass of wine.
Franny’s is totally overrated. $100 gets you two (one person) pies, two glasses of wine and some olives to start.
The pizza is good, but it ain’t that good.
“Don’t believe the hype.” Public Enemy