Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

Soft Open Now: No. 7
7 Greene Avenue, near Fulton Street, Fort Greene; No Phone
“A white-walled hall with sun streaming in from cantilevered windows, 7’s a breezy bar-staurant tucked directly behind the Lafayette C stop and helmed by a resto vet junta: a former Frankie’s GM/sommelier, a former Perry Street chef, plus the designer behind all of Weather Up… Grub-wise, 7’s plating French-American-ish (roasted chicken w/ carrot puree; grilled cod w/ New Zealand cockles; hangar steak w/ kimchi perogies…), all of which can be had for one Jackson and under (with generous tip, a Jackson Five).” [Thrillist]

Recently Reviewed: The General Greene
229 DeKalb Avenue (at Clermont Avenue), Fort Greene; (718) 222-1510
“My first meal was a through-and-through pleasure. I’m hard pressed to name a favorite among three beguiling salads I tried, one with strands of summer squash and red pepper ($7), another with butter lettuce, grapefruit and curried almonds ($7), and a third with lamb, watermelon and feta ($9)…But a dinner weeks later was a through-and-through disappointment…Off night or unpromising evolution?” [NY Times]

Coming Soon: Atomic Wings Outpost
321 Ninth Street (at Fifth Avenue); in the old Delices de Paris space
“A tipster emails with word of the new Atomic Wings outpost, noting that ‘they are putting an Atomic Wings on 9th Street, b/n 5th and 6th ave in park slope- next to the HSBC, in the space that was formerly a really crappy faux-french pastry shop that consolidated with its sister store, up next to Smiling Pizza.'” [Gowanus Lounge]

After the jump: A Park Slope burger battle, a hotheaded chef assaults ungrateful customers, Turks and Frogs coming to Court Street, raves about La Superior, and Sunday brunch at the spa…

The Highlights of Metomix’s Park Slope Burger Battle
Thoughts on Brooklyn Flipsters: “The beef flavor was fantastic, but my medium-rare burger was more medium-well and there was too much gristle in the mix.”
Thoughts on Corner Burger: “I chatted with one of the owners while waiting for my food and she was so nice it pained me to hear that they get their meat from Costco… The burger arrived and it was far too finely ground and completely devoid of flavor or seasoning.”
Thoughts on Bonnie’s Grill: “The burger was loosely ground, loosely packed and cooked on a blazing-hot grill top. As a result, this burger melts in your mouth… In the end, it’s eight years of experience that have kept this Park Slope staple on top.”

Watch Your Back at China City
903 Myrtle Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant
“A hotheaded chef at China City restaurant in Brooklyn has been charged with dousing two women with scalding cooking oil after they complained about bad take-out food… [Chef] Jhing was charged with assault, menacing, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon – the oil.” [NY Post]

Quick Bites
Brownstoner commenter ilikeslices “saw a sign up for Turks and Frogs (West Village and Tribeca) moving into the old UPS Store space (next to the future Trader Joes.) No opening date though.” … Restaurant Girl raves about Williamsburg’s new restaurant joint, La Superior … Body by Brooklyn spa now offers a Sunday brunch menu, says Grub Street… Brooklyn Based says that “later this year… Mark Firth and Andrew Tarlow, the good folks behind Marlow & Sons, Diner and the two Bonita restaurants, [will] open a new butcher shop at 95 Broadway in South Williamsburg.”