Weekly Food and Drink Round-Up

Chestnut
“Among appetizers, a chilled watermelon gazpacho with calamari combined fruit and the sea, while the potato gnocchi were tossed with swollen fresh peas and a generous helping of garlic, and arrived hot, plump, and tender. Fried okra were set atop a cold salad of heirloom tomatoes and pancetta, textures melting and popping in our mouths.” [Gothamist]

Bocca Lupo
“If you can snag a table, you’ll be greeted with a reasonably priced wine list, a small plates menu, and a list of daily specials, but if the place is packed, just saddle up to the bar for a pint of Brooklyn Brownstone ($6) — a creamy, sweet, and smooth brew from Sixpoint Craft Ales in Red Hook. Pair it with a Sweet Sausage Panini ($10), layered with mild, nutty cheese to balance a generous portion of bitter and garlicky broccoli rabe.” [The L Magazine]

Olea
“The food was overall super fresh and really filling. The setting is beautiful. Even though we ate outside (puppy, you know), we did go in for hand washing and the restaurant is so cooling and relaxing (exposed beam ceiling, white plaster walls), you really do feel like you are in the Mediterranean — definitely not on a street corner in Brooklyn.” [Eating Clinton Hill]

Bogota
“Get to Park Slope and fork yourself up some globby, green cilantro mashed potatoes from Bogota. All skepticism about nausea-invoking hues aside, I assure you that these taters are delicious.” [Clean Plate Club]

After the jump: Flabush Farm, Cherry Tree, Sugarcane, Bistro Lafayette, and 3 Brooklyn openings…

Flatbush Farm and Cherry Tree
“While connoisseurs may prefer Flatbush Farm, the Cherry Tree is where to go if you want the familiar. Time-honored beers—Stella, Guinness and Budweiser—and time-honored prices are a selling point. Most pints are $4, and pitchers range from $14-$18. There’s a backyard BBQ on Saturdays and Sundays, as well as brunch on Sundays.” [NY Press]

Sugarcane
“We got jerk chicken wings for an appetizer, and they were ridiculous – the meat was like totally falling off the bone and stuff, and it came with a mango mayonnaise you could dip it into, which I support, because I’m all for dipping things in mayonnaise.” [Daily Heights]

Bistro Lafayette
“While the idea of goat cheese and carmelized onions sounds great on a burger there was something still… missing. Good idea, good ingredients but something kept it from being great.” [Clinton Hill Blog]

New York Magazine announces the fall openings of Fette Sau (a Williamsburg barbecue joint from the owners of Spuyten Duyvil), Petite Crevette (a cheap seafood spot in Carroll Gardens from the owners of Bouillabaisse 126), and iCi totakehomeandenjoy (a prepared foods store located above Fort Greene’s Ici).