Worst Meal in Brooklyn?
As 2006 winds down, everybody seems to be making “Best Of” lists, but here at the Brooklyn Record, it’s hard to narrow down the list of our favorite local spots. So, how about helping our readers avoid the worst food our borough has to offer instead? Since we’ll eat almost anything set in front of…
As 2006 winds down, everybody seems to be making “Best Of” lists, but here at the Brooklyn Record, it’s hard to narrow down the list of our favorite local spots. So, how about helping our readers avoid the worst food our borough has to offer instead? Since we’ll eat almost anything set in front of us, we’re going to need your help with this one. What’s the most disappointing meal (or morsel) you’ve eaten this year? If you’ve experienced a chewy steak, a stinky fish, a sad excuse for a sandwich, or a wildly overhyped restaurant, leave us a comment — and don’t spare us the dirty details.
Please note: We can’t speak for the “tiny fishies” pictured above, but a Flickr photographer who goes by Urch snapped the photo at a Brooklyn Heights barbecue and labeled them “gross.”
Koreans use these little fishes a lot in their cooking. They come in all sorts of sizes. My mother puts these little fishes in soup as stock and you can also marinate it with soysauce, hot paste, sasame oil, little sugar, quickly stir fry it in a pan. GET CULTURED!
Queen (on Court). Just really really salty.
The experience at ICI that I had was comically stereotypical–a half piece of fish tail “entree” that cost $25. Good food that left me and my mother very hungry. 😮
No, every restaurant in Brooklyn isn’t mediocre or bad. For instance, this year I had very nice, even excellent meals at Ici, Bonita on DeKalb, Gia (now closed–boohoo), and Black Iris. I also had a nice meal at Olea, followed by a nice brunch a few weeks later, but when I went back for brunch again, and ordered the same dish (savory french toast with peas), I noticed the avgolemono sauce was different looking. Nevertheless, I stupidly poured it over the whole dish, took a bite, and nearly heaved! They had run out of avgolemono sauce, and instead “substituted” a sickeningly sweet orange sauce! That is what they told me when I complained. I told them it was inedible, and they offered to make something else. But since I had already waited 30 minutes for my meal, I just said forget it. Now I can’t walk by the place without feeling nauseated.
Isn’t every restaurant in Brooklyn pretty mediocre or even bad?
There seems to be consistent posts throughout this thread (perch, juniors, kellog diner, etc.). So I think this is a worthwhile blog post. Not just an excuse to bitch and moan.
So…I’ll have to name Perch again as the overall worst as well (especially since they’re so trendy – they have further to fall).
I was there recently with my friend for brunch. It seemed like half the stuff on the menu was unavailable…they actually ran out of eggs…and when they managed to find some, they charged me $12.00 for something that I could have cooked up at home for 35 cents. The portions are beyond miniscule…
The emperor has no clothes…or in this case, feathers.
Never again.
nothing nothing nothing is worse than the Kellog Diner in williamsburg. holy shit it’s bad. if they elevated the quality of their “cuisine” to merely good, they’s make a lot of money. as it is, they do amazing business because of their great location and because drunken hipsters will eat anything.
Wow, this just goes to show that pretty much every restaurant can have its off days. When you consider the subject was the “Worst Meal in Brooklyn” I would have never thought that Bonita, Diner, Stone Park or many others would have been there. Maybe some of you have just never spent enough time in Kellog’s or any of the other truly disgusting greasy spoons in this city.
The worst meal I think I had last year from Taro sushi. And I know that’s not a terrible restaurant… it was just a *really* off night.
I agree with the Perch haters. Used to like it for simple, healthy-ish sandwich, soup, whatevs. Then, one day, I was there, eating a sandwich, and noticed that the bread had blue veins running through it. What the heck? Is this some exotic blue flour bread, I’m enjoying? No. It’s moldy. They didn’t even apologize, they asked if I wanted a fresh sandwich, when I said no, they gave me back the exact cost of the sandwich and kept the money that I paid for my partially eaten soup and drink (at that point, I wasn’t up for finishing it).
Second annoying situation: Presto Tempo on Seventh Avenue. My daughter and I passed it everyday as it was coming together and we looked forward to the grand opening. On opening day we went in, she ordered a red velvet cupcake (not cheap, but no problem) and it was so sweet that she needed a sip of water. Fine. I go to the counter and ask for a small cup of tap water. The guy tells me that it’s $1.50. No, I tell him, you misunderstood me. I just need a cup of tap water. He tells me it’s $1.50 for the cup. Then he points to the beverage dispensing machine and explains that I can get tap water or soda or Hi C or whatever. Then he gestures toward the cooler near the cash register and quietly tells me that I can buy a small bottle of water for $1.00. What can I do? I buy the water. Before we leave I spot the manager or owner or whoever and tell him what happened. He shrugs and says that’s the way it is. Gotta make a buck, he adds. But he won’t make it from me. I’ll never set foot in that place again.