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.”
Frankie’s Spuntino was by far the most disappointing “Italian” restaurant I have ever been to. Overhyped, this place is truly Eye-talian and bears no relation to the food that might be found in the country to which it tries to make the public think provided its culinary tradition. Just don’t eat the pasta if you like what you get in Rome, Florence or Venice. If you like red sauce that is over-sugared and taste of ketchup, this is your place.
Junior’s commentators,
The majority of you say food, besides cheesecake and presumably other desserts, is terrible which I agree with (orig. commentator). But damn, where else in Brooklyn can you go in the wee hours of the night for coffee/dessert? We need more around-the-clock “Coffee Shop” type cafes as in the city.
tutta pasta
blandest italian food ever.
I agree about Gravy. The food was terrible, service was terrible….AAAANNND there was a roach that was crawling on the booth inside. Lovely. Would never return, in fact we avoid pacifico just because it is too close by..you never know where those roaches are going.
I love Juniors! Their cheesescake is overrated, but their other food is great. Always great service.
Kelloggs is terrible. Never again, even if it is the only place open during a blizzard. Perch is mediocre, but what makes it terrible are all the kids running inside.
Gravy always made me produce a runny brown gravy out the other end at any time I’d eat there. Avoid if you know what’s good for you.
Since I know the tricks from working in restaurants, I suspect that my “beyond salty” chicken burger at Teddy’s was payback for getting into an argument with Felice about what was on the television, so maybe that doesn’t count even if it is kind of adolescent. Let me just say this has been an incredibly fun post. Happy holidays everyone. When in doubt, eat at home.
I am sorry if this offends, but going to Junior’s for anything other than cheesecake is just plain stupid. And, believing that their cheescake is any good, well, I chalk that up to blind faith (and marketing) triumphing over taste.
Robin des Bois on Smith. Lovely ambience (fireplace in the Winter, backyard in the Summer). Chicken tasted a little rancid. Meat for steak dishes were tough. I am not sure their butcher is being kind to them.
the food wasn’t bad at stone park, but it did ruin my appetite to spot a large cockroach crawling under my chair the one time i went there. for real!