Zagat Raves About Eight Brooklyn Restaurant
The Daily News reports, “Williamsburg’s pricey Peter Luger Steak House was voted the fifth best restaurant in the city in the just-released 2007 Zagat Survey.” Marilyn Spiera, whose family owns the place, says that their lower overhead costs, compared to Manhattan restaurants, make for higher quality food. “Being in Brooklyn makes it possible to take…
The Daily News reports, “Williamsburg’s pricey Peter Luger Steak House was voted the fifth best restaurant in the city in the just-released 2007 Zagat Survey.” Marilyn Spiera, whose family owns the place, says that their lower overhead costs, compared to Manhattan restaurants, make for higher quality food. “Being in Brooklyn makes it possible to take the money we save and put it on the customer’s plate,” she said. Luger’s is one of eight Brooklyn restaurant ranked among Zagat’s top picks. The others are Midwood’s Di Fara’s pizza, Smith St.’s Grocery and Saul, Prospect Height’s Garden Cafe, Park Slope’s elegant Al Di La, and DUMBO institutions Grimaldi’s and River Cafe. We’ve been to all of them except for Garden Cafe — is it worth a visit?
Still the Big Cheeses [NY Daily News]
Peter Luger’s: Bright Light, Big Meat [Brooklyn Record]
Read “Kitchen Confidential” and you’ll rethink the condescending line cook comment.
Peter Luger’s is highly overrated and the bathrooms are dirty.
Re: anonymous
Why Al di La? Inventive, original food unmatched in Brooklyn and nearly unmatched in Manhattan.
Courteous, attentive service. A wine list that features affordable, regional Italian wines by small producers. Not to mention that Al di La was the trailblazer in the Park Slope restaurant movement.
Moutarde? Oh, come on. Moutarde and Belleville are imitations of Paris bistros. The cooking in each is NOT done by chefs trained in French cooking: it is done by line cooks who have been taught to prepare bistro dishes. Fine for a quick meal, but certainly not in the same league as so many of the other Park Slope stars. Want decent French? Try Cocotte.
I completely agree with NeoGrec, Garden Cafe is simply about the food (and wine), it is absolutely delicious but make sure that you are with company that you enjoy, there aren’t a lot of distractions
Why always Al Di La over and over, for Park Slope’s “greatest restaurant”? There are so many good restaurants there, being (almost) overlooked. Our faves are Tempo and Moutarde.
The Garden Cafe is intimate (romantic even) and unpretentious, offering wonderful food carefully prepared. The service is also very gracious. I’ve been going there since it first opened in the ’80s. I save it for special occasions. It’s not for people who require a “scene” when they eat out.
I think the exact opposite – Luger’s has zero ambiance but the steaks and the bacon rock! Especially the bacon – soooo good!
Luger’s is nice for the atmosphere but the steak is really not that great. I mean it’s good, don’t get me wrong, but I’ve ate better steak all over the city and even in the mid-west… I took some friends from out of town and everyone was a bit unimpressed. I still really like the place though but food-wise, it’s just a bit above average.
I wasn’t impressed with Garden Cafe…First of all, no garden. THe atmosphere not too lively. And the food was good but not memorable.