Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up

Coming Soon: Brooklyn Larder
Grub Street reports that the owners of Franny’s “plan to open a gourmet shop down the street called the Brooklyn Larder in March 2009. In addition to a full kitchen… to prepare and package everything from sandwiches and lasagne to fried chicken for takeout or casual counter-noshing, the shop will stock the house-cured meats also found at Franny’s, as well as an international brigade of small-production cheeses and a hodgepodge of condiments and other foodstuffs.”

Opening Dates Announced: Morton’s and Brooklyn Bowl
According to the Brooklyn Paper, Morton’s the Steakhouse is set to open at 333 Adams Street (between Willoughby and Tillary streets) in Downtown Brooklyn on November 21. And Grub Street says that Brooklyn Bowl owner Peter Shapiro is “aiming to open his 20,000-square-foot concert space cum bowling alley cum Blue Ribbon outpost on Barack Obama’s Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009.”

Wanna Train Your Kid to Speak Mandarin and Make Dim Sum?
Creative Cooks on Atlantic Avenue is offering a class for 5-10 year olds: “Students will learn to prepare traditional Chinese dishes and learn the basics of conversational Chinese in our kitchen classroom. This class includes two field trips to Brooklyn Chinatown… [Classes] will begin on Sunday, January 2nd from 1011:30 and run for 8 consecutive Sundays. Cost is $450/child and 20% sibling discount is available.”

After the jump: A positive review for Teeda Thai, your last chance for Pit Stop, Whim chef resurfaces, a bourbon bar for Fort Greene, and more…

Recently Reviewed: Teeda Thai
218 Columbia Street, between Union and Sackett Streets; (718) 643-2737
Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog says: “Teeda Thai makes a really good Pad Thai, with fresh and crunchy bean sprouts, thin slices of red cabbage and carrots, and lots of chunks of Tofu. The sauce is light, flavorful and slightly sweet, with chopped peanuts and plenty of noodles – perfection!”

Last Chance for Pit Stop?
We’ve always been fans of the Grand Prix-themed French bistro, Pit Stop, at 127 Columbia Street (near Kane Street), but Chowhound Carol Gardens says, “I got an email from Pit Stop a few weeks back that said that they will be CLOSING for the winter.” Does this mean they’re closing for good?

Quick Bites
The Brooklyn Paper reports that Water Street Restaurant and Lounge in Dumbo has opened a raw bar run by chef Marc Elliot, whom some of you may remember as the chef at Cobble Hill’s now-closed Whim and Blue Star… Eater says that Delicious on the Slope as reopened after renovations… Little Piggy (Market), which was adjacent to the Smoke Joint, has been converted into a “small, rustic” bourbon bar called the Pig, says Time Out New York… And Brooklyn Based chats with Roebling Tea Room‘s executive chef Dennis Spina…