'It's the New Red Hook'
Quoted from this weekend’s At The Table column in the New York Times which featured a group of Park Slope old-timers…Conversation jumped from summer plans — a cruise, golf at Dyker Park — to “The Real Housewives of New York” to favorite Park Slope restaurants to the yuppies with three-seat strollers who call the police…
Quoted from this weekend’s At The Table column in the New York Times which featured a group of Park Slope old-timers…Conversation jumped from summer plans — a cruise, golf at Dyker Park — to “The Real Housewives of New York” to favorite Park Slope restaurants to the yuppies with three-seat strollers who call the police on the friends’ loud reunions. The women shook their heads at the transformation of Brooklyn. “When we were growing up, there was no Carroll Gardens,” Ms. Hynes said. “Everything was Red Hook.” They had to laugh when they looked behind them: a woman exercising by herself, enthusiastically saluting the sun, on a rooftop opposite the restaurant. If anyone tried that 40 years ago, Ms. Cincotta said, “they would think you’re nuts.” Ms. Driscoll shrugged and said, “It’s the new Red Hook.”
jonb:
No one said anything about RH Farm of the pier being longstanding, historical places. Anyways, I’m tired of this whole “old vs. new” argument whether it’s in reference to Red Hook or Brooklyn as a whole. New people can make great contributions and there are some old timers who are jerks. My issue with the Crab place is that it’s a tourist trap. Hope & Anchor is one of the few places that actually caters to locals. And by local I mean someone who lives in the neighborhood, whether it’s for a week or 20 years. Every neighborhood needs casual spots to grab a quick bite or a drink. It would be nice to have more than one.
jonb:
No one said anything about RH Farm of the pier being longstanding, historical places. Anyways, I’m tired of this whole “old vs. new” argument whether it’s in reference to Red Hook or Brooklyn as a whole. New people can make great contributions and there are some old timers who are jerks. My issue with the Crab place is that it’s a tourist trap. Hope & Anchor is one of the few places that actually caters to locals. And by local I mean someone who lives in the neighborhood, whether it’s for a week or 20 years. Every neighborhood needs casual spots to grab a quick bite or a drink. It would be nice to have more than one.
psbob: By “overfished” I mean “over harvested,” as in oysters.
http://www.nypl.org/blog/2011/06/01/history-half-shell-intertwined-story-new-york-city-and-its-oysters
I have to say that I’m not too keen on the concept of this place. As someone who lives in Red Hook, I’d like to see more inexpensive places to eat, not more pricey ones. Plus I hate the whole idea of creating a “seaside” restaurant by a seaside that we’ve fished to death. So since there is no local seafood available, it has to be brought in from far away, making the prices high. And the process wasteful and unsustainable.
I raise my glass at the thought of a newly returning great white taking your leg off….
Caveman, stay out of my hood…