Yep, they have the burger at brunch, lunch and dinner, but it's $14 on it's own. So the burger+beer thing is a really good deal, like almost half the regular price. Also, on Tuesday nights all bottles of wine are 1/2 price and they are actually pretty reasonable to begin with--mostly under $30.
― saudade, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
so i am too lazy to read this whole thread, but let me tell you, the best restaurant in NYC is el taqueria y fonda on 108th st and amsterdam.
i also like the dominican place near me that advertises itself as "friend chicken!!!" & has flashy lights.
― pterodactyl, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I have heard that Joya is good for Thai (it's on Court St. in what I guess is Cobble Hill - sorry for using "BoCoCa" earlier, I just really don't know the boundaries yet)
― Hurting 2, Friday, August 29, 2008 10:47 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark
Turns out it wasn't that good, actually. Mediocre food in good lighting. But it's a cheap way to get that "goin out in the big city" feeling.
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i want to reiterate to everyone again for the 100th time JUST HOW MUCH i hate Sea in williamsburg. it ruins my day approximately 4 times per week.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:09 (fifteen years ago) link
joya, sadly, is the best thai (to my knowledge) in bo co ca.
that doesn't mean that it's good
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i am waiting for jbr or lauren to save us all?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I tried some other place on smith street and it was pretty average. Joya at least wasn't completely formulaic thai, but it had almost no spice and certain things were all wrong (my supposedly krapow-style dish was swimming in salty brown sauce and my wife's bland seafood dish had american-style veggies).
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
dnw.
the only thai close to me is godawful.i guess walking to something mediocre in park slope isn't that hard.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
THAT SAID, i get thai in manhattan a lot at zabb city (which lauren does not like, but they are vv good on basics and occasionally stellar.)
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm so goddamn bored right now i'm just repeating things i've said before a billion times, so please forgive me.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:35 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck you, keep posting
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
YOU keep posting.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
have you ever said bococa out loud y/n?
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I have only said it all drawn out and self-conscious-like -- "BOW-COE-CA"
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
But I don't actually know where Boerum Hill ends and Cobble Hill begins, although I do think of Carroll Gardens as its own thing.
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:48 (fifteen years ago) link
no i have not
i eat pbj or thin spaghetti with prego when my wife's not around. i need your help.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
el taqueria y fonda on 108th st and amsterdam.
yes? this is near me. i will investigate.
― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know shit about your neighborhood guys sorry! i advise finding the best of the local pizzerias and establishing the edibility of their various heroes. xp
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 04:54 (fifteen years ago) link
[cries]
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:06 (fifteen years ago) link
So far the best food I've had in my neighborhood by far is Fatoosh. Better than Saul.
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:08 (fifteen years ago) link
a falafel joint would make a killing on this stretch of Washington Ave.entrepreneurs take note.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
the only thai close to me is godawful.
have you been to amarin?
― gabbneb, Saturday, 11 October 2008 05:28 (fifteen years ago) link
amarin is not near me. email jaymc for the latest edition of ilx.xls. but i do hear amarin is good, from friends in greenpoint.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Lauren should give Zabb another few shots. The original Zabb in Queens now has a new owner, but maybe the same chef. The food is a notch below where it was at before, but still pretty great. Their Crispy Pork with Chinese Broccoli is the best I've had, and their Crispy Duck Salad (or Crispy Mock-Duck Salad) is still aces.
But the best thing I've ever eaten in a thai restaurant is still the Sweet Sausage Salad at Sripraphai.
I also hate to repeat myself but I live within blocks of at least 7 or 8 Thai places that are all worlds better then any place outside of Queens.
― dan selzer, Saturday, 11 October 2008 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Ok. I don't hate to repeat myself.
I want to eat bulgogi dogs. But not this weekend--sister is in town and I'm not sure she would appreciate. Last night went to Bemelman's Bar ($20 martinis with free potato chips) and then to Sakagura--not what I was expecting. Was more theme-y and bamboo-y--certainly didn't remind me of any place in Japan. Food just so so and lots of sake--just got the sampler.
― Virginia Plain, Saturday, 11 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Em on smith is pretty good thai
― Every Day Jimmy Mod Is Hustlin' (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 11 October 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
sripraphai is amazing. i have not explored a lot of thai in nyc because most of it is so disappointing, but now that i know how easy it is to get to woodside, i would join people for sripraphai almost any day.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Saturday, 11 October 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Pam Real Thai is the best I've had. Still haven't been to sripraphai
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd still possibly go back to Joya -- you can get an ok meal and a decent beer for like $12 and the atmosphere is good.
― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Saturday, 11 October 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
has anyone been to any of those cocktail-revivalist places like pegu, pdt, death & co, milk & honey? are they good/worth it? i have a friend in town who ran a speakeasy while we were in college and i thought he might like them...
― max, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:22 (fifteen years ago) link
what does a college speakeasy entail?
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 13 October 2008 03:23 (fifteen years ago) link
underage drunk girls. what more do you need to know?
― ian, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:24 (fifteen years ago) link
is this like, drinking in the dorm or some kind of upscale thing?
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 13 October 2008 03:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i go to hotel delmano all the time case a friend of mine works there so you know free drinks
i would say those places the drinks are really yummy the steez is wack and the whole situation is overpriced - so 1 out of a possible 3 - theyre good if you just want to have a really well made drink or two i guess
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 03:29 (fifteen years ago) link
college speakeasy basically just means he and a couple friends set up a bar in their house--they were a bunch of super-fastidious borderline-ocd x-country runners so everything was done very professionally, beautiful drinks, nice space, i thot it was way fun... i think he would probably be into the steez which is mostly like... throwback prohibition-era rite? dunno just lookin for something to do in manhattan
― max, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i hear the rub n tug above black & white got shut down :(
― ian, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:51 (fifteen years ago) link
i bet jhoshea will jerk u off for a couple bucks
― max, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
whoa max i think we have a bord for yr sex dreams now
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 03:56 (fifteen years ago) link
gotta pay for free shantytown wireless somehow dude
― max, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:57 (fifteen years ago) link
hav u forgotten abt my nila wafer and herbal remedies boutique
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 03:59 (fifteen years ago) link
o btw i went to the restaurant in my building tonight and they gave me a dessert that included fresh baked nila wafers
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
fresh baked!? woah.
― highly theoretical, of course. (tehresa), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
yesss
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Milk & Honey's definitely great if you can get in; I LOVE Pegu Club... and anyone can get in there. Angel Share in the East Village is often mentioned in this company, though I don't like it as much as M&H or Pegu. East Side Company on Essex St. is another bar of this ilk - it's fun, but their stock is somewhat smallish. The West Village has Employees Only, which I've never been to. The NYT just did a story on a wave of new bars like this - check it out in the Sunday edition.
And now Brooklyn has its own retro cocktail bars - places such as Weatherup on Vanderbilt Ave. and Quarter on 5th Ave. in Greenwood Heights; both recommended.
― Josefa, Monday, 13 October 2008 04:16 (fifteen years ago) link
milk and honey i think is the only bar ive ever been kicked out of - that was many years ago
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:24 (fifteen years ago) link
weatherup is really quite nice inside they dont have hendricks cause why tho?
as far as brooklyn the aforementioned hotel delmano in williamsburg and the hideout in ft greene too
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
The basic idea here (for the curious) is classic cocktails, made slowly, with classic recipes, fresh ingredients, top-shelf liquor etc. Usually these places try to cultivate an ambience of old-fashioned gentility, though that doesn't always work out.
For example, Pegu Club has not just aged rum, but a whole shelf of differently aged rums. Quarter in Brooklyn has a rack full of different kinds of bitters. It's all about sweating the details.
― Josefa, Monday, 13 October 2008 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
command-f vests
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha - why did you get kicked out of m&h? were you starfucking? did you approach a lady? swear loudly?
drinks i had at weather up were great, but service was up and down. one bartender was awesome, really friendly and enthusiastic, and one was a total douche. i'm sure there are tons of rude, annoying customers who demand martinis with vodka and don't know what a pimm's cup is, but it's not cool to have that as your default assumption and treat everyone with according condescension.
― lauren, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link