New York Restaurants

lol at the huge beauquet of twigs on the bar

Franny's was very good, btw. I was in a bit of a rush, so I just got pizza, but it did not disappoint. I had the buffalo mozzarella, ricotta, garlic, oregano, and hot peppers -- really nice balance between the sweet creaminess of the ricotta and the kick of the peppers. And the crust was thin but nicely doughy -- I've been to other Neapolitan places where it's too flimsy, so this was appreciated.

still have not been to franny's

they're opening a sister restaurant to Joya right across from my house. excited.

http://convivium-osteria.com

going to convivium in park slope tonight, people like it /fingers crossed

― yeahhh (surm), Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 PM Bookmark

Avid foodie I know claims they have his favorite steak in the city.

went to aldea w/ my dad last night, had some of the most delicious scallops ive ever had in my life, mind blowing shrip as well, lamb belly, pork belly, all around terrific meal

I lolled at this. via laurenp's facebook

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2010/03/kill_gill_takin.php

Finally tried Convivium and the abovementioned steak. It was very good.

good to know

now, who's been to river deli?

i really want to go there, but haven't.
new italian place for ft green
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/07/first_look_at_dino_serving_nor.html
maybe not too exciting, but could be good for simple dishes, prices more reasonable than roman's.

it's so

so

good

(mizzell -- dino, that is. have you been yet? i got the spaghetti w/ lemon and parmesan, and a salad, and all of it was quite simply perfect - o and some delicious bitter herbs crostini)

also ft greene's Kaz A Nou is wonderful

i went and i got that lemon parmesan dish. simple, delicious, executed very well. also got a fennel salad, i think. salad was actually too big. good portions for the price.

omg ! that's the same exact dinner i got!

might try A Bistro tonight http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/abistro/

Loved it. Got the "fried chicken". Which isn't battered and fried chicken, totally different. Been twice. Tiny place but really awesome.

very cool. is it air conditioned? very pricey?

also ft greene's Kaz A Nou is wonderful

really been wanting to go there

also it's in prospect heights and I won't let ft greene steal the glory

oh right, right. sorry :)

SORRY!

get the jerk chicken breast. you will be happy.

that and the duck leg confit with mango jerk sauce look awesome

o and dmr i tried James. really nice!

don't remember if A Bistro is a/c, but it's probably pricey. It's a fancy little reservation type place, I think.

But worth it, our meals were pretty great!

you go to the crepe place yet dan?

No, we haven't. Any good?

Saw Siestama wrote about the Brazillian/Tibetan fusion place around the corner but it still looks empty. We went once and it was really good, but a bit pricey for the hood.

Went back to Richmond Hill last night to explore trinidadian food, got some doubles then went looking for another place but everything was closing by 8:30/9 for some reason.

I had a really good meal at ofrenda last week, like my first taste of 'real real' mexican food

No, we haven't. Any good?

yeah! I mean they're a bit expensive for the neighborhood, but the woman who makes them def knows what she's doing. very nice people too.

haha I didn't see that you wrote 'pricey for the hood' before I wrote that - so easy to get that mindset here

also been meaning to try that new indian place on skillman

gotten bad reviews on Chowhound. People prefer Curry Point, which is a more homey-pakistani/bangladeshi place down on Greenpoint Ave below Queens blvd. The kind of place like there used to be hundreds of in Jackson Heights, but not so much here.

never been to that one, but we pretty rarely go south of queens blvd for a meal. I know you're not a fan, but we are usually pretty content w/ masala (helps that it's 20 seconds away).

i ate at great n.y. noodletown this weekend for the first time and it was ________so good___________

what's good and not-pricey for dinner around 9th Ave in 40s or 50s these days?

Wondee Siam (#1, on the east side of 9th -- there's a #2 across the street). Order from the 'secret menu' that's on the table.

thx

Wondee Siam is good. I like Island Burgers & Shakes at 51st and 9th. There's also a pretty good little Cuban place around there but I can't remember the name.

o and dmr i tried James. really nice!

― janice (surm), Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:58 AM (1 month ago) Bookmark

missed this, yeah I like that place! nice to just sit at the bar and get small plates.

still haven't been to Kaz a Nou yet.

not feeling that Cubana Cafe on Flatbush. Cuban sandwich sucked

glad we have Pequena on Vanderbilt now, I've hit that for brunch twice

kaz a nou is also byob! did i say that?

There's also a pretty good little Cuban place around there but I can't remember the name.

I guess it's Brazilian
http://www.yelp.com/biz/rice-n-beans-restaurant-new-york

lol @ the name, no wonder I forgot it

xpost - no I don't think I knew that

can you bring vodka if a place is byob? i always wondered that

or cocaine

haha just kidding

haha good question. I would think yes? I've only done beer and wine. would be sweet to roll up to a byo mexican place with a pitcher of margaritas

Has anyone been to Frankie's Spuntino (Brooklyn or the new LES location)? We've been to Prime Meats, and we recently bought their cookbook which is awesome.

These guys are quite the entrepreneurs - two frankies, prime meats, some sort of partnership or ownership in Cafe Pedlar (which also has a LES location next to the frankies), the cookbook, and their own brand of olive oil.

i love james--the brunch is really good too--tho the last time i went it was pretty lackluster. steak was sort of boring.

i checked out abistro last week and really dug it. ari did not; i dont think she likes senegalese food tho she is trying to claim that it was the cooking and not the cuisine. suspect.jpg

i went to momofuku ssam and got the bo ssam with some friends a few weeks ago, plus a bunch of other dishes (tripe was godly)--what a meal. i mean, the pork is delicious but the whole thing is just fun, getting a bunch of bros together to pick at some amazing meat (pause) (rewind) getting a bunch of bros together to pick at some amazing meat

pequena is great to have on vanderblit! and the waitresses are way nicer at this lokaysh. speaking of mexico i went to mercadito the other weekend and got some bomb-ass fish tacos. WAY expensive--$8 for two tacos. but dang, maybe the best tacos ive had since leaving LA.

Oh, I did try Clinton St. Bakery brunch finally. Thought it was good but a little bit ridiculous. I mean any brunch that you wait two hours for and pay 30% more for is bound to be overrated. It's not that hard to make good eggs and pancakes.