they're opening a sister restaurant to Joya right across from my house. excited.
― yeahhh (surm), Friday, 26 February 2010 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― pithfork (Hurting 2), Friday, 26 February 2010 03:06 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― max, Friday, 5 March 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I lolled at this. via laurenp's facebook
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/archives/2010/03/kill_gill_takin.php
― dmr, Friday, 5 March 2010 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally tried Convivium and the abovementioned steak. It was very good.
― hills like white people (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 June 2010 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
good to know
now, who's been to river deli?
― janice (surm), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i really want to go there, but haven't.new italian place for ft greenhttp://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/07/first_look_at_dino_serving_nor.htmlmaybe not too exciting, but could be good for simple dishes, prices more reasonable than roman's.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
it's so
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:37 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:02 (thirteen years ago) link
omg ! that's the same exact dinner i got!
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
might try A Bistro tonight http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/abistro/
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved it. Got the "fried chicken". Which isn't battered and fried chicken, totally different. Been twice. Tiny place but really awesome.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
very cool. is it air conditioned? very pricey?
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
really been wanting to go there
also it's in prospect heights and I won't let ft greene steal the glory
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh right, right. sorry :)
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
SORRY!
get the jerk chicken breast. you will be happy.
that and the duck leg confit with mango jerk sauce look awesome
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
o and dmr i tried James. really nice!
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
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!
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
you go to the crepe place yet dan?
― iatee, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a really good meal at ofrenda last week, like my first taste of 'real real' mexican food
― dyao, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:42 (thirteen years ago) link
haha I didn't see that you wrote 'pricey for the hood' before I wrote that - so easy to get that mindset here
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
also been meaning to try that new indian place on skillman
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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).
― iatee, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i ate at great n.y. noodletown this weekend for the first time and it was ________so good___________
― max, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
what's good and not-pricey for dinner around 9th Ave in 40s or 50s these days?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 1 September 2010 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
thx
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
kaz a nou is also byob! did i say that?
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
There's also a pretty good little Cuban place around there but I can't remember the name.
I guess it's Brazilianhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/rice-n-beans-restaurant-new-york
lol @ the name, no wonder I forgot it
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost - no I don't think I knew that
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
can you bring vodka if a place is byob? i always wondered that
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
or cocaine
― janice (surm), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― dmr, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― max, Thursday, 2 September 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Thursday, 2 September 2010 03:09 (thirteen years ago) link
went to momofuku ssam for the first time a few weeks ago...didn't blow me away. The pork bun was awesome, the other stuff was really good but didn't always kill me. Next door at Milk Bar the Cinnamon Bun Pie though, god damn that's something else.
Been to Frankie's on Court St. a few times, it's really good iirc.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
going to Locanda Verde for my wife's b-day this wkend - will report back.
― parasitic mistletoe (m coleman), Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, the pork bun at momofuku might be my favorite thing to eat in nyc
― miccio kurihara (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 2 September 2010 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link