The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

Casablanca is the trivia movie @ Sharlene's tomw! That's from the pre-Goonies era.

city sub keeps the worst hours those bastards, what like cops dont need to eat @ nite, outrageous

ha I've gotten burned like 5 times walking over there on a Sunday. thwarted.

Hm. Are you thinking about going, Morbius?

hard to say. Mon & Tue may be heavy work days. can we get 4 players?

Might could.

Let's say no unless there's a wave of enthusiasm

Yeah I'm backing down. Too bad though. Not that I know everything about Casablanca, but I'm old enough to fake it.

the Germans wore brown, you wore blue

what waters? we're in the middle of the desert.

i was misinformed.

based, as you know, on the play Everybody Comes to Rick's

This is a thread about CASABLANCA because it is utterly awesome and the best black and white film ever.

1st anniv at Sharlene's tonight, no trivia I'm guessing

went to the new hot bird bar this weekend. seems nice tho there were a lot of families for some reason.

so bummed that the new hot bird is just a bar.

yeah i was bummed too. there is apparently a korean food truck that hangs out there sometimes.

btw Sharlene's anniv party is Friday, as I found out after walking 20 mins from Slope to get there.

I didn't stay, but the movie round was the 1967 Casino Royale, which i've only sat through once.

and tomorrow's movie subject is E.T. (I think I've got the hard questions on that)

It's not in downtown Brooklyn, but there is a 24-hour Read-In at the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library this Sat. from 5 pm to Sun. at 5 pm. Come to support your public libraries!

http://savenyclibraries.org/2010/05/29/24-hour-read-in/

are there any open-air screenings of the us/england game in brooklyn tomorrow? (or anywhere else in the city?)

the few places i saw were booked up already

ah voila

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57919

nice!it's gonna be an awesome clusterfuck out there

I know Sharlene's Bar (indoors) has the games. Wish I gave a damn.

I may go out on Vanderbilt Ave. for a while. Woodwork bar on Vanderbilt is gonna be a zoo, they were turning people away at the door a couple weeks ago for Berlin vs. Milan so I can't even imagine what World Cup Fever will look like.

I just want somewhere to sit

was amazed at the amount of people at woodwork this morning for sa-mex. for most of the weekend games you have to buy an adavanced seat

buy?? a seat at the bar? lol

i guess officially it's a reservation with a drink minimum, but yeah

whew, good thing soccer is so boring

every man has his reasons

vanderbilt thing was fun, though like an hour before the game there was hardly anybody there and we got seats no problem...people showed up eventually tho

I mostly just was thinking "if this is the soccer audience in BROOKLYN I can't imagine the game has actually made inroads elsewhere in this country"

i came for 2nd half, it was fun

i think the bars took a lot of the crowd actually! soda, woodwork and plan b all looked packed

why you'd watch indoors vs. brown baggin a beer from the deli and watching in the street is kinda beyond me

seriously! not sure why a bar would be more fun

and that cornerstore on bergen and vanderbilt had v. reasonable beer prices

30 dollars to watch a match at a bar = ack

So Mazzat on Columbia Street is really good if you're into flavors that'll shock your tastebuds. Sour feta cheese dip with sumac, heavily herbed stuffed zuchini, etc. Really fucking good.

Wait was too long at Frankie's again but Prime Meats delivered.

Also we recently got the Frankie's cookbook and it's very nice
http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2010/07/frankies-spuntino.jpg
http://www.itlooksgoodtome.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/pasta.jpg

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/man_stabbed_during_early_morning_u1casI14SfLzOR0wotz7mM

that bar looks awful btw

wtf that is awful

Dear god

Are people moving to Nostrand-Kingston Aves yet? I'm into that -- anything to get further away from what Vanderbilt is turning into.

wow the comments are worse than the story.

Laurel, that seems idiotic, frankly.

Really? I was thinking about it before I got shanghied to this crummy borough. It depends on where, on those avenues, obv. But it's not all some kind of lawless, burned-out shell of a neighborhood, it's very quiet and familial for quite large stretches.

Ugggh. You sort of have to ask yourself what chance anybody has if a former fucking karate instructor can't defend himself against a dude like that.