The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

sorry i just like saying church of god victory

There was place somewhere in the middle of the nabe (if the nabe runs from the Parkway to Atlantic Ave, which I always think of as being the next main thoroughfare) on Prospect or St Marks or Sterling, and the coerner of either Bedford or Rogers. They didn't have normal walls and doors, but would roll up these big car-style security gates and you could just walk in, and since the floor was cement and the building had no windows, it was always nice and cool in there...I would buy all the beer in the world if I landed there on a hot day.

got a keg there once

keggers of relatively recent yore

I live a 30 second walk from Vanderbilt and Park. Bizarre to me that people are even talking this up as a new area - it's struggled for the 4 years I've lived here. OK, different places have arrived, but they're a bunch of odd, not very appealing places that've struggled (Soda is boring as hell, Cheryls has no character, Plan B is weirdly neon fratty, Beast is good for brunch only, Woodwork is ehhh unless it's the World Cup, everyone I know ignores the Vanderbilt). So what scene? Even places like Tavern on Dean shut down cos of lack of patronage. Not exactly a scene. Meanwhile 5th Ave and Smith St still feel more interesting, and that's the way it was 4 years ago...

Tavern on Dean closed?? Bummer, man. Although they did do things like add an automatic 18% gratuity to every bill, that made it seem a little sketchier somehow.

i dont think anyones saying its a "new area"

I bet Woodwork's not that crowded at 7.30am for soccer watching. Although it will still be pretty 'ehhh' if you don't like soccer.

Also, Beast only being good for brunch is fiiiiine with me; I could MURDER one of their breakfasts right now.

vanderbilt has an ok brunch but its expensive. some weekend mornings ari and i just go to get some of their coffee and beneigts and eat at the bar

beignets

new outpost of oaxaca taco on prospect + franklin btw. better than chavellas or pequena if u like socal-style tacos

Been avoiding Beast on principle after a saturday where they were out of everything and made us hang around long after clearing our table because the machine was down (something we only found out after asking a busboy - our waitress couldn't even be bothered to refill our water glasses). But goddamn that chorizo hash was good when they actually had it.

admittedly avoiding vanderbilt restaurants on principle has been easier since moving from clinton hill to cobble hill. sorry to hear tavern on dean closed. I guess the gratuity issue was weird but it was mellow.

they had a pretty good burger iirc

rip

only place I really miss from the neighborhood is Cornelius.

went to Cornelius one time and wasn't that into it, they had a good list of bourbons but were missing the first two I tried to order and I thought the pork sliders were pretty blah. could have been just-opened jitters though, it was like the first week.

new outpost of oaxaca taco on prospect + franklin btw. better than chavellas or pequena if u like socal-style tacos

sweet. picked up their menu at Brooklyn Beer & Soda, they had it out on the counter & I was curious if it was good.

has anyone eaten here?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/nyregion/07michelin.html?_r=1&hpw

michelin is so weird

I haven't been there but it's nearby and I'm not totally surprised. That place gets insane foodie props all the time.

i guess i am "out of the foodie loop"

Has anyone been to Black Gold on Court St (and I think 4th pl) yet? Some sort of coffee and records and antiques dealy. They use Rook coffee, which a friend of mine swears by.

yeah, it's run by some friends of friends. it's OK; more coffee shop than record store IMO -- I feel like they're trying to get you in a coffee stupor and then milk you for a $25.00 (reasonably pristine) copy of Hall & Oats' greatest hits, tho they do have some newer stuff and some gen-u-ine colectors' items.

Is the coffee itself good? I feel like my dream of always being within spitting distance of really good coffee is finally being realized. Pedlar is amazing and Crop to Cup on Atlantic, which is closer to me, is also really good.

Minor Arcana was fine last weekend but I think all the crowd were friends of one of the three DJs, so not a typical night.

― I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Friday, October 1, 2010 2:33 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

guess whos living above this bar starting nov 1

^^^this guy?

how did you do this? like, with a broker and all, or was there some magic easy way

craigslist/broker/"no fee" (which i assume means that were paying for it in our rent)

hopefully it works out well enough and i can stay in the same place for more than a year for the first time since forever

max we will have a place to fap now, eh

that's cool -- i had the sense that cr41gslist nyc was all scams now

that's where I've gotten my last 2 apartments

So yeah, Black Gold -- fucking weird. Not very inviting. Overpriced records, dark, nowhere to sit.

In a larger sense I don't really get this "curated store" concept. I mean some are fun to browse, but ultimately why should I pay more for a product I can get somewhere else because you picked it?

Thought the revive was going to be about the DIY hipster wedding at the waterfront park in DUMBO this morning.

The nu-park or the olde park?

The one right across from Bubby's.

Ah, olde park. Have you been to nu-park? It's awesome, in a weird, slightly disneyworldish sort of way.

No, not yet.

By the way, can you Game: Guess the Name of the Artist Based on a String of Pictures, &c.

saw the CONAN blimp flying over the gowanus today

So yeah, Black Gold -- fucking weird. Not very inviting. Overpriced records, dark, nowhere to sit.

I was so psyched when I heard there was gonna be a record store in the area (and disappointed when I saw the selection/price) that I didn't even remember it's supposed to be a coffee shop during the look-around.

IT'S A LOT OF RAIN

crazy hail at my place. my wife ran out and scooped a snowball off a car.

I just made it back w/ Thai food before the rain hit Kensington

That was insane.

Like I wouldn't have been surprised to see the four horsemen of the apocalypse come riding down clinton st. after that.

Once again Queens is spared.

Not quite sure what you mean. There is thunder and lightning but not so much precipitation, I guess.

yeah some crazy lightning! spared the hail maybe

omg

OK, that one was pretty scary. Giant flash of lightning and thundercrash a half second later.

omg part 2