The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

give the guy a break he just discovered pastrami

it has more types of good food

this is a good natured type of guy here

yeah i want to go to his bar now, ill bring a pastrami

otm

hope he does this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZsiY9S4WpI

After two months I've come to the conclusion that I do not really like living in my area of Williamsburg. I mean I'd like it if I was single and five years younger, but it doesn't really have much to offer me now other than good italian delis/butchers.

Yeah. I've been going to my studio over there and am dying to find places to get a quick cheap bite that isn't PIZZA!

you live near lorimer/graham/metro. ave, hurting? there are some good restaurant in wburg.

Yeah a bit east of graham. There are a few good places to eat for sure -- Il Passatore is good, and I thought Mesa Coyoacan was decent. Also liked Le Baricou a lot. Feel like the neighborhood is kind of dominated by single twenty-somethings and bars though, and where I live is kind of ugly. I suppose I am spoiled by living at heavily subsidized prices in Brooklyn Heights.

those places are good...but I need a decent cheap and maybe even gluten-free option. Halfway decent mexican, middle-eastern or thai would do. Or chinese. For my lunch break yesterday when to weird spanish food/boarshead joint on the corner of Kingsland and Lombardy that was actually ok...hot table hispanic type stuff, rice and beans, roasted chicken. Just glad it wasn't pizza. I'm sure if/when I settle in more and am working there more full time I'll explore delivery options.

Hmm, for spanish food there are a couple of places on Grand St. that get praise -- Bahia and Grand Morelos -- but I haven't tried them. For thai I ordered from Siam Orchid the other day (Metropolitan Ave) and I thought it was way better than Pagoda, which stinks. I think there's a falafel/kebab place on grand more towards lorimer but haven't tried it.

You know what's really awesome in my immediate vicinity actually is the pie. Blue Stove on Graham makes amazing, amazing fruit pies. Also Variety is pretty good for coffee.

I feel like if you just expand your vision of your neighborhood to greater williamsburg and greenpoint you've got plenty of options. and really how far are those places? not thaattt far...10 minute walk.

For me I'm east of Graham, so the Lorimer area is within reasonable walking distance but the Bedford area is kinda not.

I guess one thing is 3rd Ward. I sort of want to take some kind of carpentry/woodworking class.

my studio is very far east. Morgan Ave and Division, which is also relatively north, near the BQE. I just want something really quick I can grab after getting off the train, even walking down to grand is a schlep in the wrong direction. I've seen the middle easter/gyro place, Manna, but that's even a 20 minute walk. I'll get a menu for delivery though.

What I want is for that burrito place right near the train not to be so totally terrible. Looking at a map, I may as well walk north to Nassau and just buy pickles.

If I lived over there I wouldn't be complaining, we drive down and eat in greenpoint, and grand and various places around the WB, I just need a quick meal when I'm working.

you should pack a sandwich and save yourself money

I'm governmentng to TJ's soon and will be in downtown Brooklyn. I also need 2lbs of lamb stew meat for ragout later today. Where do you recommend I go? Should I just assume that any halal meat store on Atlantic will do? Don't want to spend a ton, so hand-fed artisinal is probably out.

Hmm, I remember having a weird experience with lamb from that Halal store. I'd go to one of the Italian butchers instead -- Staubitz on Court or Paisanos on Smith. Both are a short walk from TJ's.

Dan, what train are you coming from, Graham? If you detour slightly and walk north on Graham instead of walking the most direct way, there are a couple of things before you hit the BQE -- e.g. there's an Italian panini shop that looks really good (I think it says panini shop in big letters on the sign) and there's also this mexican/spanish place right before the BQE that looks good to me.

Also you can see the crazy opera man and his office/thrift store/art center/disaster in progress.

no panini...I want gluten-free!

I guess the new waffles place is out too. Some of the Italian delis have good prepared food -- I got some sick-ass veal-stuffed-zucchinis at one, and maybe they could heat something like that up for you and give you utencils.

btw dan check yr e-mail

There's also Sakura (Japanese) right by the train. Maybe one of the nicer restaurants has a cheap lunch option as well, IDK.

Stew lamb at Staubitz was $13 a pound, sorry. Went to halal place by necessity.

Dang, that's expensive. I guess they know their crowd.

Anyway I think the lamb experience might partly have been how we cooked it -- way too much yogurt in the yogurt sauce.

That's okay, because I'm going to braise it in red wine. Got some nice sliced roast beef for sandwiches from the fancy butcher, looking forward to that.

Hey, what's the most used site for writing reviews of your building? Shit is breaking down in my building like every other day. Today the electric lock on the front door stopped working so basically no one can get in unless someone lets them in.

hay dudes im looking for a SUBLET for the month of DECEMBER help a guy out

i am gonna be in ny for ten or eleven days at the end of this week, pls lemme know if there is anything happening i should be attending or if anyone wants to get coffee + hear my british accent, etc. i have few plans.

good luck w/yr sublet ice cr?m, hope you find somewhere w/heating.

ummm i think there is the flying nun 30th anniversary thing this weekend?

oh cool, ty. i googled & couldn't find a lot (cakeshop, maybe?). i think the clean are only doing NZ shows (that is maybe a dilettantish approach, it could be fun)

E.P.A. Announces Proposals to Clean Gowanus Canal

http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/caught-red-handed-on-video-atlantic.html

i thought the gowanus already had a major cleanup effort like 10 years ago??

not a downtown question, but the Slope burrito place next to the 7th Ave F station closed after 20 years. Where do I go when I'm in a hurry now?

i guess upstairs in barnes & noble but sometimes they close it for cleaning & you have to used the disabled stall

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taqueria on 7th isn't that far and pretty quick but not quite.

You mean this one that's been "donski" for awhile?

i guess so!

what about TOFU ON 7th?

I can't believe u r failing me on a food topic!

i haven't lived anywhere near park slope for 4+ years!!

smiling pizza.

is there good Mexican near you?

http://www.indiescreen.us/?p=7014

Battle for Brooklyn showing this weekend in Williamsburg. Thinking about going Sunday.

I had tacos in b hill. They were good.

Oaxaca on Smith St. makes a reasonably good taco.

I used to go to fast and fresh deli on Hoyt just north of Atlantic for tacos weekly.