The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

Oh shit now I want a korma.

you ppl have money left over for records after all the fine dining?

morbs, i ate a can of chickpeas for dinner last night. i just like to fantasize.

Joy is the indian place on Flatbush, Joya is the terrible thai place on Court.

The pad thai at Sripraphai is really good.

lemongrass is a local chain, i think. in any case, it's not good. we went to arunee (in qns) over the weekend, and i'm going to be "controversial" and say that it was as good as anything i've had at sri.

I've heard good things about it and been meaning to check it out. There's always debate about that place, Zabb and SPP. Nothing beats the duck salad at Zabb, even at Zabb City, the one on 13th st btw 2nd and 3rd.

The pad thai at Sripraphai is really good.

I wasn't comparing them quality-wise, there's no comparison. I would just never get pad thai at Sri b/c they have so much more interesting stuff

i've never had the pad thai at sripraphai, but the broad noodle dishes are underwhelming. arunee is in jackson heights, right? i think i've been there. and zabb too. queens has ruined me for all other thai food (except maybe, like, in thailand. i guess.)

is zabb city related to queens zabb?

Yeah, same people.

Zabb City menu is simplified, better translated and probably more expensive though!

arunee is in jh, yes. on 79th.

i need to convince the zabbs to open a place on franklin avenue. there are so many empty storefronts and more yuppies every day.

or on manhattan ave. there are like 6 thai places around us, and they're all lousy.

i just called sorrel; not closed, btw.

The good thing about moving into Brooklyn Heights studio is being in walking distance to work. The bad thing is that Pace has a dorm across the street. The good thing is that my window doesn't face the street. The other good thing is that the Coen Bros., Brad Pitt, George Clooney movie is taping in the nabe this week.

sorrel was "just ok". i guess i should have had lower expectations for a $25 prix fixe but i thought they were somehow associated with 360 in red hook who do a way, way way better job.

"did"...I think 360 is gone.

Yup, 360 is gone. The chef/owner decided he had enough, which is too bad because I never made it there.

Clooney got in a motorcycle accident in Jersey last night, so it looks like he maybe won't be filming in the nabe next week. Boo!

do you work for Page 6 or something?

I went to 360 once, it was good.

hi aaron!!

Heya Lauren!! Are you still at the same phone #? I owe you a phone call.

And yes I gotta go write some blind items now. WHICH LANKY CELEB WAS SEEN CANOODLING WITH A MUCH, MUCH OLDER MAN LAST NIGHT AT BUTTER??? (hint: it was one of the Olsen twins)

Hay guise when does the Red Hook Fairway close on Sundays?

sir ian mclennan narrates a video describing the coming golden age of downtown brooklyn

http://tinyurl.com/229gue

omg

haha. It's the golden age for Euro expats, particularly those who use the STERLING M8.

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.28.02/gifs/public-eye2-0209.jpg
in 2012 a beautiful mob of real estate developers, bistro owners and dog walkers will storm the walt whitman houses, burning them to the ground in a golden flame, making way for sorely needed baby boutiques and wine stores to serve the visionary inhabitants of frank geary's post-apocalyptic fever-dream!

I went to see a movie at BAM a couple weeks ago and when we came out of the subway at hanson place we saw a black town car with a SIR IAN MCKELLEN placard in the window and were all o_O

i thought he traveled in a sled pulled by rentboys.

wau

on, dancer! on, prancer!

where in or around ft greene to get a tea ball... go!

http://www.culinarycultures.com/Images/Progressive%20Prod/GT-3931.jpg

a cook's companion on atlantic btw clinton and court.

target

target you think?

i considered cooks companion but decided to try for closer - i got some tongs there once.

of course i could hit sahadis on the same trip hmmmm

OM NOM NOM FALALFEL.

ii love the demeanor of the bulk goods dudes: 27.. 27... 27... 27 IS DEAD! 28...

i bet target would have one, but then again it is a shitty time of year to go to target.

don't forget pistachio baklava and spinach pies from damascus bakery while you're at it.

i bet target would have one, but then again it is a shitty time of year towhen you go to target.

^^^ fixed

omg so much awz

half a pound of tamari almonds what else? pint of lebonese olives what else?

FIGS. DATES.

and since it's so chilly and windy. you could stop at the middle eastern place on court right near atlantic for a bowl of lamb broth with foamy fenugreek stuff on top!

ooh yah. the B61 stops right in front of there too.

target is right down the street and its not thats bad in the middle of the day and i do need toothbrushes...

im not convinced they have them tho

I want Bedouin Tent NOW. Will settle for place on 44th St.

leg of lamb sandwich yuuuuuuum

that one falafel place off flatbush near yummy taco aint bad either

guys, tell me if Franny's is as amazing as it sounds. I want clam pizza.

tastes good - overpriced and annoying tho