The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

I am in Downtown Brooklyn. I just come here for the hummus.

Sahadi's? Damascus?

I would like to rep for what I think is the most underrated middle eastern spot in downtown: Waterfalls on Atlantic, especially the more unusual dishes on the menu.

Bedouin Tent is great too of course. I just ate at their other place, Black Iris in Ft. Greene and it was amazing, especially after lacking a good ME place for a while (although supposedly there is a good place that's just a block too far to deliver to me).

Waterfalls is good, but all the places on atlantic ave (tripoli, fatoosh, fountain) are and i don't hear much about any of them, so not sure which are underrated. Sahadi's is one of my favorite places anywhere. And i really miss Black Iris as I recently left Ft. Greene. I now live close to Mimi's Hummus which is maybe more delicious than them all but pricier and not quite the same.

mimis is good black iris i never really vibed to tho their lamb sandwich is dece

black iris has my favorite labana

also good lentil soup

yeah black iris is the ONLY place I've been that makes really good labane

black iris is great, so is sahadis, and damascus bakery. we go to sahadis & damascus weekly.
xp tho i prefer black iris overall, the lentil soul at zaytoons (myrtle ave location) is insanely good. and the fresh pita, so warming and delicious.

generally I think their (and bedouin tent's -- same food afaict) salads are the thing to get -- meat and chicken are good but pita/salads are amazing

fatoosh is pretty good, not quite as good as the others but close enough and insanely cheap or at least used to be. I don't think I ever tried tripoli.

damascus had the best spinach pies and desserts. Actually, I'm not sure there was anything Sahadi's legit did better than damascus, but it was a nice and fun place to shop overall.

Man, Downtown Bk during the day is really the home of the weird. And what do you mean Floyd's doesn't open till 5?!

i like how when sahadis calls out numbers and no one responds they announce the number is 'dead'

There's a decent bar near Floyd's with Skee Ball, totally blanking on the generic name now -- Downtown Ale House? Brooklyn Ale House? Atlantic Ale House?

I have hummus and pita chips and smoked trout, where can I get a beer right now?

ale hose, they shoot beer at u

Hmm I'll go by there and see.

middle eastern food is the fucking best
watefront ale house doesn't have skee ball, does it?

argh, I miss it there, so much. I miss Brooklyn. I still look wistfully at now-out-of-reach apartment listings. "HEY WAIT I CAN ALMOST AFFORD THIS TWO BEDROOM IN PROSPECT HEIGHTS...oh but our room would be 11x9 and the baby's room would be 6x8 and there's nowhere to put a dining table...but...but..."

oh no it's the Roebling Inn

xp

ale whos, they can never remember which beer is yours

oh actually I just rememberd that yemen cafe was good too, only we never went back because H overheard a guy in there waxing about "The Jew" in Arabic and got freaked out.

It seems to be Pete's Ale House and it is open...because its a restaurant lunch destination for really old ppl.

ale hows, a home brewing supply store

come to my house, we have beer here.

ians house, not technically a bar but they have beer

Haha I was gong to say, besides Ian's house to which he'll invite me now that he knows I have smoked fish.

lol

i don't want your fish.

i am just offering to share my beer with you.

I know, sweetie. I would have come by but I was getting increasingly irritated by just being out in public, and I want to go to my block assoc meeting tonight so I couldn't stay and hang and get drank w u.

It seems to be Pete's Ale House and it is open...because its a restaurant lunch destination for really old ppl.

― lets just remember to blame the patriarchy for (in orbit), Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:23 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no the one I was thinking of is definitely Roebling Inn, but maybe Pete's (aka Waterfront Ale House or Pete's Waterfront Ale House) also has skee ball, idk. Roebling Inn has good beers and hot dogs and used to do damascus spinach pies but last time I was there I think they didn't have.

ale hows, a home brewing supply store

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:24 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ale HOOS aka the stine filler

(stein)

xpost to laurel -- don't worry, i went out with my buddy arturo to brooklyn tap house and drank fancy beers for cheap.

h8 u ppl with your afternoons and everything

being unemployed is not ~that~ great. i mean, it KIND of rules, but..

being on leave kinda sucks, esp as i'm banned from restaurants incl Mimi's.

Speaking of hanging out outdoors, think of a plan for yr bday?

what about yrs?

hospital again?

Sunday's high temp forecast only 53, btw

friend in south wburg just got burglarized =O [not sure if this counts as downtown brooklyn but w/e]

what counts as "south williamsburg" these days? I always thought of that as being the hassidic part.

the north edge of s williamsburg i guess, my friend lives on roebling

oh actually I totally blanked and forgot that a lot of people call that area "south side" -- the blocks near the water in the south numbered streets

Had brunch at Clover Club today, still one of my favorite brunch places.

http://i.imgur.com/P2bMGTV.png

Ha!

I'm amazed at how much of Brooklyn is NOT "other brooklyn" these days though. Also slightly surprised Ditmas Park is other brooklyn but not, e.g., Kensington.

lol yeah if bay ridge is part of the club...

I guess bay ridge is a place where ex-manhattanites and ex-gentrified-brooklynites settle down and raise families? I mean I don't know how much so, but it seems moreso than bensonhurst or sheepshead bay