The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

Gentrification: Gone Too Far?

Yeah but how about the photo of a typical Brooklyn dog lover

I know it was trash, but I loved Mexicali on Court just below Atlantic, and they delivered. Anyone recommend Mexican that delivers in Boerum Hill? (I don't like California Burrito) Thanks!

oh Mexicali was gross! Is Buddy's Burittos still there? They used to sell their own root beer. I'd get beans and rice and chicken. Is California Burrito the place at Bergen and Court? I actually liked that place. I'd get enchiladas plate delivery, totally disgusting mess but I loved it.

I remember Lobo being pretty shitty tex mex -- maybe they deliver?

There's a taco place on Smith that was called Oaxaca and is called something else now, and that was decent, again don't know if they deliver

Not Oaxaca anymore -- it's called omg taco and they aren't bad (basically the same place; different name). The food ends up a little cold when they deliver but I like them bc tacos also it seems to be owned/run by young dudes and I like kt support them.

And I will voice my support for the late mexicali

Anyone else been to French Louie yet? Atlantic btw smith and Hoyt. Run by Bmilk channel ppls. It's really good.

Is there anywhere good to eat lunch near the library in Brooklyn Heights? And/or any nearby bars I shouldn't miss while I'm there?

Sure. If you want ultra-cheap, fascati pizza and heights falafel are both very good. If you don't mind a bit more of a walk, walk south to Joralemon and turn left and walk almost all the way down and make a left on Columbia Pl and go to Iris Cafe, which is probably my favorite coffee and sandwich place anywhere.

I think Henry's End is supposed to be pretty good if you want like gastropub food.

Henry's End is only open for dinner.
Fatoush on hicks isn't super close, but has excellent middle eastern (there's tons of these places on atlantic). also shake shack on fulton st mall.
also i like Teresa's on Montague for eastern european food.

Whenever I serve jury duty, I like to go to that oldschool diner that must be popular with mob guys.

Park Plaza diner, always a good spot to see lawyers and clients discussing strategy.

Yeah I second Fatoush and Teresa's. I also like Waterfalls Cafe on Atlantic for middle eastern. I dig the Park Plaza too -- well above average diner. There are so many more good options starting around Atlantic Ave and south, but that is a bit of a walk. There seemed to also be some new places right on Atlantic last time I was there. Maybe there's new stuff on Fulton Mall by now.

Oh and of course there's the Shake Shack, I guess that's not super far. Do they have the food carts in Brooklyn Bridge Park on weekdays? Are they out yet? Calexico is good.

Goddamnit I miss that area. I'm just going to work until I'm 75, move back there, and die in a brownstone.

Ack, I headed out before I saw these suggestions. Walked past Siggys Good Food but it was too crowded,
ended up at a little falafel place on Henry. Thanks for the tips nevertheless.

Oh, the falafel place on Henry was one of my tips

I miss that area.
Forget it, Hurting, you're exiled to the Queens thread.

Food at Henry's End is really rich, too rich for my blood, as the saying goes, lots of creamy, creamy sauces.

oh also there's a Hill Country bbq next to Shake Shack now so amuse yourself etc

so smoky this morning

fire from Jersey

remember when it smelled like syrup lol crazy times

Smoky syrup

Man, this sucks:

http://gawker.com/brooklyn-venue-suddenly-declares-bankruptcy-stranding-1575652190

More info:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/dumbo-hot-spot-owner-hot-water-article-1.1789876

FWIW, I liked that place a lot. A really cool space, pretty decent food and good beer list, plus the coffee bar downstairs was solid before there were any other coffee options. Sometimes they had cheesy art and/or performance, but it was a great neighborhood spot when there weren't many options (H used to have her studio in the building so we were there a lot). I have good memories of that place and the building.

people paid now bankrupt Rebar more than 20,000 for their wedding package! Must have been some wedding plan

Considering the average NYC wedding costs something like $35,000, I'd say it's not a bad deal. Granted I don't know how many people that covers.

http://www.tanveerbadal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wpid6366-rebar-brooklyn-wedding-7.jpg

looks nice

ReBar is one of New York's cheaper wedding spots, I think. Was.

And being a bar/restaurant, prices probably included catering. Even if you count something like 150 per head for 150 people, that's 22,500, plus rental feels and whatever other costs.

Spoken as somebody who got married one month ago and another of New York's cheaper venues.

Yeah, when we got married in Jersey like 8 years ago the cheapest full-service caterer, alone, was around $100/head, and their food kind of sucked. I think in the end our wedding cost about $130/person all-in, and that was only because we did buffet style food from a Turkish eatery, hired our own staff, got the linens/tables/chairs from a separate vendor, did no cocktail hour, got a friend to do photos for a bargain, used a venue at our U with an alum price, etc.

Oh and congrats Dan

Thanks. I got married in Queens...but that's a discussion for a different thread.

this ain't Downtown Brooklyn related but we went to Brooklyn Crab in Red Hook on Sunday. I was into it. long-ish wait for a table but you can just chill at picnic tables and have a drink while you wait for them to text you. place is huge, we got seated up on the third floor -- water views and skyline views, beer, good seafood (somewhat wtf that they ran out of Maryland blue crabs by 5pm though)

What officially counts as Downtown anyway? Does it end at Atlantic Avenue on the south? Fourth Ave on the East?

I mean this thread in my mind is just kind of a catchall for "not Williamsburg/Bushwick/Bed-Stuy but gentrified/fying Brooklyn"

yeah I have no idea what Downtown is. I think of this thread as like, Cobble Hill / BK Heights / Carroll Gardens but I just now noticed JBR included Red Hook in the OP so I was wrong anyway!

i may be moving to just east of prospect park soon, but i really have no idea if that's close to the locations you all are talking about, and apparently i don't even know how to use google maps for crying out loud

i am just south of prospect park and may be moving to god knows where

ie just-east is a sort of island (my nabe is untallied on this map)

http://www.mns.com/brooklyn_rental_market_report

wow, looks like i'm moving to the relatively cheapo part of brooklyn (prospect lefferts gardens)

of the ones that are labeled and don't feel like Staten Island (Bay Ridge), yeah

this is probably full of errors, but i found it useful when i moved here

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=202054879601397516990.000480b0c399504890edc&dg=feature

East village radio is shutting down

I stayed in leifferts garden when I was in ny and it was p great

xpost thanks! (bookmarked)

when are you moving here?!