The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

I think Hanco's and Nicky's are both good. I have yet to have a bahn mi that I didn't enjoy though. Hanco's also has a vermicelli noodle (bun) dish that is good.

Neither are as good as the Ba Xuyen or the jewelry store on Mott, though.

I don't know if there's other locations but I thought the brooklyn Nicky's on Atlantic Ave was pretty blah

their banh mi needed a ton of http://www.high-entropy.com/hunger/posted/sriracha.jpg

haven't been there in while, I usually go to Hanco's.

should i go to this place referenced in this tumblr entry tonight? http://alexbalk.tumblr.com/post/85865391/fuck-it-it-sounds-like-its-worth-a-trip-to-brooklyn

or should i go to franny's?

or...neither i guess, i mean i ate pizza last weekend.

ur allowed to eat pizza more than 1 wk in a row

max there are girl rules you do not know about

lol

well i mean i am saying my last dining experience was also a pizza -- perhaps i should broaden my horizons!!

the other food at frannys is real good too fyi

this is probably heresy and my horizons are no doubt more limited than most of you food-eating bastards, but my favorite ny pizza is at roberta's

but that is not in "downtown" brooklyn

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o fyi some ppl are going to 4th ave pub tonight around 8 (probably 4th ave, if packed we are going to go to pacific standard probably)

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Oh man, I always pass Sam's and want to go in -- best old school storefront. Perfect location for a murder scene followed by nonchalant exit to ironically light-hearted music.

http://www.gowanuslounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sams-restaurant.jpg

Better photo:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2584904922_84a49f7908.jpg?v=0

so cute!

i'm getting pizza tomorrow.

today someone started talking about making yogurt and i kept my mouth shut

i went to franny's and had a white pizza! it was good!

niice

Oh bummer, schef. I was on 4th Ave on Friday night.

ditto. I missed that post. er actually I wasn't on 4th Friday night, but walked around there yesterday ... we ended up on 5th Ave at Bogota for late lunch and it was good. fish tacos & slaw & fresh mango juice

anybody been to that new noodle place on 4th? skeptical since it's owned by the Sheep Station but it'd be nice to have around if it was good

how is bogota? i'd like to go

been wondering abt the arepas there

i been wonderin bout the empanadas

been wonderin why their delivery minimum is $20

whoa! it's kinda fun inside, if you're in the right mood

I used to live next to Sam's. Seriously grumpy/intimidating waiters who are either charming or annoying depending on your or their mood. Used to get takeout chicken parm heros too and would go into the back where there's another room that's darker and has round tables and behind that is the guy cooking for takeout and there's a giant poster of a Smith and Wesson revolver on the wall.

The pizza was good at times, it's been ages though. Down the street on Court there used to a be brick-oven pizza place called Leonardo's that was totally unpretentious and my favorite in the city. It's a dunkin donuts now.

dan otm

tried to go to the new ramen place - it was closed i guess cause of monday - got five guys instead

http://zuzuramen.com
http://nymag.com/daily/food/2009/03/zuzu.html

oh that sounds really good actually

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y'all heard about this possible german biergarten (spl) opening up on fulton? rumor from back in jan. i don't know what's happening now but that'd be neat. it's right next to my house and all

that wd be cool, i like radegast in w'burg, once i had drinks there with a bunch of ilxors

i like that place too, but i wanna try the queens one

but yeah that space is awesome

the queens one is better than radegast even though radegast theoretically has better sausages (tho half the time they're out of the majority of their selection, i feel like).

queens = astoria beer garden? went there once, my under-21 friends got carded :(

I just want a biergarten to have outdoor seating, which Radegast does not. The Astoria one is a treat but the last few years it has actually reached capacity on nice days, and there are lines and seating issues when it's crowded.

sounds like you want the gowanus yacht club

j/k

gowanus yacht club is totally fine if you go there middle of the day on a sunday during like football season fyi

gowanus yacht club is great if you never go

jk ive never been there

theres a biergarten in alphabet city somewhere 2

i just like the idea of beer growing on trees

I've been to the leetle one down in almost Chinatown someplace...is that technically the LES? It's the German restaurant, and sort of by a park of some kind.

ok you can't actually legally bring your beer to a park, laurel

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I've been to the leetle one down in almost Chinatown someplace...is that technically the LES? It's the German restaurant, and sort of by a park of some kind.

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this may be the one im talking about? im unclear on the borders of les/alpha city/nolita/chinatown/all of manhattan

all of manhattan is a biergarten if u think about it~~~

words of wisdom

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Ally, you are so right. You can't even bring your beer onto your own stoop, I know this for a fact!

No, silly, the restaurant actually HAS a backyard. Max, it might be that one?