The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

that's a lot of talking

They're having live loungy jazz piano right now. It's kind of funny and weird, but pleasant enough.

sounds nice tbh

i just did brunch at alchemy. they make really good bloody marias but their food is always so HUGE!

i've never had food there. it's cute though (kind of pricy?)

They have a great sounding grand piano, btw!

alchemy is kind of pricey? it seems regular price (for brunch), maybe a dollar more than other places but that's the whole 5th st strip quite frankly.

this isn't strictly downtown brooklyn related per se but guys

http://www.freshdirect.com/product.jsp?productId=slbsr_lbstr_live&catId=slbsr&trk=cpage&trk=cpage

what the fuck

should i force some poor unsuspecting fresh direct man to bring me a live lobster y/n

they are $1-2 more than goign to chelsea market and getting a live lobster tho

but the lolz!!!

hav a lobster party - i will bring the melted butter

i will eat 10 lobsters just fyi

well, i've only been to alchemy for dinner, and it was pricy for me. should try the brunch though.

For a similar price, I'd def. do Buttermilk Channel (for both brunch and dinner).

get the pickles.

i have heard the pickles are good

I was a big alchemy brunch booster but it's a short menu and never changes, I went too many times and got burnt out on it

(except the bloody marys those are still good)

returning to the back yard discussion, i have heard that the bar on 3rd ave near atlantic (which has some generic sounding name i can't remember) has a nice outdoor space. can anyone confirm?

omg a lobster party!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GENIUS

buttermilk channel >>>>> alchemy for sure but i've had dinner at one and brunch only at the other!

aaaaaaand back yards: are you talking about hank's??? i keep wanting to go in there but then forget about it! if there's a yard then 4 sure i am there.

Oh, I walked past Hank's for the first time, last weekend. I guess there was a show on Sat night and there were a bunch of boot-cut-jeans types hanging around outside? But I'd try it on an afternoon, for instance. Did not notice a yard of any kind but I didn't go in.

hanks is the only thing i can think of on 3rd & atlantic

wait is there a bar ACROSS atlantic actually on 3rd, kinda cattycorner from hanks?

yeah across atlantic from hank's. it's called.. the Brooklyn Tavern

http://www.yelp.com/biz/brooklyn-tavern-brooklyn xpost!

i went to hank's once, i don't think they have a yard

ya... it's cute (tavern)

that's my walgreens right there! love that place

yeah the tavern's patio isn't bad

lol that is my walgreen's too, high fives!

glad to know more backyard places, i am sick of going to 4th ave, the popcorn machine makes me SICK

;) i remember when i first discovered the City Lights diner there, i was so happy cuz it's 24 hours. it was surprisingly decent 2am fare!

i think that place is closed.

that used to be my walgreens as well. I think I went into Brooklyn Tavern once.

unless it closed in the last 2 weeks, it's open and thrivin, xp

i am surprised i do not run into any of you people ever. i only run into brian mont0p0li and my friend nicole who works at trader joe's and is also my wife. everyone else i know in the neighborhood is a mystery.jpg, no running into them on the street ever.

i know... i feel like maybe you've walked by me looking at lipglosses in a daze at walgreens :P

whats a 'boot-cut jeans type'?

Oh you know. Nice girls in boot-cut jeans with heels, and strappy "party" tops, with their hair blown out and I'm going to guess a high percentage of hoop earrings. Perfectly normal.

are you sure you walked past hank's??

There are flames painted on the side of the building, right? Maybe I shd give it another shot?

It seemed kind of odd since at first glance I thought it looked like a decent bar, but I thought, maybe they're just friends of people in the band/s. Sometimes weird things happen when, like, people's parents come to see their band play, for instance.

there's a 24-hr diner on atlantic and 3rd also. spent a verrrrry wasted late saturday night there recently. our waitress gave us the bill halfway thru the meal and asked that we pay it then because she was feeling sick and wanted to go home

hank's has a backyard?? (i like it ok, a friend of mine has played there)

there's a 24-hr diner on atlantic and 3rd also. spent a verrrrry wasted late saturday night there recently. our waitress gave us the bill halfway thru the meal and asked that we pay it then because she was feeling sick and wanted to go home

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yeah this is City Lights

ohh, so hank's is the place with the FLAMES!! really been wanting to try it out

everyone else i know in the neighborhood is a mystery.jpg, no running into them on the street ever

lies

i have only run into you once out of the blue!

we should all go to hanks btw

Let's do it. Sunday?

no, after i get back from Austin! will have my leather cowboy act down.

^^^ magic words spoken