i think tonight though i am going to order from plump dumpling, mostly because they have the cutest menu i've ever seen http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1300/1365350501_aeb6b0eed4.jpg
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i have been craving dumplings for 2 weeks
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Will they have oyster special on memorial day evening? If so why not then?
― Ed, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 15:39 (sixteen years ago) link
was gonna say the same thing, if they're open might be a great time to go. I've got Monday off.
― dmr, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
That's sad about Florent - it was always neat to end a night out with mussels at 4:45am.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
awww we shoudl have a florent fap. it is so yum.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I am in NYC 10-17 June
is there any chance that any of the cool kids on this thread wld like to go to a ... NYC Restaurant ... with me ... in that time?
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheelmaker/269542124/
― Hello Everyone!, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
shit that sux laurent is closing. great read tho, i had no idea about its pedigree or that it even existed in '85. ran in there for lunch last week had an amazing soft shell crab blt wrap. good fries too.
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh god is it softshell crab season again and am I going to have to watch my beloved friends eat bugs, carapaces and guts and all?
― Laurel, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
mmmmm
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i hope so laurel!
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.foureyesjokeshop.com/ProductImages/Lobster_costume.jpg
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Let me know me if anything oyster-related is happening.
― Virginia Plain, Friday, 23 May 2008 01:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i never thought florent was particularly that yummy. its just that it was there and open at 4am and always (well, until more recently) had a pretty good vibe or whatever. i guess i'll miss it for nostalgia or whatever but its not like ive been there in 4 years or so anwyay since the meatpacking district turned into hell.
― phil-two, Friday, 23 May 2008 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i need a big, juicy steak, a beautiful glass of wine and a scrumptious salad in a really elegant but woodsy, darkly-lit restaurant.
― Surmounter, Sunday, 25 May 2008 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Try Lodge on Havemeyer in Williamsburg.
― felicity, Sunday, 25 May 2008 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, that's pretty cozy.
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:10 (sixteen years ago) link
that looks goooood! i'm gonna try and make a res
― Surmounter, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
thx!
you don't actually need a 'res' there
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago) link
lol 'teh'
― felicity, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
well i'm just worried people are gonna be goin out to eat tomorrow night. places are at least open right? i know restaurants are weird on mondays
― Surmounter, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
just give em a call if you're worried.
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
i didn't realize you meant for tomorrow so i thought the reservation thing was unnecessary.
― tehresa, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
ohhh yeah, i don't know what restaurants are like on memorial night. gosh i'm so ready for that dinner tho. haven't had a steak in way too long.
― Surmounter, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
It's a fun place. Lodge is by Taavo Somer, who did Freeman's, too.
Apparently his new thing is maritime. Has anyone been to the Rusty Knot?
― felicity, Sunday, 25 May 2008 17:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Marlow ! Northeast Kingdom!
both in Bklyn
― warmsherry, Sunday, 25 May 2008 18:54 (sixteen years ago) link
has anyone eaten at Les Halles?
― bingolola, Sunday, 25 May 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I found the thread
― bingolola, Sunday, 25 May 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
i've never been to les halles but i am reading kitchen confidential and it's making me want all kinds of steak frites
― bell_labs, Monday, 26 May 2008 00:27 (sixteen years ago) link
you wont be able to get into marlowe&sons without like at least a 30 min wait unless you get there super early. though its my favorite restaurant in brooklyn by far. there's a super cute chef there too.
Has anyone been to the Rusty Knot? i went about a month or two ago. was interesting. the decor is like if a midwesterner and a new englander got married and this is their basement. menu has yummy chicken liver and bacon sandwiches, and razor clams, and stuff like that. also $1 plastic cups of busch beer. the crowd is about 1/3 fashion&arts crowd, 1/3 banker dudes, 1/3 curious readers of eater, grub street, gothamist, etc. makes for interesting mix, though later at nite it turns more fashion'y i think
― phil-two, Monday, 26 May 2008 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Rusty Knot looks intriguing, though very likely the clientele is annoying.
What is a good alternative to Nathan's in Coney Island? Both restaurants are completely overrun--I had a melt-down in line today and scolded some men who tried to cut. Should I just pick any seaside shack?
Are any of the Brighton Beach restaurants better than any of the others? People watching is so much better in Brighton Beach than in Coney Island these days.
(x-post)
― Virginia Plain, Monday, 26 May 2008 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I had a bowl of Borscht in a shady russian restaurant in brighton beach the winter of like 1997, it is good in my memory.
Best eating this time in new york, so far has been on my SO's rooftop. We bought a grill in Home depot and have been grilling all kinds of stuff with awesome sunsets over manhattan.
― Ed, Monday, 26 May 2008 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i went to uncle vanya the other night. cabbage rolls, spinach pancakes w/ caviar... mmmmmmmmm!
― tehresa, Monday, 26 May 2008 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Oceanview Cafe on Brighton Beach Ave is very good.
― C0L1N B..., Monday, 26 May 2008 01:54 (sixteen years ago) link
its probably the only place in town where you'll see a Vogue/CFDA nominated designer, a senior analyist at Goldman & Sachs, and some ho from Long Island coexisting peacefully at the same bar. Anyway, the food is good. It's not a big place though
― phil-two, Monday, 26 May 2008 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
but if you hate fashion people, rich people, and hos, i'd give the place a wide berth
― phil-two, Monday, 26 May 2008 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Everone hates those, around here, ya prick.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 26 May 2008 02:16 (sixteen years ago) link
bleh
― phil-two, Monday, 26 May 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I wouldn't make it a destination. it's near my work so I went there with a buncha work people one time, it's ok but nothing special really
― dmr, Monday, 26 May 2008 03:04 (sixteen years ago) link
verdict in: i made a reservation at AOC Bistro in Park Slope. if you hate it, don't say so until tomorrow cuz that's just where i'm going.
if you love it please share.
― Surmounter, Monday, 26 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
went to ba xuyen in sunset park today for bahn mi...soo good and cheap. i want to have a bahn mi fap so we can have an excuse to order all 8 of their selections (i had a meatball one today which was awesome).
more sunset park recommendations please. so many restaurants on 8th ave that look awesome.
― bell_labs, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
I want to go to Sunset; I just stumbled upon this the other day:
http://bestviewinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/05/sunset-parks-chinatown-gets-some-press.html
― Virginia Plain, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 03:51 (sixteen years ago) link
red bowl on bedford is freaking delicious, and they have the sassiest waitresses in williamsburg
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 04:52 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and: english people, can you stop going to gordon ramsay's restaurant in the london hotel? kthx
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 04:53 (sixteen years ago) link
the red bowl??? are you kidding? one of those joints in the 8-restaurant stretch of panasian shitholes??
― phil-two, Tuesday, 27 May 2008 06:10 (sixteen years ago) link
ba xuyen is incredible. the food is amazing, the prices are insanely low, and the staff are so sweet. aside from the wonderful sandwiches, they have good stuff available in the hot/cold cases.
i've been to pacificana, which is pretty good, but aside from ba xuyen we usually shop in sunset park as opposed to eat. there's a great fresh tofu store, a decent turkish market, lots of small asian groceries (obv), a good dumpling joint (family dumpling), a branch of hong kong supermarket, etc etc. there are a few active threads on c.hound right now about restaurants in the area.
― lauren, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:21 (sixteen years ago) link
when is oyster fap?
― tehresa, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
saturday DEALT
― sanskrit, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link