i go to new york

It's not really the nicest place, though. Dingy, cheap stores and fried food joints iirc. And Woodhull hospital, just in case.

For the tourist experience of Brooklyn, you probably don't want to be staying directly across from a project, really. Couldn't you find something in Fort Greene?

yeah that place would be fine safety-wise but it's ugly and unpleasant. if you're really talking right where varet street meets bushwick.

if you're talking a few blocks east though then that's sort of a hot spot

It seems quite near to stuff I guess. I'm kinda okay with spending a bit more but my friend is a bit less so, Airbnb in NYC is quite expensive, obviously. That one is quite cheap and the place looks decent for the price.

xpost yeah there are a lot of places - lots of choice.

xxpost i think that's the exact location.

yeah it's just bushwick ave itself that's kind of a dump really. the other end of varet street, at bogart, is kind of a main corridor for hipster bushwick stuff.

that and boar's head distribution centers and warehouses

The important thing is, Brooklyn!

brooklyn is cool

ah yeah we are only looking in brooklyn. staying for ten days so like a small increase in price per night has an effect - but i see quite good places for about 50-60 a night.

That's so cheap! If I had an extra room I would totally do that!

it seems to be a really popular thing to do. as i mentioned upthread, before airbnb mysteriously stopped syncing with my facebook, it was showing me a lot of the prospective places were run by friends of ilxors i am friends with on fb, like yourself.

i have a friend who rents her place on canal out but i think its p expensive plus ew canal

you can stay in my kitchen if you like

do you have an air mattress, and are you capable of making coffee without spilling any on the guy on the air mattress?

Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit)
Posted: October 4, 2013 at 2:28:07 PM
That's so cheap! If I had an extra room I would totally do that!

if airbnb existed when I left ny and I kept my place I would be so rich right now omg regrets

I have an air mattress. I'll loan it to caek for a cut of the take.

xp Yes and no, you need someone to be here to do the laundry and clean and give the keys to the next ppl tho. Literally I may end up doing this for a friend w a swank apt if she decides to go that route.

btw the Commonwealth bar in Pk Slope is having their annual lobster boil Sunday, 4:30-8, $20.

We went last year but I will be unable to get there (Film Fest) til 6:30, but I think I can still get a lobster then. If you wanna go, say so here. We can send an email w/ a number (by Sat night) and you can start eating before me.

I think I have to pass this year--I know! Booooo!--but like everything at Commonwealth, this promises to be a good time.

Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit)
Posted: October 4, 2013 at 3:10:13 PM
xp Yes and no, you need someone to be here to do the laundry and clean and give the keys to the next ppl tho. Literally I may end up doing this for a friend w a swank apt if she decides to go that route.

ya u can pay people to do it, there are those who specialize in it im sure

i was gonna ask as well, and it's way in advance of me getting there in 5/6 weeks, but for finding bars and restaurants, besides asking you all, what website is good or is it just twitter?

i know all the sort of hipstery names that people mention in london (or rip off for london restaurants) eg pok pok, a few of the bbq places, mission, and some other like spotted pig in the slightly higher end. some of these look interesting, others less so.

i know it's a gargantuan world of stuff but pretty interested in going to some new cool places but also more eternal institution places, again some of which i've read about, eg katz's deli. i like the vibe of modern restaurants that have been good for a long time, like st john in london.

i just know in london if you arrived and went off buzz you'd only be at good places about half the time.

i read a few sites like serious eats and stuff anyway but i need a lot of info before i trust a place!

also the same with bars, if there are places that are really brilliant favourites or whatever.

xpost caek if you could write these up and put them in your kitchen for when i arrive that'd be ideal.

Ask the ppl in the Queens thread about fancy restaurants, we mostly drink cheap beer and eat whatever snacks are free at the bar.

all the more reason to get an airbnb going

for mission, you'll need to book a week in advance if you don't want to wait in line. my firend told me of a special way to do it painlessly but i don't recall off hand

btw if anyone knows of a bar right near where admrl is staying, give it, bcz we can't make him do the work.

Where is he again?

i am in all seriousness subletting my 1bed for xmas if anyone knows anyone who would be interested

I dunno! He and I are attending the same film fest and can't make our schedules jibe. xp

LG, you can check out nymag's dining section http://nymag.com/restaurants/?f=food for a non-yelp alternative

but yeah there's a ton of stuff and it'll probably just come down to what's good around where you're staying or whatever you're seeing. it also gets expensive p quick if you wanna really sample 'fine dining' or even moderately-priced-but-still-tasty dining. though maybe compared to UK prices you'll feel okay

michelin just listed their top 100 and something restaurants under $40

http://michelinmedia.com/news/michelin-reveals-york-citys-2014-bib-gourmands/

A lot of good food in London is quite reasonably priced, like mid-price covers a whole range of great stuff before you get to fine dining per se.

I figure that about finding stuff in an area etc, I guess with bars especially.

xpost

michelin has really weird taste

i'm more like, 1 entree + 1 beer + tip and tax = $25-30 and i'm like fuuuuuuuck

but i have a friend who spent the summer in london and said like, takeout lo mein was like $20

so maybe your metrics will be different

if you want a culinary tour guide for flushing and/or mht chinatown, hmu tho

also some of those restaurants no way youre getting out the door for $40

the main difference i notice is that take away is cheap here. if you drink alcohol restaurants here seem (very) expensive to me.

yeah i read that too lagøn. the UWS/harlem ones are actually that cheap though afaict and now i have a list to try.

completely baffling to me how dim sum go go gets a michelin star year after year

yeah exactly what i mean

like they like it cause its got corny modern decor or what

that's kind of generally discrediting to Michelin IMO

mission is closed down, possibly for a long time

michelin is garbage

nymag has decent listings but they give weird stuff "critics picks"

if you want a culinary tour guide for flushing and/or mht chinatown, hmu tho

Yeah this would be awesome, I was reading about some places in Flushing this week.

Yr friend's experience with London is actually correct really, there is cheap takeaway food, but you could pay a lot in some really bad places.

Then there are v cheap spots or high end places that need not be expensive, gastropubs or small plate bars.

eaters "top 38" is a pretty good list... their "heatmap" is an accurate summary of what ppl are talking about on the internet but its not the same as good

http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/07/the_38_essential_new_york_restaurants_april_13.php
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/07/the_38_essential_new_york_restaurants_april_13.php
http://ny.eater.com/archives/2013/09/the_brooklyn_heatmap_where_to_eat_right_now_9.php

also, dont bother with katzs, or carnegie

great ny noodletown or shanghai 456 are better "institutions" both in terms of quality and price, i think

or russ and daughters if you want good ny jewish food

There are so many dumb reasons why lots of great places can't win Michelin as to discredit it really.