New York Restaurants

two courses + dessert + wine + tip will run you more than $70/person at the village one

same chefs who have the bbq place in ft greene

― gr8080 (max), Tuesday, 16 September 2008 16:04 (4 days ago) Permalink

The Smoke Joint and its sister sammich/moonshine cornershop, Lil Pig, are like the most successful thing in the neighborhood right now. Smoke Joint makes a meeeaaan basket of fries that made me very happy yesterday. Lil Pig started out as strictly lunch, but since the owners were getting drunk there at night, they bottled some house spirits, renovated the bar seating and adjoined the space with the Smoke Joint right next door. Now both places are boppin late. This is half a block down from me, so i'm pleased.

u should check out peaches surmo--theyre working out some kinks but as an experience its great--and when the food is on, its on

i might check out their brunch today aksh

yeah i would love to. this place had to get through their kinks as well, but it was worth it.

Blue Hill is the best. I want to go to Stone Barns at least to eat in the cafeteria.

lets organize an ilx field trip and rent a dining room

the nyc blue hill is sooooooooooo good. i like the atmosphere, as well - sedate but not fussy.

re: redhook ballfields: not sound like a different kind of "that guy," but the set-up now is nothing like it used be. there were more vendors, more people cooking, a more communal picnic kind of vibe. the way it is at the moment is basically a bunch of people waiting in line at lunch trucks, and i can see why you were underwhelmed.

oops - that should be "not to sound..."

this place had to get through their kinks as well

i think we ate at smoke joint during the working-out-the-kinks phase. the only thing that i really enjoyed was the coleslaw.

Hecho en Dumbo was surprisingly good -- similar style food to Bonita but better and even, I think, slightly cheaper.

The first rule of moto is don't talk about moto

takeout in sunnyside/woodside? i'm in the area dogsitting for a few days. alternately: any kind of fun/specialty grocery shopping where i could make some fancy dinner? i don't have class til thursday this week (thank you, jewishes!) so i can cook in the evenings if i want.

Sripraphai.

yes but that is no delivery :( however, if anyone would like to join me there for dinner i am in!

went to aquavit the other night, on a rare pricey-restaurant excursion. it was pretty good. totally delicious butternut squash soup (with tiny marshmallows in it). good fish dishes.

(and the actual aquavit was good too. i got a flight of 3: an anise-carraway, which i guess is sort of the traditional preparation; a lingonberry; and a mango-lime-chili pepper that was heavy on the chili pepper, woo.)

marshmallows in soup is kind of blowing my mind.

i silently gasped when i read that too, yeah

surmounter we should get lunch at smoke joint/lil pig some time!!! i've never been

isn't the candy-in-haute-cuisine-even-savory kinda old hat by now?

Tehresa, I suggest Han Ah Reum in Woodside, near Roosevelt Avenue and 61st St. It's part of a Korean grocery store chain, and you can buy produce to cook up, or just get prepared stuff like kimchi rolls.

marshmallows in soup is kind of blowing my mind.

there were just a few, clustered in the center. they were dusted with something, maybe nutmeg. i expected them to be, i don't know, fancy croutons or something. but they were really good with the soup.

marshmallows and starchy autumnal foodstuffs go great together (cf. also sweet potatoes)

I am particularly fond of marshmallows in casserole dishes, usually of the Jello variety.

isn't the candy-in-haute-cuisine-even-savory kinda old hat by now?

yeah i think aquavit is somewhat from that wave, adapted for scandinavian purposes. not that there was a lot of trickery, just a few touches here and there. the soup would have been delicious without the marshmallows, but they did give it a sort of kick.

xp: yeah it very much seemed like a nod to sweet-potato casserole type things. which i'm an unapologetic glutton for.

Yeah I was thinking about thanksgiving yams etc. I think it's that having them in soup makes me think of hot chocolate and my brain is having a weird time of it all.

Also I was never into the marshmallow yam casserole so I think I'd rather just have a lovely simple soup that doesn't feel the need to apologize or supplement with marshmallows. Lol soup psychology.

that soup is great! i've only had the smorgasboard brunch at aquavit, but they serve it as a starter. also delicious: the aquavit bloody marys.

tehresa - this place is great: http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-pollera-colorada-sunnyside

oooh that's super close to where i'm staying!

it is SO good. they use hardwood charcoal for the rotisserie.

so as not to overrun the wdyll thread w/ restaurant talk.

smoke joint:
max likes. surmounter likes. i thought 'meh'.

i found their pulled pork rather dry, though :( mac and cheese as well as the collards were uninspiring.

ooh i have a thing for the collards. i just love this thread.

i had a pretty good mac n cheese the other day at the little corner cafe? or something? in soho on bleecker & b'way. that was after i tried to go to the "wichcraft" in the equinox health club and was told the chef was on his break so no sandwiches

the smoke joint guys place in bed-stuy, peaches, is worth a trip on the A--in particular for their salads and veggie dishes, and the pearl pasta.

http://www.pinchetaqueria.com/

^^^^ THIS

some ilxors and i ate at taco santana again yesterday. yummmm.

we thought smoke joint was terrible, but we ate there within a few months of opening, so i'll defer to more recent opinions. they were overwhelmed, that much was clear. in fort greene, i'm interested in trying no. 7. the chef is a really nice guy who was a few years behind me at school.

pondicherry masala dosas at tiffin wallah today... i loooooooooooove that place.

thank you, lauren! glad i'm not the only hater! i wonder if i should try again since they seem to have improved? i ate there about a year ago.

they have fancy hot dogs, i think? i remember laurel saying that she liked those quite a bit.

no. 7 is supposedly fantastic. a friend of mine has gotten friendly with the peeps over there -- i'm going on thurs.

just had an amazing plate of hacked pork, smoky greens and rice from SJ. well the rice was mine.

yay! i'm really looking forward to trying it.

I have to say Teresa's has the best blintzes I have ever had in my life, and that means something coming from an ashkenazi jew. I had one plum butter w/cheese and one shredded apple. Hot damn.

location, plz.

that sounds amazing!

Montague and Hicks Streets

Also generally good with the standard polish fare (stuffed cabbage, pierogies, etc.)

jimmy the mod otm, I had those Pinche fish tacs this past Thurs.

tacos

pinche is on my list. that reminds me - we had such good fish tacos at la superior in wmsburg the other week. they weren't baja style, but they were so tasty and very simple. just grilled fish with a pickled pepper relish. i think the latter ingredient is a secret weapon.