New York Restaurants

omg you're right about the no transfer at Bedford! i knew i was enjoying that transit much more lately

btw accepting suggestions for next flushing outing

max if you're taking the a to b'way junction you can just get on the j instead of the l -- it's less stops. of course, the j is the universe's worst train so you know it might just depend on whether you prefer to take forever while sitting inside a train, or take forever waiting outside for one to show up.

― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Monday, October 6, 2008 11:58 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah except im also walking distance to kozciskcuokeso ave so i might as well do that. not my favorite walk in all of bed stuy but wvs. i havent even been to wburg since my gf moved anyway... i cant stay up past 12:30 anymore so i dont really go to "bars"

go further out and do korean!

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also, those lamb skewers from the street vendor are so good - so spicy and fatty.

sweetwater used to be a great dive bar, now it seems like a ho-hum new american bistro.

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/10/adour_and_ko_snag_2_michelin_s.html

korean sounds good - any places youd recommend

and yah that lamb was def competing w/the crab for my affection

"big gourmand," lol

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/10/michelin_goes_mobile_releases.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/07/29/dining/20080730_FLUSHING_INTERACTIVE.html

if you like naeng myun (the cold noodle dish), this place is great: http://www.chow.com/places/3295
they make their own noodles, i think. dumplings were also very good. not as good as the dumplings they make at the snack hut attached to hanyan mart at 151st and northern, though. their kimchee mandu are incredible. you can also get a really unexpected snack food there, but i'm not going to ruin the surprise.

lol went to 5 of the places on that map - couldnt find the gloden mall tho :(

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oh, and there's a bon chon chicken and kyo chon and god knows how many other fried chicken joints. there are so many places along northern blvd that you can just wander around and stuff yourself. you need to use the lirr, though.

mah stars!

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omg i haven't had a bubble tea in forever, maybe i'll stop at hanco's on the way home

sweetwater is ok, I wouldn't go out of my way to eat there

and yeah it was better as a bar

I'm glad the G train is better, my beef was pretty much what Mizzell said, if I ever rode it it was to try to get to Warsaw on a Saturday night or something, it would be running in sections and take for fucking everrrr

Sweetwater has good onion rings. Or they did four years ago when I last ate there.

mmm, i just had one of those lamb skewers for lunch in elmhurst and passed by a malaysian place called Taste Good, which had a very positive Sietsema review in the window. anyone been there?

lol nice yelp review asshole
(2 stars)i don't think it's great since i have no memory of being there but i know i have since i always bring back a menu or business card.

BAHAHAHAHAHA

finally had one of those spicy cumin lamb hamburgers at the flushing mall basement. Pretty damn good.

good find though a few weeks back, walking down broadway in elmhurst (past tastes good) almost at Queens BLVD there's a big asian market with food service, they had these egg and scalion pancakes that were amazing.

attn max: have you been to peaches on lewis and macdonough? it's right down street from our old apt and i just read a review of it (it is brand new), i was wondering if it was worth going back to the neighb for. it is by smoke joint ppl.

aw man whyd u move, my girl lives on stuyvesant we coulda been bed stuy buddies

n e way this is what i said upthred:

"peaches" in bed stuy has got some good nu-americana or whatever you wanna call it--good soul food/comfort dishes made w/ local organic ingredients. waiter and hostess were really nice; ricotta was delicious. good fries and sandwiches.

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

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.

to reiterate: totally worth checking out, theyre definitely hit-and-miss still but i think once they get everything ironed out itll be great, veggie dishes in particular are fantastic

lol the other night i was there and someone ordered a pie and it had been made w/ salt instead of sugar [trombone noise] but it was lols all around and they got their dinner comped so wvs

haha... i will def go soon :D btw, not that it's important but there was an incredibly hot girl at the smoke joint the other night. and she had on this amazing gold charmbracelet. i had to tell her how perfect it was. she said it was anne klein -- who knew?

wait max is it your bday tomorrow?

max we can still hang out even if i live in the target now

anyway i wanna eat their shrimp & grits, based on the review i read, they sound A+ but i would think that in general.

hay schef is there still an applebees downstairs from the target?
i want all-you-can-eat chicken fingers goddamnit.

there's one up the street a bit on flatbush! in the atlantic center there's just buffalo wild wings and chuck e. cheese (a friend said that chuck e. cheese is the most depressing place on earth but now i can't remember who actually said it)

ha! my friend kiran said that, and i think i passed that info on to you.

yes it is my bday tomorrow

i know we can hang out at the target ally i just wanted to be "bed stuy buddies" and make shirts or jumpsuits or something

i live right next to the target (is there more than one?)

there's one up the street a bit on flatbush! in the atlantic center there's just buffalo wild wings and chuck e. cheese (a friend said that chuck e. cheese is the most depressing place on earth but now i can't remember who actually said it)

u must be so close to me then!

yes i've always wanted to go to that applebees. the chuck e is indeed very depressing.

you should try bellmont steaks at the atlantic mall for some good old southern-style mediocrity

i'll come to bed-stuy and go to peaches and you should come and we will take a picture and i'll make a blingee and it'll say "max & ally bed stuy buddies 4 eva"

surmounter, you're in ft greene yeah? i'm over on bergen & 4th. i just moved pretty recently beginning of summer so i'm still exploring all the new shit that's popped up in this area since last i had reasons to hang out in "bococa" or whatever ppl call it now.

lol im not pround of it but i have been to that applebees and that buffalo wild wings

not been to peaches but i am srsly doubting the smoke joint dudes could ever put anything worthwhile together

im way surprised at ppls dislike of smoke joint, it wasnt like heavenly or anything but it was better than a lot of bbq ive had

mediocre bbq w/an incredibly lame steez WE CALL THEM BROOKLYN WINGS DONT U SEE

cannot tolerate this

i live 2 blocks away and never go there and i love love bbq

have u considered... not being a hater

no wai dude

why y'all live by me and don't come over for football and bbq that i have MADE, what a bunch of losers in my 'hood

shoulda stayed in bed stuy we could hang out every day in our cool jumpsuits :/

ya schef i'm in the greene. a late welcome to you! cream you don't like anything in the hood!!

i'm still a huge fan of mullane's.

i have some faith in them cause i thought that little pig was really good. sad that they killed it. i went to peaches once and it was pretty good but nothing more. would give it another chance. i think smoke joint is good, but never go there.

sur, you like everything. it's charming.

i will admit that i am pushing peaches maybe more than it deserves cause i have a certaine amnt of hood pride 4 it plus once they gave me a free corn & black bean salad

http://gothamist.com/2008/10/07/zagats_2009_restaurant_survey_hits.php#more