New York Restaurants

also someone mentioned pequena in ft. greene upthread, their brunch is great + cheap. huevos rancheros etc.

according to Eater, Honmura An reopened .... in tokyo

i haven't been to alchemy, maybe i'll try this weekend! we've done that new orleans place on atlantic 2x (??? stan's? i forget the name). cafe du monde = winner. service is slooooooow and the prices are a touch higher than they should be.

that was me dmr! looove them

alchemy is good but overpriced for what it is, me thinks

alchemy dinner is overpriced for sure. brunch ain't too bad imo.

oh re: melt's brunch, it seems really super hit or miss.

anyone been to the spotted pig i might go for bday tmrw night

if available, get devils on horseback

yeah I went once, it's real good but probably not worth the massively long wait (or maybe it's not as hot as it used to be? I haven't seen any gossip-page shit about Bill Clinton running into Jay-Z there in a while). the pork belly was crazy.

is there any reason spotted pig gets a michelin star other than that it's a) small and b) trendy?

probably not

I heard Babbo's star got taken away? wtf

don't get me wrong spotted pig was v. good but if babbo doesn't have a star they sure shouldn't have one

otoh who gives a fuck what the snobby frenchies think

according to google new p&t locale is 0.4 mi from my house! :D

i'd rather try to force my way into a bar seat at babbo than one at the spotted pig, but they're both kind of clusterfucky.

did you check out the menu at the tavern room at gt, max? i really do think that could be a good option. even if there is a wait, it's a lot more civilized than the bar crush at some places.

pequena is kinda blah imo - bonita does the same kinda thing much better

i just found this on p'n't's website:

http://www.piesnthighs.com/images/pig.gif

i emailed my friend who is friends w/the pies n thighs girls and she said: probably not till next year they got all messed up witht ehir permits...wait it out

it will never open again

laaaaame

was supposed to be June & they told New York mag November

cryingguitarsmokingpig.gif

bonita does the same kinda thing much better

the one in w'burg u mean? or is there another one

they should spend less time being stoned or whatever they are doing and more time opening a restaurant that i would like to eat at. yeah!

maybe i will just open my own pies 'n' thighs to spite them.

theres a bonita in ft green - dekalb @ vanderbilt

xp

oh cool. I shld go there

eater said they'd applied for an expedited permit hearing in december, but i guess that in practical terms it would mean a 2009 opening. sigh.

well, ppl can come over to my house for biscuits (made with real lard flakes) in the meantime.

yea i haven't been to bonita yet. seems cute on the outside

still go to ICI a lot, which is right across the street. and Lulu is pretty good, also right there -- can be hit or miss.

i am leaning towards this idea of opening my own pies 'n' thighs even more >:[

xpost i'll bring pulled pork and greens

yah i dont know if pies n thighs is stoned or what but judging from the couple conversations ive had w/one of the owners they def were just all YAY LETS OPEN A FUN RESTAURANT which totally awesome attitude imo but they no doubt had a steep learning curve once the city started fucking w/them and they had to move etc

it's a deal. we can serve up bootleg nu-americana.

xpost

i will bring ribbbbs

xpost yeah that is problem with it, opening up a restaurant is actually not fun at all, and tho i admire their attitudes it just seems like more than they bargained for unfortunately.

ps gabbneb is not invited to our bootleg nu-americana festival.

gebbneb can come but he has to agree w/everything we say and we will purposely say many wrong things

it would be kind of fun to do a p&t memorial potluck.

i'll bring mac n cheese and green beanz

yeah this is a totally fun idea! i would be into it! i honestly do make good pulled pork, and good beef brisket!

and i can honestly make ribs - tho theyd be braised not bbqd :/

so let's make it happen. ideally before 2009.

lol piesnthighs.gif in political thread

just made plans for early-bird dinner on sat. at no. 7, btw. very excited about this!

i want to host!

this is an awesome idea

let's call it max's

did you check out the menu at the tavern room at gt, max? i really do think that could be a good option. even if there is a wait, it's a lot more civilized than the bar crush at some places.

^^ haha i thought i had responded to u yesterday w/ questions and then u didnt respond back and i thot i had asked a dumb question or something but i guess i didnt even check--really i just wanted to know if the tavern room is prix-fixe or not--the restaurant is, rite?

tavern rm is not prix-fixe

i guess that is sort of a dum question cause i could just check the website which i did and yes the tavern is an open menu and the restaurant is prix fixe or whatever

oh, if you asked me then i didn't notice! sorry. it's not prix fixe. the dining room is. tavern room is first come, first seated with a nice menu that goes up to the mid-20s for entrees. the current menu is on their site.

(stuffed meatball is outrageous.)

is michael anthony's gt appreciably better than it was when i had lunch in the prior era and it was totally forgettable? it is, cos he is a blue hill guy, rite?