For the last two weeks, my friend Elizabeth and I have been switching up our morning walks from Prospect Park to other neighborhoods. It’s exercise and work at the same time. She scopes out sites of architectural or historical significance for her work, I scope out food for mine. With mornings like these, I actually [...]
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Baked
A coffee and a breakfast cookie might be the best way to end a long morning walk to Red Hook (exercise- and work-related.) Baked is one of those places that serves up your childhood dessert favorites — chocolate chip cookies, brownies, blondies, and whoopie pies — in some of the best possible versions. Everything is substantial [...]
Tom’s Restaurant
Here’s a gratuitous shot of a bubbly chocolate egg cream to start off your day. I have a big thing for old-fashioned diners and soda fountains. I don’t know if it’s the vinyl booths, swirly bar seats, jukebox music, or overall nostalgic atmosphere, but every time I visit one, especially in Brooklyn, I come out [...]
Ganso
The first summer I moved back to Brooklyn from San Francisco back in 2010, ramen joints had taken the city by storm. In the three years that I was gone, places like Ippudo, Hide-Chan, Toto Ramen, and Rai Rai Ken (just to name a few) had sprouted around town. Having recently traveled to Tokyo, I was ecstatic that [...]
Lobster Joint
It’s barely spring and I’m already daydreaming about a summer of lobster and fried clam rolls. The past winter, as with most winters, shellfish-eating got pushed aside in favor of soups, casseroles, and hearty meaty braises. But now that it’s warmer, this New England-bred gal has been seriously hankering for some fresh seafood. While in [...]
Sweet PLT Sandwich at Van Horn Sandwich Shop
Van Horn Sandwich Shop, just a short subway ride away from me, is a great spot to grab lunch to break up the monotony of working from home. And, as I found out today, their Sweet PLT is quite the sandwich. For anyone who loves stuffing potato chips into their subs and sandwiches: Van Horn [...]
Krescendo
A few months ago, I found myself OD-ing on reading restaurant reviews, and becoming so paralyzed with indecision, that I gave up choosing new restaurants altogether. I’d leave the decision up to my dining companion(s), who were surely less cursed with the paradox of choice than I was. Or I’d just visit the same favorite [...]
Brunch at Rose Water
There are so many great brunch places in Brooklyn, but my absolute favorite, the one I revisit again and again and recommend to anyone visiting, is Rose Water. I’ve never had even a mediocre meal here. When I first started coming here, I was obsessed with the baked polenta with goat cheese and couldn’t think [...]
Lunch at Al di La
I lived in Park Slope for 2 years before I finally tried Al di La. My old apartment was a mere 3 blocks away, and I had heard such great things about it, yet I had always been intimidated by the long lines of people waiting outside for dinner. (Like many restaurants here, they don’t [...]
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Lobster Butternut Squash Bisque at The Soup Bowl
Winter is never my favorite time in Park Slope, but the saving grace is the return of The Soup Bowl by the 7th Ave. F/G stop. (During the warmer months of the year, the location is home to Uncle Louie G’s.) Yes, it may be a takeout soup stand, but on weeknights when you’ve come back [...]
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