Another FIPS Food ROUNDUP!
While the big food & drink news this week in Park Slope was OBVS the continuing "not cool dude" fallout from last weekend's Great GoogaMooga, there were still a handful of non-Googa "that's cool dude" announcements that somewhat countered all that burning GoogaAnger™. Basically, they're all news related to storefronts & eateries going through transitions. As such, that's how we should think of the current state of the Nethermead. It's going through a transition...a six-month transition. Thank god for reseeding huh?
First up: The Beer Table space. For years they were one of Park Slope's homes for good, pricey beer paired well with food. Then, at the end of last month, they closed up shop as they searched for a new, larger locale. Sad face. Sorta. Then this past week, we learned who was moving into the new space, as DNAinfo reported that Roberto Santibanez of Fonda had applied for a liquor license for the space. There's been no word thus far as to what he plans to do with this liquor license, but I'm fairly certain he won't be using it to open a dive bar. My suggestion: KICKASS TAQUERIA. Just tacos & booze & perhaps a velvet rope.
Fucking Hurricane Sandy. More like Hurricane Asshole. Amirite? Among the many businesses shuttered as a result of the damage (and the resulting recovery paperwork) was Almondine, the renowned bakery on 9th St. Sad face. Moreso. Luckily, like the legend of the phoenix (or some shit) comes Melt Kraft, a grilled cheese joint from Valley Shepherd Creamery's Eran Wajswol. A grilled cheese joint? Now THAT'S something we don't have, Park Slope! Why were we advocating for a f'n salad place again? I mean, shit. Philadelphia's Reading Terminal already has a Melt Kraft. C'mon, Brooklyn. We're supposed to be cooler than Philly. Personally, I last went to Philly back during the W. administration, so I've yet to try Melt Kraft's Valley Thunder or Melter Skelter. I can't wait to see if Park Slope gets its VERY OWN grilled cheeses. The kind you just can't get in Philly. Sorry, jerks. Name suggestion: Pork Slope. Oh wait...That's crap's already taken.
In the FiPS universe, we like to masturbate to Franny's on the regs. Some of us get off on chicken liver crostini. For others, it's the pizza. Last month, the Italian joint closed up & shifted the restaurant a few blocks up Flatbush Ave into a much larger space. Next on the agenda for Franny's -- a cookbook that comes out on June 4th & goes by the cutesy name of Franny’s: Simple, Seasonal, Italian. Ugh. It's like Martha Stewart describing her favorite shitty pasta dish. They say you can't judge a book by its cover though, so that'll allow me to ignore the title. Good thing they left the full name off of the title page, or I'd have to tear that shit out. Anyway, there's a whole section in the book on crostini, so [masturbation joke]. Also, Alice Waters wrote the foreword, so you're guaranteed to either really love it or really hate it.
Maybe you missed the news. Moutarde closed. Maybe you walked by one early evening & noticed the lights off & just thought to yourself, "It's Tuesday. I think that's one of the days they're closed." Nope, Gary. After months of being the restaurant equivalent of an athlete who just doesn't know when it's time to pack it up (cough...Tim Tebow), they finally called it a day back in March, when they put the space on the market. For a while now, the rumored new tenant-to-be was another French establishment, the international bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien. Shit ain't a rumor no more, meaning that (alongside Tea Lounge & Pinkberry) we'll soon have three Park Slope eateries with locations in Kuwait! As of this week, they finally started work on the space, giving it an all-white makeover. Ooh la blah.
Read way more from Shawn at eatdrinksnack.com and eatdrinktaco.com.
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