Buffalo Soldier: Wing Off #2

Your very own Buffalo Soldier is a product of Buffalo, New York, the home of abandoned factories, national sports teams who seem to have a stranglehold on the “runner up” category, and perhaps most notably, the very place where Buffalo wings were invented: at the fabulously divey Anchor Bar.

My quest for a little slice of home in Park Slope is something I don’t take lightly, so here's the second edition of wing offs as I eat my way through the Slope looking for the best of Buffalo.

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BARK HOT DOGS

A few months ago, I could barely keep up with all of the restaurants and cafes that were closing down around here. But now that the economy is getting all stimulated-n-shit, there are a whole slew of new spots on the scene that you should all check out immediately: Bark Hot Dogs is one of em.

Now, true confessions: I've yet to make it here myself yet. But on principle alone, I support any spot that is focussed exclusively on the all mighty hot dog--and these dogs sound pretty darn special. i.e., they're sourced upstate from some Austrian sausage maker, AND they are all basted and finished off with smoked lard butter (!?) Now, I don't really know what the fuck smoked lard butter is, per se, but I'm pretty sure that if I tasted it I'd want to baste everything I eat in it from here on in. Also, they have a Slaw Dog, and that's pretty much my only requirement of any hot dog joint I frequent.

Reviews on Yelp are mixed thus far, but also its mostly people bitching about how expensive everything is on the menu.

Any of you bitches been yet and want to chime in?

474 Bergen Street (at Flatbush)
718-789-1939
barkhotdogs.com

COOL OR NOT COOL: FUCK OFF WITH YOUR FUCKING LAPTOP?

sign at Naidre's explaining the new laptop limitations (click to enlarge)

The Wall Street Journal reports on the new trend of Coffee Shops limiting laptop use to off hours, and bouncing anyone who tries to plug-in. The general drift of this new perkless movement is: "you assholes spend $2 on a cup of coffee and then sit your fat ass here for 8 hours using our wifi and electricity--this is why I'm about to file bankruptcy" (paraphrased, of course).

Naidre's, Cafe Grumpy and the Cocoa Bar are all featured in the article.

As someone who has sat MY fat ass P-L-E-N-T-Y of times for hours on end at the Tea Lounge, after purchasing a lone cuppa hot apple cider, I gotta say: I kind of see their point.

But who the fuck cares about me---what do you bitches think? Cool or not cool?

Chickadee Chick Is Happening

Ever wish you could get some fresh free-range grilled chicken with a side of frozen custard??

If so, your dreams have dreams have just come true.

Chickadee Chick, on 7th Ave and Garfield, is allegedly opening in a few weeks and there will be loads'o chicken, custard, french fries, shakes, and....[I think I'm going to go throw up now].

(Kidding, chickadees...please support your chicken and non-chicken related  local businesses).

REVIEW: Da Vue: Hotel Le Bleu Was Le Ridiculous

Ok, so after the comment orgy that took place last week over the Vue, the new restaurant that just opened at Hotel Le Bleu, I decided to go down there and check it out for my damn self.

As expected: it was...uhm...memorable.

Before I go into my rant, I DO have to say that everyone there was very, very, very, very nice. All of the employees of the Vue seem like perfectly lovely people, and were super duper friendly. Problem is, they were also retarded, and had no clue what was on their menu.

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