REVIEW'D: j'eatjet?

When Big Pun died of being BIG back in early 2000, we all realized that we had a mission: To keep the spirit of the BIG PUN alive and kicking.

Back in August of last year, 5th Ave Park Slope got a serious contribution to the BIG PUN legacy in the form of a "gastropub" called "j’eatjet?" PUNTASTIC. THEIR capitalization. THEIR punctuation. OUR quotations. It's Frenchish. It's questioning. It's almost too much pun for BIG PUN to handle.

'Round the j'eatjet? opening, FiPS got an email from the folks behind the place. The chefs were from Rose Water. Folks in the front of the house were from Rose Water and Dirt Candy. We thought to ourselves..."Rose Water is pretty damn good. Dirt Candy is pretty much the shit as far as veggie food goes." Flip side, in the name of an unnamed FiPS writer..."the name alone makes me want to throw a baby down a flight of stairs."

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Blessed in Park Slope: we're getting a salad place!

Bitch... and they will come.

We here at FiPS have spent the past year complaining about how there are no good salad places in this neighborhood. So far, the best option we've found may or may not be the salad bar at Methodist hospital. But all that is about to change.

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