[Throwback Thursday]: Little D Eatery

It seems like every day brings the death of another long-time Park Slope institution. With this new Throwback Thursday column, the old-timer FIPS writers are going to get all fucking nostalgic about some of their favorite places that used to exist here. We'll welcome guest submissions, too, so if you are seriously missing Snooky's or Mooney's and need to write about it, send us an email at effedparkslope at gmail dot com.  

Hey, do you know what I could eat the fuck out of right now? Little D Eatery, near Toy Space on 7th Avenue & 15th Street. But Little D hasn't been there since 2009.

Hindsight is 20/20 and I suppose I took D for granted. It was my first devastating Park Slope food loss. I was young and naïve. I never saw any of D's imperfections while I was walking around in a hazy glow of Coca-Cola Ribs. I would find myself smiling the morning after I tried hen of the woods mushrooms for the very first time ever. I hadn't even known they existed! D blew my mind like that on so many occasions. Sure, I had eaten biscuits & gravy for brunch before, but never like that. And I don't know that I ever will  again.

I thought we'd be together forever, or at least until I completely flip my shit, move out to the 'burbs and wait for the sweet release of death. But I was wrong. What a gut punch it was when I saw D had left without saying a word. Fonda is in that space now. People say it's a great brunch spot. But, I just can't.

I was talking to an old friend the other day and she mentioned that the Little D's Chef is at Blueprint on 5th Avenue at Berkeley Place now. I was taken aback, but then I guess it really wasn't surprising. She said the same Chicken Liver Mousse is there, and I chuckled. I'm in a good space now, but it still made my stomach flutter. Maybe it's time to stop by, just for a drink?