[WHAT YOU SHOULD ORDER AT...] STONE PARK CAFE

WHAT YOU SHOULD ORDER AT... is a recurring column designed in kind for your opinionated asses and our lazy asses.  We're going to pick one Park Slope resto a week and recommend our favorite dish at each.  Are we right?  Are we wrong?  YOU KNOW YOU WANNA WEIGH IN.  

If you find yourself at Stone Park Cafe (324 Fifth Ave at 3rd St, 718-369-6548), that probably means that you've tricked someone into paying for you.  Well done, you! 

Stone Park Cafe is hands down my favorite restaurant in Park Slope, but its prices are so high in order to eat there more than once a year, you either need to a.) make a lot of money or b.) have a sugar daddy/mama.  Neither of those things apply to me, so I don't find myself up in there very often.

But when I DO end up there, I typically go balls out and order like 15 courses and worry/cry about the bill later.  What's life without the occasional (read: constant) stupid financial decision? 

A stable one, you say? 

Whatever, man. 

I will wile out at expensive restaurants ALL I WANT. 

So, what should you order if you win the lottery and find yourself at Stone Park Cafe?

Image via Park Slope Lens

Start out with the Grilled Octopus appetizer ($14).  It's made with chorizo, fingerling potatoes, and a whole lot of goddamned awesomeness.  It's so good that we got Cathy Erway of Not Eating Out in NY to replicate it for us. 

For your entree, get the Diver Scallops ($27) and don't be freaked out by the prospect of being served "squid ink tagliatelle."  IT'S GOOD, JUST ORDER IT.

For dessert, the Cappucino Cheesecake ($8) is top notch, but don't order it until you find out whether or not they have their special smoked chocolate ice cream.  That shit is krazy with a "k."

After this meal, you could probably go home and kill yourself because there's a very good possibility that your life won't get any better than this moment.  Also, if you're dead, you won't have to pay for it. 

Amanda's Life Tips: Live them, learn them, love them. 

You're welcome.