May 2012
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Great GoogaMooga! Eatin' and Rockin' in Prospect...
Prospect Park was the setting for a festival of gluttony this weekend calling itself THE GREAT GOOGAMOOGA — An Amusement Park of Food & Drink. In this spirit of everything we stand for, there was a musical component to this festival in addition to the cornucopia of food and drink, with THE ROOTS headlining the main stage on Saturday, and DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES closing out the...
April 2012
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“Levon was the glue, not just in The Band, but in all of what people think of...”
– Jeff Tweedy
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BEST LEFTOVERS EVER!!!
Perhaps the best leftovers ever…fried calamari and shrimp in medium sauce from DESY’S CLAM BAR on Grand Street in Williamsburg. They do this one thing very well. Made by the same folks you might remember from LITTLE CHARLIE’S on Kenmare. If you want to enjoy delicious seafood Brooklyn Italian style during daylight hours, head out to Sheepshead Bay to RANDAZZO’S CLAM BAR on...
February 2012
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GET THEE TO BELLWETHER...
On the corner of Union Avenue and Richardson Street in Williamsburg, local heroes, Josh Cohen and Blair Papagni, partners in the creation of three beautiful children and four other eclectic Brooklyn restaurant and bar establishments (Anella, Calyer, Jimmy’s Diner, and Saint Vitus), have now transformed the space that used to house hipster booze mecca, Royal Oak, into the much more...
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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK -- 'DA CONCH SHACK' -...
Every once in a while, THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON has been known to escape the cold and report on the food and beverages found in tropical locales. A recent weekend jaunt out of the cold sent us to the glorious TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, specifically PROVIDENCIALES, known as “Provo” to the ‘Belongers,’ or residents of the Islands. It’s been quite a few years since we...
January 2012
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Warm Weekend Snow Relief: COFFEE COMMON Startup...
The Glutton may not always be the first reporter on the scene, but our faithful followers sometimes get the news just in time…as this four-day event is going on for ONE MORE DAY (through Sunday January 22) if you want to get out of the snow and taste some great coffee. COFFEE COMMON, a collective of coffee brands is hosting a startup store/Google+ hangout event in which roasters and...
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LIVE MUSIC JOURNAL 2011
If you are familiar at all with THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON, you know that we make it our business to catch some live music between meals whenever possible. In the past year, more than ever before, we managed to shoot some video at many of the shows we attended, most of which can be found on THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON VIDEO TUBE. Click on the photos below to link to relevant live videos, when available. All...
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HAPPY PORK BUTT!
What better way to follow up Hanukkah Latkes than New Years Eve Pork Butt? New Years Eve is is a time of indulgence and celebration. Next to Thanksgiving, it is probably the second most gluttonous night of the year. It is a time to ‘eat, drink, and be merry,’ often with the emphasis on the drink, which leads to the merry, but not for long unless you EAT! Hence, THE BROOKLYN...
December 2011
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Follow the New Year's Eve BO SSAM on FACEBOOK and... →
It’s time for THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON 2nd Biennial NEW YEAR’S EVE BO SSAM EXTRAVAGANZA! The indulgent Korean inspired family style feast as illustrated in THE MOMOFUKU COOKBOOK is quite an intimidating project at first glance. We are going back into the kitchen after having had two full years to recover, ready to re-construct the masterpiece, along with ROASTED RICE CAKES (for good...
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LATKES WITH A SIDE OF CONTROVERSY
In the spirit of Hanukkah 2011, Great Performances and Edible Brooklyn hosted the 3rd Annual Latke Festival and Cook-Off at Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday night, just before the first night of Hanukkah is upon us. Traditionally, Latkes are fried potato pancakes made from shredded or grated potatoes, grated onion, matzoh meal and egg, and they are eaten with apple sauce and sour cream on...
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ON THEIR WAY...ALABAMA SHAKES shake it up from...
With nothing more on record than a 4-song self titled EP released three months ago and day jobs to which they have barely given notice of resignation, ALABAMA SHAKES look like they are shaking things up all over. Lord knows, they shook BROOKLYN BOWL on Thursday night, playing to a sold out house, which they repeated last night at the MERCURY LOUNGE, most likely a longstanding booking that,...
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NAKED COWBOY...Oysters???
We happened upon this refrigerated delivery van on a recent stroll through the East Village, and we were a bit unnerved. NAKED COWBOY OYSTERS??? After repeating it a few times it began to sound vaguely familiar, like we had seen them on a restaurant menu in the past. Yet never had the notion of NAKED COWBOY OYSTERS evoked the image that is proudly plastered on three sides of this van. Even if...
November 2011
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THANKSGIVING OUT!
Let’s not get into all of the possible reasons why you might be spending Thanksgiving in a restaurant this year. Whatever the reason, if you find yourself dining out on Turkey Day, you owe it to yourself to eat well. After all, this is the glutton’s holiday. Here are a few restaurants with Thanksgiving menus that have the potential to be fantastic. Make your reservations soon to...
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wilCOffee!
If you follow THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON, you have heard plenty of ranting and raving about coffee. We always give credit where credit is due, but we are also quick to call out those who take themselves way too seriously and ruin the fun for the rest of us. These days, we are enjoying the Ithaca, New York based GIMME! COFFEE, with their two Brooklyn outposts and one in Manhattan, as well as the fine...
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THAI REVIVAL
(The soup station at PURE THAI SHOPHOUSE)
Perhaps not all of us are old enough to remember when Thai Food first came on the NYC food scene over thirty years ago, but we have all certainly seen the number of Thai restaurants increase over the years to the point of sheer ubiquity. We must admit that in the last several years, we have largely lost our interest in Thai food. Sure it sometimes...
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TURN OVER A NEW LEAF AT LUNCH TODAY
Every once in a while our gluttony can get a bit out of control, and we must make great efforts to control ourselves, rather than eat ourselves into a new, larger, wardrobe. As much as we love food, we cannot afford to gorge ourselves with reckless abandon all the time, and the real challenge is finding ways to still enjoy food and make it exciting while eating responsibly and healthfully. This...
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THE GLUTTON'S HIT LIST: Epilogue
Not sure about you, but the past week’s hit list made us hungry and we wanted to get right down to business, without a moment to waste. Unfortunately, we targeted a couple of the ‘just opening’ establishments on the list, and they weren’t quite ready for us. Here’s what we learned…
We stopped by SAUCE on Rivington & Allen one afternoon this week, but...
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THE GLUTTON'S HIT LIST VOL. 2: Restaurants we are...
To continue where we left off, somewhere around the corner of N. 10th and Bedford, we are still discussing the arguably pointless topic of restaurants that we are interested in getting to as soon as possible. These spots are at the top of our list, but of course since we haven’t eaten at any of them, we cannot provide useful insight into the dining experiences, but instead only our...
October 2011
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THE GLUTTON'S HIT LIST VOL. 1: Restaurants we are...
Is it lame to talk about restaurants we haven’t eaten at yet? Obviously, if we have not eaten the food or experienced the vibe of an establishment, we cannot provide the gluttonous insight on the eateries that you come here expecting to be fed. Is it really interesting to rehash the buzz around town about where to eat now without the benefit of the firsthand knowledge required to make an...
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NY TIMES CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: "The Reviewing Life"... →
(via nytimes.com)
Beloved NEW YORK TIMES Food Critic, SAM SIFTON, announced about a month ago that he will be leaving his post after only two years and moving on to become the National Editor for the publication. This reflection on his experiences in today’s column is a wonderful read, and its denouement, in which Sifton concludes that his best meal was spent in the garden at FRANKIES...
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WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THE SUPER CHEAP PIZZA?
This is not a review, it is merely an observation and a query. We would have to actually eat something to tell you anything meaningful about it, and frankly, we don’t really care to do that in this case. Therefore, we turn to the dining public in an effort to understand why the ubiquitous 99 CENT FRESH PIZZA SLICE is taking NYC by storm. During a recent walk around midtown on the East...
CRAZY FOR KENYA COFFEE!
We know what you’re thinking…’here comes another coffee rant,’ but not exactly. We’re actually quite excited about the availability of amazing, seasonal, fresh roasted coffee from Kenya popping up around town this fall. Naturally, being a skeptic about most things related to today’s coffee trends, it is not our inclination to spend twice three times as much on...
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HOLY SMORGASBURG, BROOKLYN!
Here is yet another reason why Brooklyn is the center of the food universe. Every Saturday from 10am to 5pm, an outdoor food market on the Williamsburg Waterfront (between N.6 & N.7), organized by the ever popular Brooklyn Flea attracts an exciting array of local vendors offering small portions of their signature items for weekend grazing of the highest order. In addition to many Brooklyn...
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THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON 1st BIRTHDAY BOOK REVIEW: ...
Today marks the one year anniversary of the day THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON was born by way of a minor grievance over an experience surrounding the acquisition of an admittedly excellent cup of coffee in the East Village. Since then, we’ve eaten quite a bit and enjoyed a lot of great music, and we’ve had a few things to say about a lot of it. If we had to draw one conclusion from the past...
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OFF THE BEATEN PATH...
Here are a few places you may never get around to, and hopefully a couple that you will have the occasion to try. They are all in pretty out of the way places, considering that much of our food banter tends to focus on Williamsburg, Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan. These aren’t necessarily destination restaurants that we would recommend planning a day-trip around, but if you find yourself...
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September 2011
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ST. ANSELM AND THE ART OF SIMPLICITY
(photo via okmitch.com)
Brooklyn restaurateur, Joe Carroll has turned Williamsburg’s ugliest intersection into an inconspicuous mecca of fine food and drink. Carroll originally opened SPUYTEN DUYVIL on the T-intersection of Metropolitan Avenue at Havemeyer Street in 2003, which has raised the bar on beer in the neighborhood since the outset of the Williamsburg cultural boom. ...
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DON'T MISS THE BOAT WHEN JERRY JOSEPH TAKES...
(via www.jerryjoseph.com; photo by Tony Morey)
Sometimes we are amazed by the astounding commercial success of artists that are actually very short on talent. Conversely, it amazes us that some extremely talented and original musicians can persevere for decades, churning out prolific bodies of work and touring constantly while remaining relatively obscure to the masses and the radio listening...
August 2011
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COOKING UP A STORM!
Hurricane Irene is headed our way, and we’ve been in the kitchen for the past 24 hours, making good use of the gas and electrical power while it is fully intact, and stuffing ourselves in anticipation of some serious weather. Pretty much every restaurant in NYC is closed, and every concert has been canceled. So, there isn’t much to talk about there, and we’re all probably...
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THE GLUTTON GOES GLOBAL: Spotlight on CURACAO
A Caribbean hiatus seems like a valid excuse for weeks of silence, provided that we return with tales to tell. Curacao, Netherlands, Antilles, a Dutch Island 35 miles from the coast of Venezuela, the “C” in the ABC Islands alongside Aruba and Bonaire, is an anomaly in the Caribbean. With beaches of white sand and crystal clear blue water set against green mountain backdrops...
July 2011
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Watchlurefishbar:
Chef Capon, part 2 for Today Show Grilling Series. Today’s topic, chicken and sirloin.
In a world inundated with food TV, these may be the most useful and informative three minutes of television with a chef we’ve ever seen. Learn how to cook chicken and steak properly and simply from one of our all-time favorite chefs in NYC, Josh Capon, of LURE FISHBAR and BURGER &...
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M. WELLS -- Canadian Culinary Craziness in Queens
The Canadian culinary migration to New York City is finally upon us. In the past, we have raved about the brilliant, tiny Montreal Jewish Delicatessen, MILE END, and their Smoked Meat on Rye. Those of us who can bear the wait to get in the door are so fortunate to be introduced to the food of a cultural enclave about 350 miles due north of us here in Brooklyn, that is not unlike our own, but...
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TRAIF - Sacrilege Has Never Tasted So Good!
(Traif logo via traifny.wordpress.com)
The Glutton is waking up from hibernation to report that we’ve just enjoyed our most delicious and exciting meal of 2011, thus far! The chef/owner of TRAIF (229 South 4th Street btwn. Roebling & Havemeyer, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 347-844-9578), Jason Marcus, and his girlfriend, Heather Heuser, who runs the front of the house, clearly put so much...
June 2011
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THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON VIDEO TUBE →
If you enjoyed the last couple of video clips from local live shows, be sure to check out THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON VIDEO TUBE for many great music performances live from NYC. Also, check out our own official music video for JERRY JOSEPH & WALLY INGRAM’S version of “Paper Planes,” by M.I.A. direct from Harlem.
May 2011
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PARKED TRUCKS WORTH TALKING ABOUT!
(Taim Falafel and Smoothie Truck, Union Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
Springtime is here, and while the mainstream news media wantonly obsesses over the immense vehicular prowess of a certain blockbuster movie star’s mobile home, the public would be much better served if the focus were shifted toward trucks with more to offer. The streets surrounding McCarren Park in Williamsburg are...
April 2011
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PLEASE TAKE A SHORT BREAK FROM GLUTTONY TO GIVE TO... →
While we spend most of our lives in pursuit of gluttonous, self indulgent endeavors to please the senses, every once in a while, we are inspired to give something back. A member of our family, 18 year old Brian Corbett of Weston, FL, was critically injured in a tragic car crash two weeks ago, which killed two of his friends. Brian has been awaiting multiple surgeries on his neck and spine,...
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COFFEE WITH NO COMPLAINTS: NINTH STREET ESPRESSO...
(via ninthstreetespresso.com)
There’s nothing better than the first cup of coffee of the weekend on a Saturday morning. Get it from your favorite coffee shop, or better yet make it at home. As much as we love it, however, coffee is something we’ve been known to complain about, literally since day one (see the first brooklynglutton.com post from October 14, 2010, “COFFEE...
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CHINESE ROCKS!
What’s better than Chinese food, really? It is unquestionably one of the great comfort foods that is prevalent in the multicultural culinary landscape of America, and particularly New York City. When it’s great, there’s nothing more fun and satisfying, and it usually comes fairly cheap. A lot of great Chinese food is really, really bad for you, usually because it’s...
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BEST STEAK 'FOR TWO' FOR UNDER $20 IN NYC
Filet Mignon: sliced w/baked herb potatoes and grilled vegs $19
BECO BAR - 45 Richardson Street (Union & Lorimer Avenues), Williamsburg, Brooklyn; (718)599-1645
This cozy and friendly neighborhood Brasilian Bar and Cafe ever so slightly off the beaten path, is only a stone’s throw from McCarren Park, and the tiny space with a lot of soul, and its tiny kitchen with amazing prowess...
March 2011
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ROCK OUT WITH THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON!
Soulive with Corey Glover, Robert Randolph & Nigel Hall
If you aren’t already aware of its existence, we have a sister channel on YouTube, now known as THE BROOKLYN GLUTTON VIDEO TUBE. From time to time, we document performances from the live music events that we attend, and share them with the world via YouTube. The video is always hand held, the sound isn’t always the best,...