Open Thread Wednesday 9/30/09

Anyone been to Armando’s yet? What’d you think?

I saw Matt Drudge at Five Guys last night! He ordered a plain hamburger with none of the free toppings. Who does this guy think he is?

Brooklyn Heights Bloggers, lend me your … restaurant recommendations! Looking for a romantic spot in the ‘hood (or near it) to spend with my fiancee this weekend. While I enjoy Jack the Horse, Henry’s End, Noodle Pudding and Le Petite Marche, looking for something that I haven’t tried.

Been to Po, Fragole and others (can you tell I love Italian?), but I am still in search of a true neighborhood gem. Any recommendations? Thanks!

Arecibo or Eastern are the way to go for car services.

ANY nabe, Peter? I think you’ve exhausted what the Heights has to offer….

Peter, I would try Chestnut in Cobble Hill. It’s not Italian, but the food is phenomenal, and it’s very quiet & romantic

Peter, Boca Luppo very good but hardly romantic. Noisy, is the operative word.

For romantic, it’s the River Cafe. Expensive, but a lovely experience on all counts.

promenade, that looks like a great suggestion, thanks! I have lived here almost three years and have never even heard of it, yet it looks fantastic. Thanks for the tip!

While I pretty much eat anything, my fiancee is a vegetarian, and I see they only have “sample menus.” I assume they are vegetarian friendly as well?

Try Mazzat on Columbia and Sackett (?) in Carroll Gardens West.
Great food, fair price, romantic atmosphere.
http://www.allmenus.com/ny/brooklyn/250376-mazzat/menu/

I think the garden out back at Bacchus (on Atlantic Ave) is kind of romantic, although it may be getting too cold for that.

Can anyone recommend a good egg sandwich takeaway spot?

Thanks!

Juevo

Juevo, the place on Henry across from Gristedes makes a solid egg sandwich, but if you want the best, head down to Front Street, LA Bagels, in DUMBO. Awesome stuff right there ..

Aha i did not know that… Thanks, Peter!

Re: My dissertation on car services:
Arecibo — I believe they are quite inexpensive. However, they are notorious horn-honkers. My former upstairs neighbors went on many plane trips and always called Arecibo. Nothing like a honking horn at 5:00 am on a summer morning with your windows wide open to start your day right! I never took this service due my honking hatred.
Eastern — From what I could tell, slightly better cars. Less horn-honking and pretty inexpensive.

Neither of these car services allow you to reserve cars in advance, I believe. Don’t think either takes credit cards.

Promenade — more expensive than either of the above, but does take credit cards. Other main advantage of Promenade is that they call you when your car is downstairs, so you don’t stand waiting in the street at 3:00 am for your ride to the
airport. Thus, they don’t honk and bother the neighbors.
Promenade has uniformly clean black cars; with the others, what you see is what you get. I use Promenade when I ned to be sure t be somewhere at a certain time, and when I want to be sure to have an air-conditioned car. I use Eastern for local trips and they are just fine for that, but on rainy days the wait for a car from them can be hours long. I only use car service once or twice a month, so other people may know better.

I used Cadman over 10 years ago — very rude guys and nasty cars.

I may be wrong about Arecibo — as I said I never take them.

PS Juevo, the official name of the place is La Bagel Delight …