Open Thread Wednesday 12/21/2011

By on December 21, 2011 8:06 am in Brooklyn Heights

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  • GHB

    PromGirl, I get what you’re saying, but Fortune House, The Great Wall, Fascati’s, Clark Diner and the Japanese places around the Clark Street station have also “stood the test of time.” So cheaper fare can also survive the daytime business lunch crowd. By the way, Ozu is very good, sit-down or take-out.

  • Master Of Middagh

    @GHB- If you want less food, you should pay less. Doesn’t that make sense? And since, as I said, I don’t order from certain places because of this, it literally DOES cost them business to not keep this in mind. And I’m sure I’m not the only one. Lower prices equals more sales- too many business owners these days don’t understand this.

  • thebhguy

    From what I see, people want to eat at restaurants that have the quality of Masa but pay 7$ for it. I say the people that want the best food should open their own restaurant and see what it actually takes to open an amazing restaurant.

  • hicks st guy

    @Master, are you talking about McDonalds or a place to have dinner?

  • Master Of Middagh

    @Hicks St. Guy- I’m talking about any sort of place, really. For instance, when you order a sandwich at the diner, you often have the option of having it served “deluxe” fashion. That is, accompanied by french fries, lettuce, tomatoes, etc… And you pay an extra dollar or two for this.

    This is how it should be for ordering supper as well. If you don’t want soup and a salad, you should be invited to forgo them with a reduction in price. Some folks can’t eat all that plus their main, a vegetable and a potato side as well. Why should a customer pay more for food they don’t want to eat? That’s madness…

  • thebhguy

    @Master
    You do realize that a lot more people would complain much more if you make them pay for french fries or broccoli.

  • PromGirl

    @GHB
    I was thinking more in terms of real full service restaurants. I like Fascati, Clark’s Corner, and Fortune House, to which I would add Heights Falafal and Tutt’s Cafe for inexpensive food. But hardly a dining experience.
    @ Master of Middagh
    I don’t think you get the concept of dining in restaurants. You seem to be looking for restaurants, which make their living and pride themselves in providing a fine dining experience, to accomodate to you. It’s simple, the restaurateur presents a menu, you choose from the ifferenings. Since the better, full scale restaurants are always
    packed, your argument makes no logical sense.
    The cost of running a restaurant, the price of ingredients, staff, rent, insurance, compliance, make your demands unrealistic.
    Sorry to sound harsh, but restaurants make a living, pay their staff, taxes etc. on serving full dinners. Obviously, these restaurants are nit for you. Many of the placed that GHB suggested might better fill your needs

  • David on Middagh

    “Ifferenings” is a good word for iffy menu offerings…

  • Master Of Middagh

    @Prom Girl- Don’t blame me just because you lack imagination. I don’t think you’ve actually done much dining out because most restaurants actually DO exactly that. If you ask for a meal without this that or the other, they typically leave it off the bill. At least in the finer restaurants- I don’t know what your limited experience is. My suggestion was that the policy should be spelled out on the menu.

    @thebhguy- I don’t quite get your point. The problem is paying more for something you don’t want- lots of people do it in the mid-;level range restaurants and not ENOUGH complain.

  • Knight

    Prom Girl, I disagree with your premise that most Heights residents are couples and families who dine mostly at home. My experience after ten years is that most Heights residents are extremely busy professionals who rely on the local restaurants for their weekday meals. Ask a concierge at The St. George Tower, Mansion House, 75 Henry Street, or any other large building how many dinner deliveries they get on the average weekday and you will likely be surprised at the number … and those are just the deliveries, not the people who carry out or actually eat in the restaurants.
    I also think Master of Middagh is absolutely right. Why can’t restaurants offer a full dinner option as well as “a la carte” pricing? The dinner is usually cheaper as a package, but I often skip certain places because I don’t want all that food to go to waste. If you eat/order out regularly, who needs soup, salad, potatoes, bread, and dessert several times a week? I think it would improve a business to give the customer options and reduce the amount of food going to waste. There is enough margin built into the price of “a la carte” items that the business will survive financially without serving the “full meal” to people who just want the entree and a vegetable.

  • food

    German food. But only if the cook really is german. No german food american style.

  • redlola

    I would love a new style southern/cajun with a great brunch like Soco on Myrtle or Egg in Williamsburg.

    Wrennie, I think we live in the same bldg.

  • redlola

    oh yeah, we need another Thai place. The one on Montague is mediocre and the service SUUUCCKKKS

  • Master Of Middagh

    Thank you, Knight! I thought it made sense, but some folks were treating what I wrote like it was Sanskrit. And you did a much better job than I when it came to explaining the concept.

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