Mr. J. tries the fare at Governor, the latest dining venue by the folks who brought us Colonie and Gran Electrica. The food at Governor, located at 15 Main Street in DUMBO, elicited a new adjective, SOOO-perb! Afterwards, Mr. J. took the short walk to Pier 1 to catch the opening of this summer’s SyFy […]
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Saturday in the Nabe, Through Mr. J’s Lens
It was a perfect weekend day, and Karl has the best of what Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and the Fulton Ferry Historic District had to offer: The P.S. 8 Paddlewheeler Festival! The secrets of compost tea! Gran Electrica’s backyard garden! Red admiral butterflies! See it all on his video after the jump.
New York Times Gives Mexican Gran Electrica A Taste Test
Gran Electrica, the Mexican restaurant that opened in March at Five Front Street on the DUMBO border, gets the full treatment in a New York Times review. Mind you, our own BHB Karl Junkersfeld has already weighed in. His verdict: “Delicioso.” The Times’ Robin Finn remarks that the restaurant “is a brick-walled, votive-lighted, tin-ceilinged amalgam […]
Mr. J. Goes Mexican At Gran Electrica
The intrepid Karl and his cam trek southward, both geographically and gustatorially, to try the fare at Gran Electrica, the new Mexican restaurant at Five Front Street, just below Old Fulton, recently opened by the owners of Colonie. His verdict on the spareribs? Delicioso. The climb back up Squibb Hill may have helped to burn […]
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