The
savory parmesan toast ($13) on
Olea's brunch menu brought on feelings of disbelief and chagrin: how had I never thought of salty, cheesy French toast before?
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Abistro's atmosphere derives from its diners. Laughter ricochets off the hard surfaces. A man in a bright yellow t-shirt greets most of the tables. And, suddenly, Abistro becomes a bistro. With its unique take on familiar food and ambiance, Abistro on DeKalb is best for: a vivacious date.
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A good merguez is hard to find. Thin and serpentine or broad and crumbly, this lamb or lamb-and-beef sausage can be too easily over-spiced and overcooked. The
Merques sandwich ($7.50) at
Black Iris in Fort Greene is none of the above.
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This cash-only Middle Eastern restaurant in Fort Greene offers good food cheaply in an amiable atmosphere, and these days that's quite an accomplishment.
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Olea rightly calls itself a taverna. White-washed walls, turquoise trim, and seahorse motifs evoke Greece, while the embroidered pillows, metalwork, and colorful inlaid tiles around the bar say Turkey. In the evening, with candlelight gleaming along the broad-beamed ceiling, the restaurant is just plain handsome. Like the decor, dishes are mix-and-match Mediterranean.
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No. 7 is perhaps best known for their sandwich shop at the Ace Hotel, but they've been making inventive and sometimes wacky dishes at their Fort Greene gastropub since 2008. With a menu stacked with appetizers and bar snacks, I stopped by last week to see what a meal of small plates at No. 7 looks like.
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A good croissant is hard to find. To turn a butter-based dough into a pastry that's simultaneously soft and flaky, shatter-crisp and mouth-meltingly tender, is a difficult thing indeed. Where is the best in New York City? We found out.
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"Several of these plates were memorable, even remarkable—but we can't go back for them." Photographs by Robyn Lee Roman's 243 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205 (at Vanderbilt; map); 718-622-5300; romansnyc.com Service: Gracious, if slow Setting: Now-familiar New Brooklyn Compare It...
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[Photographs: Robyn Lee] Last Friday morning I walked to Desserts by Michael Allen from my apartment to get cookies for our most recent Chocolate Chip Cookie Championship taste test. Although the walk was probably less than 15 minutes, it...
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"Pastry chef and co-owner Nicholas Morgenstern really knows how to make a dessert—and make you want to eat it even when on the verge of popping." [Photographs: Erin Zimmer] General Greene 229 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11205 (near Clemont Avenue;...
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