we have a car for one night!

[oystersallday]

where should we go?
we live in prospect heights brooklyn. we thought about going to shripapthai, but alas it's closed! anything come to mind? we eat it all.

[2slices]

Yeah Sri closed on wednesdays, I hate that.

My 3:
Spicy and Tasty - sichuan in Flushing
Hunan House in Flushing
Taqueria Coatzingo - Jackson Heights. Get anything (usually pork chops) in Pipian sauce.

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Taqueria Coatzingo
76-05 Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY 11372

Spicy & Tasty
39-07 Prince St, Queens, NY 11354

Hunan House
137-40 Northern Blvd, Queens, NY 11354

[JonL]

Well....sadly, you and everyone else missed the obvious----get a coupla sacks at White Castle, find a main drag and cruise up & down. Now THAT'S what you do with food and a car. :>)

[chompchomp]

Flushing! I would go to Little Pepper or Fu Run.

[Steve R]

Well, since your other posts show that you've been to the usual out of the way places in Bklyn (DiFara, Gleichek, Madina), you can use the car to get to Flushing and hit the Roosevelt Ave mall's stalls and/or Fu Run or Spicy and Tasty. Or go to Astoria and hang out with Ali (Kebab Cafe) or Mustapha (Mombar), both on Steinway. Or stay in Bklyn and go to Tanoreen or one of the out of the way red sauce places left in Bklyn like New Corner in Dyker Hts (get the basic stuff like lasagna and eggplant rollatine... inexpensive & they do it well) or Ortobello on Bay Pkway (we havent been in a couple of years but you'll figure it out). Or the Szech place on 5th Ave and 87th St in Bay Ridge... cumin beef. 5 Star Punjabi in LIC? Fette Sau in Williamsburg for bbq? Have fun. Report back.

[frankie5angels]

Is Mombar still good? We haven't been there in a year or so.

[Steve R]

Well, admittedly we go to Ali's whenever we're on that block, so I cant make an unqualified recommendation. We were last at Mombar when Ali went off to Egypt for a couple of months and I think that was more than a year ago, so you might have us beat. However, we've always found Mustafa's cooking to be right up there with Ali's, although he's focused on a different style. I cant imagine why it wouldnt still be worth going. As with Ali, the best way to get the best at Mombar is to go off menu by talking about what's available and getting him to feed you... the cost seems to work out to be the same anyway.

[Hungry Mike]

Good Fork in Red Hook, tough to get to without a car...and the food is outstanding

[Scagnetti]

I've never been there but it has a great looking menu!

[malibu]

Jackson Heights! Eat some good indian since it's so rare in Brooklyn. Do a search for places that suits your criteria. (I like Kebab King & Spicy Minas)

[david sprague]

no offense, but both of those places are about 100 feet from a subway. kind of like waiting for a car to take you to per se.

how about one of the cool gujarat indian places in floral park?

[malibu]

Just a suggestion. I mean, you can get everywhere by subway pretty much, but why travel 1.5 hrs to JH by subway when you have a car and can get there in less than 30 mins. Please enlighten us with Floral Park suggestions.

[david sprague]

well, having lived in jackson heights for 12 years, i can't imagine anywhere, aside from the south shore of staten island, being a 90 minute trip. i make it to totonno's in coney island in an hour. where might you be that it takes that long??

in terms of floral park, i adore new kerala kitchen. there's another place at the far end of hillside avenue -- and i can't think of the name of it for the life of me, sorry! -- that has amazing veggie dishes.

hoping the op found spmething yummy.

[StheJ]

David,

Having traveled to Jackson Heights from prospect heights many times over the past 12 years, I can promise you that whatever way you cut it, it is at least an hour and a half trip on the subway.

[Delucacheesemonger]

North Fork Inn or
Modern Apizza, New Haven