Montague Street restaurants

[Monica]

What sit-down restaurant on Montague street is considered best in food?

[Bkeats]

Hmmmm, best sit down meal on Montague. That's a tough one. While there is variety, I think of the food as generally in the meh vein. Not terrible, not great. Among the Italian choices, I think Buon Gusto is better than the others. For Chinese, Andy's is ok. The Japanese is bleh. Teresa's has decent enough diner/eastern european standards. Heights Cafe has some good american fare. I think the best dish on the street is the crab cake at the Casino but its not open to the public. I would think the more interesting question would be what's the best on Atlantic?

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Teresa's
80 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Heights Cafe
84 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Andy's
128 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[parkslopemama]

I agree with Bkeats that Caffe Buon Gusto and Heights Cafe are decent, although Montague Street doesn't have anything great. I might add Taze to the list (Turkish place at 142 Montague, 2nd floor). There is also Queen nearby on Court Street.

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Queen
84 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Taze
142 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Caffe Buon Gusto
151 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[Monica]

Thank you! Any great place on Atlantic near Court area?

[Monica]

How is Bacchus bistro?

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Bacchus
409 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

[Bkeats]

Bacchus is better than anything on Montague. Good bistro food. Garden is very nice too.

[parkslopemama]

But Bacchus is not near Court!

Monica, will you have time to travel, or are you looking for a relatively quick lunch (e.g. during jury duty)?

[Monica]

Parkslopemama, haha, I am looking for a decent lunch spot around the court area(near Marriot hotel). It seems to be there are alot of 'ok' restaurants around there but no place that is 'good'.
So how is Bacchus? I've been researching and the place seems to have decent reviews.

Cafe Buon Gusto sounds good too. Height Cafe sounds alright but the menu is very generic.

[thegforceny]

I wouldn't waste the calories or money on a single place on Montague. Got to Sahadi's and get takeout if you have time.

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Sahadi's
187 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[cazique]

Sahadi's and a bench on the promenade are indeed better than anything you're going to find on Montague St.

Other ideas in the hotel vicinity are:
Pete's Waterfront Ale House (good bar food / drink selection) - this is my standard dinner spot at my yearly event at the Marriott
Bedouin Tent (the other way on Atlantic - middle eastern)
Brucie (Court St) gets good reviews but I haven't been - also the best ice cream around is at
Blue Marble (also on Court St)
Ki Sushi (Smith) is the top Sushi in the area and also closest.

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Sahadi's
187 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Waterfront Ale House
155 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Ki Sushi
122 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Bedouin Tent
405 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Blue Marble Ice Cream
196 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Brucie
234 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[Monica]

I really like Waterfront ale house too but i was there not too long ago and wanted to see if there are new places.
Brucie sounds nice actually...but their lunch menu is very limited but I definitely want to check them out for dinner. Thanks for the recommendation.
Not in the middle eatern or sushi mood..
today is a good day for some nice cool wine and something delicious...will most likely go to Bacchus.

[egit]

If you're considering walking to Brucie, you might as well also check out Van Horn Sandwich Shop.

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Van Horn Sandwich Shop
231 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[Monica]

So we ended up going to Bacchus around 3...it was completey empty and we sat in the garden.
We ordered some cold white wine and steak sandwiches which were both above average.
The highlight of the meal was the creme brulee...OMG...it was one of the best tasting creme brulees I've ever tasted including the ones I've tasted in France. Their coffee wasn't bad either.

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Bacchus
409 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

[Bkeats]

Glad to hear you liked it. I think the place is under rated for its food. I don't think i've ever had a bad meal there. The service is also very friendly. We once went with a group of 6 and had reservations for dinner at 8. The place was packed and they couldn't get our table set for about 30 minutes so they broke out a bottle of champagne and poured it for us as we waited on the house. Made the wait very pleasant.