Best in Brooklyn or queens

[IPcook]

looking for recommendation for French/Italian or American cuisine in Brooklyn or queens. Bill for couple with bottle of wine should be $150 or less. Food should be of consistently high quality and not boring I.e. No broiled salmon on menu. If Brooklyn then preferably downtown or nearby, if queens then LIC or closely.

[Bkeats]

In LIC, I have not been but my wife loves M Wells as its close to where she works, but since it will be closing and relocating, it may not be an option for a while. Don't know much else about the area.

On the other end, if you're looking for the "best" in those categories that are within walking distance of downtown Brooklyn, you have a lot of options in your price range. For old school Italian, I like Queen. Menu changes regularly so while there is salmon you won't have to go near it. On the less old school Italian variety, I'll suggest Lunetta though there are CHers who don't like it, I've never had a bad meal there. Frankie's Spuntino is great too but I wouldn't consider it close to downtown. For French, my standbys are Bacchus, Sue Perette and Jolie which again not everyone will agree with. I have heard that Jolie is moving though. On the new-American front, I think Saul's is at the top. Colonie is a new great entry.

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Frankies 457 Spuntino
457 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Saul
140 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Lunetta
116 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Queen
84 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Jolie
320 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Bacchus
409 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Sue Perette
270 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

M. Wells Diner
21-17 49th Ave, Queens, NY 11101

Colonie
127 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201

[BigV]

I second the Queen recommendation.

[Bob Martinez]

M Wells is closing at the end of the month. The OP will have a hard time getting in.

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7669...

[Glendale is hungry]

Hi IPcook,

I recomend Tournesol in LIC for casual French.

When you say "not boring," do you mean nontraditional? "No broiled salmon" is a little vague.

Ciao,

Glendale is hungry...

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Tournesol
50-12 Vernon Blvd, Queens, NY 11101

[IPcook]

thanks to everyone for all your helpful recommendations, we tried Tournesol and loved it; one further note-on monday, tuesday and wednesday- tournesol has a $25 tasting menu- hard to beat that.
I like the breadth of their wine list- including many wines from the southwest such as Bergerac

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Tournesol
50-12 Vernon Blvd, Queens, NY 11101