Essential BoCoCa?
Hi
We will soon be moving to Cobble Hill, BK. We are excited for the move but need an insider's opinion on what is the best of the best in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Boerum Hill. Below is a list of places we like so far. Please help us to expand our list of "musts." Thanks for info!
Bill
Cafe Pedlar
Char #4
Frankies 457
Watty & Megs
Lunetta
(that's about all we've tried - what else???)
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Frankies 457 Spuntino
457 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Lunetta
116 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Watty & Meg
248 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Char No. 4
196 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Cafe Pedlar
210 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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There are a couple of old-school joints right across the street from each other, on Union Street between Hicks and Columbia:
House of Pizza and Calzone: Get the fried calzone - blows away any baked calzone, AFAIC - and the grandma, upside-down and bruschetta slices. I still believe it's the best slice joint in the neigborhood.
Ferdinando's Foccaceria: I usually swing by this Sicilian restaurant to grab a panelle special - chickpea fritters smothered in ricotta and parmesan on a fresh-baked roll - but I recently had a very good dinner there with my parents. The arancini (rice ball) special is a thing of beauty, and anything with eggplant is a good choice - and I'm not even the biggest eggplant fan. Try the pork chop pizzaola as well - it's an off-menu item, just ask for it.
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Ferdinando's Focacceria
151 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231House of Pizza and Calzone
132 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231›2 Replies-
re: kdgchow
Everyone on this thread has done a very nice job summing up the choices.
Regarding House of Pizza and Calzone, I'd suggest sticking to the calzone, I've found the pizza to be decent at best, I much prefer slices from My Little Pizzeria, or getting pies delivered from Fascati.
Hibino is absolutely the best Japanese in the area, we tried all others in the neighborhood and this is the only place we eat at now.
We used to be in love with Brucie, but be warned that it is very heavy (many dishes are made with cream sauces) and salty. If you order right, it's fantastic, but I'd stick to the lighter options.
If you're looking for casual with outdoor space (better get there soon), we really like Two8Two on Atlantic, mostly burgers and fries, nice selection on tap.
No one mentioned any Middle Eastern places. I've had positive and negative experiences at nearly each one. My advice is, if you like ME food, to try each one and see what suits your fancy.
And as eeee stated, pretty please do not call the area BoCoCa, it was a very failed attempt to brand the area by real estate brokers.
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Hibino
333 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201My Little Pizzeria
114 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Fascati
80 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Brucie
234 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Two8Two
282 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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jon
Sep 20, 2011 06:55 AM
i'd second a lot of what's already here and also add the following:
the grocery for a celebration dinner.
strong place for $1 happy hour oysters.
brucie for good, slightly inventive italian food.
henry public for well-made cocktails and a great turkey leg sandwich.
lucali for excellent pizza (with a long wait); south brooklyn pizza for great pizza delivery.
los paisanos and g. esposito & sons - both excellent butchers (personally, i like los paisanos better than staubitz, it's cheaper and has more of a selection).
also shelky's for smoked fish, stinky for great cheese, mazzola for excellent bread, and farmacy for an awesome root beer float.
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Stinky Brooklyn
215 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Lucali
575 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Staubitz Market
222 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Paisanos Meat Market
162 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201G. Esposito and Sons Pork Store
357 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Mazzola Bakery
192 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231The Grocery
288 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Henry Public
329 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Brooklyn Farmacy
513 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Strong Place
270 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Brucie
234 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Shelsky's Smoked Fish
251 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 -
im partial to mile end and van horn for smoked meat/poutine and fried chicken sandwiches respectively. id definitely weight even more if those places were right around the corner (bad enough that they are only a few stops away)
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Mile End
97 Hoyt St, Brooklyn, NY 11217Van Horn Sandwich Shop
231 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 -
Some places to add to your list
Hibino is the best Japanese in the area by far. Only place I think that is owned and operated by a Japanese staff. All the other sushi around is pffft.
Colonie is great for innovative American.
The Chip Shop when you want fried fish (though they have other things) and a good beer folowed with that fried twinkie.
Catania for great take out Italian,
Queen for old school Italian in a Hilton hotel lobby setting.
For French, there's Sue Perette, Bacchus and Quercy.
Passable Thai at Joya and Ghang Thai.
Fried Chicken at Buttermilk Channel or Seersucker.
Bahn Mi at Hanco and Nicky's
Mexican at Alma's or Calexico - very different places - need to try both
Go to Staubitz for your butcher.
Saul's for a fancy night out
No decent Chinese in the area.
And as eeee said, don't call it BoCoCa. That's caca. You tell people you live in Cobble Hill.
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Hibino
333 Henry St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Atlantic Chip Shop
129 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201Staubitz Market
222 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Hanco's
85 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Joya
215 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Saul
140 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Alma
187 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches
311 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201Queen
84 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Bacchus
409 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217Quercy
242 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Calexico
122 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Buttermilk Channel
524 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Ghang
229 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Sue Perette
270 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Seersucker
329 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231Colonie
127 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201Catania
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re: eeee
egit
Sep 20, 2011 07:53 AM
What's this, no love for Bar Tabac? Personally I think it's the best French Bistro in the area. Also try the newcomer Rucola on Dean and Bond.
Fish Tales for seafood, though it's a little pricey. D'Amico's for coffee. Oaxaca for mexican delivery. I'll put in my vote for Paisanos over Staubitz, but that's only because they're closer. Corner bodega for produce: I'm partial to the one on Court and Pacific. Brooklyn Wine Exchange for wine.
Lot's of good places in the area. Enjoy exploring!
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Bar Tabac
128 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Fish Tales
191 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Brooklyn Wine Exchange
138 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201Rucola
190 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
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