La Piazzetta
442 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
718 349 1627
Some restaurants are failures; some are standouts, La Piazzetta is neither.
Located in hot Williamsburg, the décor is surprisingly nice considering they either converted an old garage or roofed the space, between two buildings. The music is too loud making it hard to communicate with the staff. The same can be said about their website, where you can not turn the music off.
An appetizer, Panccheri vai e Vieni, tiny meatballs with Penne pasta, was very nice and rather rich, which portended good things to come. Unfortunately, the rest was mediocre.
I had pork lion with figs, at the Lady and the Fig in Napa and it was spectacular. Here the pork was cooked properly, but there was little taste of figs. Maybe the used dried rather than fresh figs. This was served with “puréed parsnip mash” mostly mashed potatoes.
The Osso Bocco was better, but the truffle risotto had no truffle taste.
Alas, I was hoping for a great selection of wonderful Italian desserts and the La Piazzetta selection was extremely limited. I assumed they do not make their own desserts, but a little more selection would be better.
La Piazzetta is a good value and two can eat easily for less than $100 and there is fairly easy street parking.
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Monday, July 5, 2010
A Bad Idea with a fake French accent
Financier—patisserie
35 Cedar Street
New York, NY
212 952 3838
Maybe I am old fashioned, but a pastry shop should sell pastries, not sandwiches and soups. Financier did not loose its way, it was never on the right track. This chain thinks by giving itself a French name they can become French, Mon Dieu!!!
The pastries look like they have been sitting too long. I am sure they are not made on the premises.
The sandwiches are served on a greasy pita and have no relation to a Croc Masseur. My lamb sandwich had so little lamb, I hardly felt like a carnivore.
I guess when your financial firm is doing badly and you need lunch quickly everything leaves a bad taste
For more see www.ditmasestates.com
35 Cedar Street
New York, NY
212 952 3838
Maybe I am old fashioned, but a pastry shop should sell pastries, not sandwiches and soups. Financier did not loose its way, it was never on the right track. This chain thinks by giving itself a French name they can become French, Mon Dieu!!!
The pastries look like they have been sitting too long. I am sure they are not made on the premises.
The sandwiches are served on a greasy pita and have no relation to a Croc Masseur. My lamb sandwich had so little lamb, I hardly felt like a carnivore.
I guess when your financial firm is doing badly and you need lunch quickly everything leaves a bad taste
For more see www.ditmasestates.com
Il Fornetto, the unfortunate
Il Fornetto
2902 Emmons Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 332-8494
Restaurant week in Brooklyn is a fantastic time to try out new restaurants. This year we choose Il Fornetto
Il Fornetto has a beautiful location overlooking Sheepshead Bay, A big wall window allows you to watch the sailboats going by.
For restaurant week, the restaurant, offered two prix fixe meals for $ 2010, consisting of soup or salad, pasta and dessert. While inexpensive, the food was not good. The soup was tasteless and my pasta dish, penne in eggplant sauce had dried pasta ends. The pasta had obviously been sitting too long.
Truly unfortunate
for more see www.ditmasestates.com
2902 Emmons Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 332-8494
Restaurant week in Brooklyn is a fantastic time to try out new restaurants. This year we choose Il Fornetto
Il Fornetto has a beautiful location overlooking Sheepshead Bay, A big wall window allows you to watch the sailboats going by.
For restaurant week, the restaurant, offered two prix fixe meals for $ 2010, consisting of soup or salad, pasta and dessert. While inexpensive, the food was not good. The soup was tasteless and my pasta dish, penne in eggplant sauce had dried pasta ends. The pasta had obviously been sitting too long.
Truly unfortunate
for more see www.ditmasestates.com
Japanese without the Fan fare
Kumo
1406 Cortelyou Road
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718 282 8288
Cortelyou Road now has a surfeit of restaurants and I could not be happier. I recently tried lunch at Kumo and was pleasantly surprised. Their Bento Boxes were a full meal, soup, salad, sushi, dim sum and the main course, and very tasty. The inexpensive prices also helped leave a good taste in my mouth.
Unlike Purple Yam, Kumo is unpretentious, the portions are not miniscule and the prices reasonable. I was especially impressed by there large variety of non sushi appetizers.
There is a pleasant garden in the back, but no air conditioning
I am looking forward to visiting Kumo again and again
for more see www.ditmasestates.com
1406 Cortelyou Road
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718 282 8288
Cortelyou Road now has a surfeit of restaurants and I could not be happier. I recently tried lunch at Kumo and was pleasantly surprised. Their Bento Boxes were a full meal, soup, salad, sushi, dim sum and the main course, and very tasty. The inexpensive prices also helped leave a good taste in my mouth.
Unlike Purple Yam, Kumo is unpretentious, the portions are not miniscule and the prices reasonable. I was especially impressed by there large variety of non sushi appetizers.
There is a pleasant garden in the back, but no air conditioning
I am looking forward to visiting Kumo again and again
for more see www.ditmasestates.com
Not a Quack
Black Duck
122 east 28 street
New York, NY
212 204 5240
The Black Duck was the best rum running ship of its time and the Black Duck restaurant does its best to live up to its name sakes reputation. It comes close.
We started with the Lump Crab Cakes, which unlike most restaurants really contained lump crab meat. The Calamari, another appetizer was thoroughly cooked, but not yet tough and indication of good things to come.
It signature dish, Crispy Duck Breast, is crispy at the same time the meat is still medium rare without being fatty, a real trick. The duck was served on pureed parsnip with and apple pomegranate reduction, yum!
Getting fresh Halibut in NYC is almost impossible, but the Black Duck’s halibut was so good it had to be fresh not frozen. Do they have a friend in Vancouver?
While, the portions were not large, the atmosphere was perfect. An impressive date place and with the Park East Hotel next door, well who knows…
For more see www.ditmasestates.com
122 east 28 street
New York, NY
212 204 5240
The Black Duck was the best rum running ship of its time and the Black Duck restaurant does its best to live up to its name sakes reputation. It comes close.
We started with the Lump Crab Cakes, which unlike most restaurants really contained lump crab meat. The Calamari, another appetizer was thoroughly cooked, but not yet tough and indication of good things to come.
It signature dish, Crispy Duck Breast, is crispy at the same time the meat is still medium rare without being fatty, a real trick. The duck was served on pureed parsnip with and apple pomegranate reduction, yum!
Getting fresh Halibut in NYC is almost impossible, but the Black Duck’s halibut was so good it had to be fresh not frozen. Do they have a friend in Vancouver?
While, the portions were not large, the atmosphere was perfect. An impressive date place and with the Park East Hotel next door, well who knows…
For more see www.ditmasestates.com
Historic House for Sale
Registered 1885 Historic House
136 Union Avenue
Peekskill, NY
$ 675,000
After struggling in the city, come back to this gracious Second French Empire Victorian, minutes from the train station ( 50 minutes to Manhattan) in easy walking distance to the riverfront an a vibrant arts and music scene.
This large house has a c of o for a two family and office with private entrances, just the place for a second office or artist studio. On nicely landscape grounds of a quarter of an acre with plenty of parking, There are six bedrooms and three baths, not including and unfinished third floor.The electricity and mechanicals of the house have been modernized and there is even central air conditioning
for pictures see www.ditmasestates.com
136 Union Avenue
Peekskill, NY
$ 675,000
After struggling in the city, come back to this gracious Second French Empire Victorian, minutes from the train station ( 50 minutes to Manhattan) in easy walking distance to the riverfront an a vibrant arts and music scene.
This large house has a c of o for a two family and office with private entrances, just the place for a second office or artist studio. On nicely landscape grounds of a quarter of an acre with plenty of parking, There are six bedrooms and three baths, not including and unfinished third floor.The electricity and mechanicals of the house have been modernized and there is even central air conditioning
for pictures see www.ditmasestates.com
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