Had breakfast here with Russ and Dave this past weekend. Good, cheap, no thrills diner food and most importantly not crowded. I want to go back and try their tacos. They look good in the photo on the window.
New Daniella’s Coffee Shop – 336 Graham Ave (btwn Metropolitan & Devoe) Brooklyn, NY 11211
On the way back from the DC Rally for Sanity/Fear, Albertina was telling me about this newish French-Canadian (Québec) diner that had rabbit hearts and foie gras tamales on the menu. Right up my alley. We met up for lunch with her friend, Justin. There were no rabbit hearts this time, but we got everything else just as adventurous –Pickled Pork Tongue, Sweetbreads Sandwich, Escargots & Bone Marrow, Pollock Cobbler and a doughnut for appetizer.
When I become super rich, I’m going to throw a party with catering trays full of those Roasted Escargots & Bone Marrows. So decadent. The Sweetbreads Sandwich was a crowd favorite too. The menu says the sweetbreads are “General Tso Style.” That sounds tragic, but it was beautifully crisp on the outside, soft on the inside, tasty all over.
Decent prices for these type of things. I was thinking how cheap the Pickled Pork Tongue was at $6. I don’t know. Is that cheap? Anyway, we got a great sampler of something different for about $19 plus tip each.
Only opened for lunch 10am-4pm Tuesday through Sunday. Dinner service coming soon. It only took me 30 minutes on the train to get there from the Flatiron district. Not too bad if you have the time.
M. Wells – 21-17 49th Ave. Long Island City, Queens NY 11101
meet me at the union pool for ape school. i like the bar and love the taco truck, but the bald doorman was surely a dick even when everyone is of age and has their id. he was even giving jody a hard time when he was going back inside to pay his tab, but left his id with the bar. the doorman should go back to school and be a hall monitor.
so we head over to the newly renovated kelloggs diner. it’s now open. we sit down and look at the menu and was shocked at the $20 entree pricetags. surely not the same kelloggs. maybe the lobster tanks should have tipped us off. it turns out that for dinner, they turn into a fine dining restaurant. they were really accommodating and let us order off the breakfast/lunch menu since they realize we were expecting the old kelloggs. service was impeccable. every few mins a different person came to fill our water glasses. i counted four different water guys.
Ape School – from Philly via Gainesville
Kellogg’s Diner – 518 Metropolitan (@ Union) Williamsburg Brooklyn
Subway Bar – some girls bday this night
