From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
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The Tenenbaums
By Siobhan Vivian
Photo: Staff
The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…
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Brooklyn Farmacy & Soda Fountain
American
Photo: Barry Whittaker
Take the first sip of a frothy egg cream at Brooklyn Farmacy, and you instantly recognize the taste of good medicine. It helps that you are seated at a classic soda fountain counter in a lovingly restored drug store with original fixtures from the 1920’s. There are endless wooden drawers and nooks stocked with vintage bottles, once containing lotions and potions for the folks of Carroll Gardens. Syphoning the last taste of a milk shake, or scraping the bottom of a sundae dish— you can’t help but reminisce about the good old days.
Address:
513 Henry St
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-522-6260
Hours:
Summer Hours
Open Daily from 12-10pm
Craftbar
American
Photo: Courtesy of Craftbar
Tom Colicchio’s casual spinoff of his highly acclaimed Craft restaurant is a destination in its own right. The menu consists of a range of small dishes that include
fried oysters with Old Bay aioli, and white anchovy bruschetta with braised leeks and a poached egg.
Address:
900 Broadway,
New York, NY 10003
212-461-4300
Hours:
Mon-Wed noon-10pm
Thu-Fri noon-11pm
Sat 10am-11pm
Sun 10am-10pm
James
American
Photo: Daniel Krieger
James is nestled in the Prospect Heights neighborhood on the corner of St. Marks and Carlton Avenue, tucked inside a century-old brownstone.
Address:
605 Carlton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
718-942-4255
Hours:
Dinner
Tues-Sun 5:30pm-11pm
Brunch
Sun 11:30am-3:30pm
Bar
Tues-Sun 5:30pm-12am
Mon Closed
Freemans
American
Photo: Courtesy of Freemans
Expect traditional American and English comfort food like grilled cheddar toasts, roast chicken and three-cheese macaroni at this crowded, low-key restaurant at the end of a dark alley.
Address:
1 Freeman Alley
New York, NY 10002
212-420-0012
Hours:
Daily 11am-4pm & 6pm-11:30pm
Perilla
American
Photo: Courtesy of Perilla
Dine at the bar or at one of the few tables in Top Chef season 1 winner Harold Dieterle’s sparsely elegant restaurant. Though you might walk in skeptical given all the celebrity hype…
Address:
9 Jones Street
New York, NY 10014
212-929-6868
Hours:
Mon-Thu 5:30pm-11pm
Fri-Sat 5:30pm-11:30pm
Sun 5pm-10pm
Burger Joint
American
Photo: Courtesy of Burger Joint
Another contender for the title of “New York’s Best Burger,” Burger Joint is a small, crowded, diner tucked away in a discreet corner of, strangely enough, the upscale Parker Meridien hotel in midtown.
Address:
119 W. 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-708-7414
Hours:
Sun-Thurs 11:30am-11:30pm
Fri-Sat 11:30am-12am
