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[Anthony Bonner]

Just call them "Urban Cuy" et voila - its a farm to table operation

[oakapple]

Who cares about Escoffier? Taavo Somer endorses them. Who would dare disagree?

[Wilfrid]

And after all, many Roberta's customers keep rats as pets, and carry them around on their shoulders.

[Anthony Bonner]

And after all, many Roberta's customers keep rats as pets, and carry them around on their shoulders.

They are actually doing a totally kitschy Mel Brooks theme dinner - Grilled Rats, Beans, Raspberry Jam, and Roman Red.

[Daisy]

Just call them "Urban Cuy" et voila - its a farm to table operation

[Adrian]

Yes, Escoffier liked to boast of rats in the dining room.

Oh get off it. You know that with today's minimum wage laws you need a team of rats to make those fancy wine reductionist sauces to impress the critics.

[jmoranmoya]

Some pictures of the dinner below. Dessert I have to say it was memorable, it was similar to some to stuff from Blanca.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmoranmoya/sets/72157630242141820/

[Nathan]

Can't The Bronx get trendy soon? Please.

I'm amazed that the Bronx hasn't happened yet.

Give it time. *wink*

http://www.nytimes.c...onomy.html?_r=2

[Lex]

That NY Times article is not particularly optimistic.

[Sneakeater]

They don't say it, but I think the hidden subtext is, "Where does Lex live now?"

[oakapple]

That NY Times article is not particularly optimistic.

Was The Times particularly optimistic before Williamsburg or Bushwick rebounded?

Having said that: the article does offer some compelling structural reasons why the Bronx is NOT like Brooklyn, despite certain superficial points in its favor (like transit).

[Lex]

Was The Times particularly optimistic before Williamsburg or Bushwick rebounded?

Bushwick has rebounded? There's a whole thread on the neighborhood which says the rebound is more superficial than substantial yet the Times makes it sound like the West Village in the 1950s.

[Wilfrid]

Bushwick has rebounded to become a dormitory suburb for young people who work, but can't afford to live, elsewhere.

I think that's about it.

[Nathan]

right...it gets written about a lot cause so many entry level people in media and publishing can only afford to live there (short of doing the classic 3 to a 1 bedroom in Murray Hill or Yorktown)

[Lex]

Bushwick has rebounded to become a dormitory suburb for young people who work, but can't afford to live, elsewhere.

I think that's about it.

You forgot the thriving rat population.