Some of you may remember this place as Joselito's, a little Dominican restaurant where we held a get together years ago.
It's now a Southern restaurant, and I mention it because the fried chicken is really, really good. Not a huge portion (thigh and a drumstick if you order dark meat as I did), but some of the best I've had in a while.
Bobwhite Lunch and Supper Counter
Started by Wilfrid, Jan 12 2012 03:50 PM
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 03:50 PM
Why live your life when you could curate it?
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 04:27 PM
Oy. Yet another of the formulaic lowbrow restaurant motifs.
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 04:33 PM
I visited as part of a biscuits crawl, but the chicken is what you need to know about.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 05:55 AM
As regards "formulaic lowbrow": They use cloth napkins, there's a wine rack behind the counter pending the liquor license, and they're regular folks.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 06:02 AM
As regards "formulaic lowbrow": They use cloth napkins, there's a wine rack behind the counter pending the liquor license, and they're regular folks.
is there something green on that plate? looks pretty inauthentic to me
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 05:06 PM
They serve a wholesomely inauthentic fresh salad with the fried chicken, nicely dressed, with some tiny micro-greens in it. They aren't executing heavy, greasy Southern truck-stop food.
Unlike, say, The Cardinal off Avenue B, they aren't going for the junkyard, cap-and-tattoo, rock and roll feel at all (which is more Brooklyn than southern in these parts anyway).
Unlike, say, The Cardinal off Avenue B, they aren't going for the junkyard, cap-and-tattoo, rock and roll feel at all (which is more Brooklyn than southern in these parts anyway).
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 03:30 AM
this is some mighty fine fried chicken, though as my friend pointed out, if you went in the afternoon and hit a time when the stuff wasn't that fresh, it could be a problem.
we got our biscuits straight out of the oven--but not with our meal. they weren't done. so we sat there for probably 15 minutes waiting for the biscuits even after we finished the chicken (and the black eyed peas, ehhhhh, and cornbread fig stuffing, very tasting). they were totally worth it. really excellent. again, don't know how they would be if they weren't delivered straight to you from the oven.
it was kind of empty on a saturday night
we got our biscuits straight out of the oven--but not with our meal. they weren't done. so we sat there for probably 15 minutes waiting for the biscuits even after we finished the chicken (and the black eyed peas, ehhhhh, and cornbread fig stuffing, very tasting). they were totally worth it. really excellent. again, don't know how they would be if they weren't delivered straight to you from the oven.
it was kind of empty on a saturday night
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 12:58 PM
Unfortunately, they don't serve the fried chicken for lunch.
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 01:12 PM
From what Jason says, they don't seem to have their act together. Sounds like another case of "We have some really great recipes, let's open a restaurant!" 
But please, let us all know when--if--they do get it together. Always on the lookout for good fried chicken!
But please, let us all know when--if--they do get it together. Always on the lookout for good fried chicken!
[M]ost of the pastas hover around $25. This ought to be enough to buy bucatini that is cooked on both ends. -- Pete Wells on Caravaggio ( * review)
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 05:20 PM
Hold up, everyone.
They do serve fried chicken for lunch, as a plate or in a sandwich. Whenever I've been there, the kitchen has been sending out fresh batches - they don't have the space to hold a lot of pre-cooked chicken.
My problem has always been getting a seat - amazed anyone found it empty.
I think their act is pretty much together, although anyone can be unlucky anywhere.
They do serve fried chicken for lunch, as a plate or in a sandwich. Whenever I've been there, the kitchen has been sending out fresh batches - they don't have the space to hold a lot of pre-cooked chicken.
My problem has always been getting a seat - amazed anyone found it empty.
I think their act is pretty much together, although anyone can be unlucky anywhere.
Why live your life when you could curate it?
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 06:27 PM
Hold up, everyone.
They do serve fried chicken for lunch, as a plate or in a sandwich. Whenever I've been there, the kitchen has been sending out fresh batches - they don't have the space to hold a lot of pre-cooked chicken.
My problem has always been getting a seat - amazed anyone found it empty.
I think their act is pretty much together, although anyone can be unlucky anywhere.
Maybe they did earlier but this past Thursday, they only had sandwiches on the menu for lunch. I asked if I could get just regular fried chicken but they said not until dinner. Tried the pork chop sandwich and the fried chicken breast sandwich. Both were fine but not worth traveling to Ave. C for.
