backyardchef Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 15 hours ago, Sneakeater said: I keep telling Sarah to reopen in Ridgewood but she won't listen. No parking in Ridgewood is the big problem. Maybe they can do something with the Goodfella's Diner finally in Maspeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 BTW M. Wells’s current tripe dish is off the hook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 Although they run out of it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Mm, that’s what I’d order. Sand or no sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flon Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 On 8/28/2024 at 12:59 PM, Sneakeater said: BTW M. Wells’s current tripe dish is off the hook. Trying to get there as frequently as possible until they close. Did I hear they might have a NYE blowout? Would be the first time in 20 years I'd consider being out of the house on an NYE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozrapp Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Manhattan French Stalwart La Grenouille Will Close (grubstreet.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloviatrix Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 NYT on La Grenouille closing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Many memories but yes from many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flon Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 On 8/29/2024 at 1:39 PM, The Flon said: Trying to get there as frequently as possible until they close. Did I hear they might have a NYE blowout? Would be the first time in 20 years I'd consider being out of the house on an NYE Started the evening at Dutch Kills where randomly I FINALLY met WIlfred! He had the same idea my party and I did which was to get to M.Wells before they close shop at the end of this year. Really great meal but the tete de porclet was a particular highlight. Half a pig's head and perfectly crunchy/fatty/gooey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 That pig's head did look good. At a nearby table I had kind of a reminder of why I haven't been back here in a long time. The food is hearty, but perhaps hearty at the expense of finer details. Any of my three dishes was big enough to share, although they weren't priced for two people. First, the mortadella mille-feuille (which I think I've had before). Layers of quite thick pastry, blobs of cream cheese, the whisps of mortadella almost an afterthought. Then a hilarious dish which had Pêche à la Frog written all over it. A piece of duck confit served inside a whole acorn squash. Problem one, duck confit inside a squash ends up with soft, flabby skin. Problem two, even with better lighting it would be hard to tell duck pieces from acorn pieces. Problem three, there was way, way more squash than duck. In other words, although this dish was easily big enough to share, that's because there was so much squash (didn't come close to finishing it). I had paid attention to the Roquefort terrine appetizer because there was no sign of a cheese plate. I finished with it and the Roquefort had been whipped with butter, pieces of nut and celery folded in. If you put me in charge of the kitchen tomorrow, I would deconstruct the mille-feuille so that the mortadella was the centerpiece; I would serve a piece of duck confit with crispy skin, garnished with some nuggets of squash; and I would leave the perfectly good cheese alone. A Byrhh to start, then wines BTG that were all excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Blue Smoke's last location will close in December. I imagine it will live on in mail order and retail products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
small h Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:59 PM (edited) Hah! I read this as Blue Ribbon. My bad. I've had some good times there - the first one was around the corner from where I worked. Edited Tuesday at 04:00 PM by small h 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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