Every day is Sabbath for these baristas — and they recommend it black.
Restaurants
The newest taqueria on the block (specifically Union Street in Park Slope) is Taco Santo. They’ll be joining us at Good Spirits on February 13 in collaboration with Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur to serve lobster tacos and a thoughtfully paired cocktail.
Time-share roasting makes the farm-to-cup process more accessible to coffee people at all levels.
I couldn’t describe properly the odd but lovely airiness to the step-down, slightly subterranean dining room, or how it felt simultaneously elegant but comfortable, like I’d eaten there a thousand times before.
A tasting experience. A fancy 5-course meal. A moment to pause and focus on the beauty of a radish or the lushness of a pile of whipped brown butter as I spread it on a slice of housemade peasant bread. It’s hard to put Take Root into words, but suffice to say, it’s delicious.
His parents might have had a string of heart palpitations when Dan Amatuzzi graduated with a shiny degree in Economics from Villa Nova and told them he wanted to sniff corks for a living, but after he made the list of Forbe’s 30 Under 30 to watch in 2012, they realized their son with the big grin and shock of premature grays had found his passion. Now the 29-year-old is Joe Bastianich’s right-hand wine man, handling the not-so-small job of Wine Director for the entire of Eataly.
Recently, when Stephen and I sought refuge from the frigid avenue in a dark-lacquered, high-backed booth at Talde in Park Slope, there were several clues we had come to the right place.
When I dined at Arthur, the sustainably-minded Italian-American restaurant that opened on Smith Street this spring, I had high hopes. Chef Joe Isidori is known on Long Island for his radical devotion to local seafood and produce. Not surprisingly, every bite was delicious.
