From Shelly Kramer came this great comment, worthy of its own special post:
As someone who eats from restaurants on Flatbush Ave nearly every day here's my go to list.
Jamaican
Pride Bakery: Pumpkin Vegetable Soup (Friday Only). My husband is a big
fan of their beef patties & meat loaf (seasoned beef in a more
bread like dough, they don't have it regularly)
Blessings Herbs & Coffee: Egg, Avocado & Tomato Sandwich. Any/All salads
Errol's
Caribbean Bakery: Veggie Patty, Callaloo (with or without Salt Fish)
with Ground Provisions (I usually ask them to take off the oil)
Tugboat: Simple Sally Sandwich
Jus
Fishy: Salmon Burger with Sweet Potato Fries (served with grilled
pineapple, onions, & tomato). Also have a great seamed fish &
veggie sides.
Scoops: BBQ Chunk with whichever grain they have for the day & veggie side they're serving. They also have great soup.
De Hot Pot: Doubles, but my new favorite is their Vegetable Roti (Pumpkin, Potato & Chickpea Chana)
Tip of the Tongue: 3 Bean Chili, Chicken Salad on a Croissant, Spinach & Chickpea Salad
Family Pizza: Slice
Golden Krust: Stew Chicken or Ox-Tail, rice & peas (ox-tail gravy on rice & peas) with steamed cabbage,
Out of the neighborhood, but deliver here: Ghandi Indian, A.M. Thai
I've
found via eating a lot of Caribbean food over the last nine years, in
this neighborhood, the Trini places season their food more consistently
than the Jamaican restaurants. So if you're a person who wants your food
to taste the same each time I'd stick to Scoops, De Hot Pot or Jus
Fishy. If you like a more peppery flavor Errol's is your place...as my
husband (native Yardie) says "they're heavy handed with the pepper"
6 comments:
Trinidad Ali gets no love? Doubles, yum.
Well, I guess I have the next week cut out for me. Thanks, Shelley!
Ali's doubles, to me, suffer from a wonderbread-like texture. And isn't Gandhi, between Parkside and Clarkson on Bedford, "in the neighborhood?"
Tip of the Tongue has seasonal items that may be here today and gone tomorrow. Over the winter, a vegan potato soup was offered; it was pretty tasty.
Tip of the Tongue has seasonal items that may be here today and gone tomorrow. Over the winter, a vegan potato soup was offered; it was pretty tasty.
By the way, I just came from Tip of the Tongue. It was open a little later than usual tonight because of its one year anniversary! (Wine, champagne and appetizers!) I just spoke to the gentlemen behind Tipp of the Tongue. I told them about the food conversation happening on this blog, and I said I'd love to talk them up as a dinner location if the establishment were open later. They might consider it if 1) they could find someone who specializes in savory stuff and 2) the demand is there for them to stay open later. I certainly would go there after 7 pm for a meal, but they'd need more than just me. ;)
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