ERIC EATS BLAH BLAH BLOG... best of Brooklyn restaurants and beyond and way beyond: DIRT CANDY...vegetarian, not deprivation

ERIC EATS BLAH BLAH BLOG... best of Brooklyn restaurants and beyond and way beyond: DIRT CANDY...vegetarian, not deprivation

DIRT CANDY...vegetarian, not deprivation

Fennel flows

Really. No meat,fish, chicken..i should get over it. This place @ 430 east 9st helped. It is closet sized but spanking fresh looking. The kitchen is galley sized but the whole crew operates like the workings of a shiny pocket watch. Start with the Jalapeno Hush Puppies with maple butter. These are like  a party in a croquette. Fennel sunflower soup with fennel pretzels sounds too fancy spa-like..but tastes foamy and
as welcome as a wicker basket at a picnic in the meadow (oh stuff it if you think this writing is wanting...i am trying and have just started liking this food...talking about it well may come later).

HUSH,hush, sweet puppies

Popcorn pudding

Well consider the grits and tempura poached egg...damn! And next time chard gnocchi..yes there will be a next time, you flesh lovin cynics.

RUNNER&STONE BAKERY AND RESTAURANT

i LOVE restaurants...especially new ones...new good ones...and at 285 third ave corner of carroll is a stylish new comer with so much going for it and evidence upon which to build hopes. Evidence like the chicken in mushroom broth with mushroom dumplings or  the promise embedded in maple flavored sprouts. Really though some of the best bread wheat/rye bread is the true signature to consider...here the bakery feature of this cozy haven reveals itself. The bar feels personable and equipped. And now we turn to ambiance and story/character...this place has both in spades. The green and recycled features are attractive and almost fireplace like in their ability to make you comfy. The flour sack walls and the reclaimed  water tank wood tables..the basement alcove...and then in the rear bakers racks! They were empty but full that morning with? Tomorrow they will display? The butter is made of melted gold and the olive oil tastes expensive. Prices were reasonable and be aware that this location is no longer just commerce..a cluster of restaurants has mushroomed---sorry thinking of the dumplings.

Signature bread