little BEET..27 street and park ave south

Melissa was right. Veggie and non veggie friendly..just friendly and elegant.

Cauliflower and pomegranate seeds

Roasted sweet potatoes

mushroom flatbread

Hamburger from another planet good

Unique vegetable :colletas (cross between kale
and sprouts

roasted onions

scallops

Rhinecliff Hotel and Market Restaurant (2 miles away in Rhinebeck

For the third time we ate Thanksgiving dinner at the wonderful Rhinecliff Hotel..turkey nut loaf and apple squash soup...and views of the passing trains and   barges on the Hudson. We ate again in Rhinebeck at The Local and again enjoyed. But new this time was the Market Restaurant in Rhinebeck and this was a joy as well. Kim and Pat and Alex joined us at the hotel for a great breakfast on a rainy morning after a beer at the not so Chinese restaurant in Rhinecliff with a good band. A hike on the edge of farmland in Rhinebeck was followed by roasted vegetable and perfectly made thin pizza at the Market Restaurant.

Pizziola as seen from market bar sttols

Brown rice bowl with roasted vegetables

from farm to table..literally

Roasted Fall bounty

WERKSTATT 509 CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

 THE BACK ROOM AT WERKSTATT WITH ITS COPPER AND GLASS SKYLIGHT AND FARM TABLE AND FRANZ JOSEF STRASSE SIGN REMIND ME OF GRANDPA PHILLIP (MEMBER OF FRANZ JOSEPH'S PERSONAL GUARD) AND OF THOMAS
BEISELL'S LAST PLACE ACROSS FROM BAM AND THE BEAUTIFUL CAFE DES ARTISTE AND ITS FANCIFUL MURALS AND ELEGANT DINING...THOMAS WAS CHEF. THE CRISPY BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH HOT OIL AND THE PAPRIKA CHICKEN WITH ITS SMOKEY SEDUCTION REMIND ME OF EVERY WONDERFUL VIENESE OR GERMAN DINNER I HAVE HAD (TRIANGLE HOFBRAU OR GEBHARTS?). JR LIKED THE GRAPEFRUIT FLAVORED SHOFFERHOFER BEER AND I LIKED THE APPLE AND SPICE OF THE GRUNER BERGER WINE. so remind me to go again--then again,no need.

GRANDPA

Chicken schnitzel

Chicken paprika

celery root schnitzel

Brussels Sprouts

Mushrooms