AUNT BUTCHIES Brooklyn’s Italian Café - Bakery 383 5th Ave. Bklyn, NY 11215 718-757-9756

 Just arrived in Park Slope but feels like it has always been here. Perhaps because it has been in Bay Ridge  and other locations for some time. Maybe because its owner's are strongly connected to the community. This is a bakery and restaurant and caterer in modest space with a menu as long as your arm...as long as your arm is the Guinness winner for longest arm.Wait staff are charming and youthful and the Chef is experienced and brings his deep brooklyn roots to a love of  a wide variety of pressed paninis named for everyone from chef Tommy to cousin Danny and from Luigi to RAY RAY. They are filled with everything from sausage,broccoli rabe, provolone and ricotta to knish, pastrami, Swiss, and mustard. Vegetarians will love the Davinci with mozzarella peppers, arugula, balsamic, and Evoo. Plenty of pastas and plenty of sauces with plenty of extras can be found at the build your own corner of the menu.

On a recent sudden summer evening we only stared at the case of gorgeous cakes because the Park Slope salad and ravioli left us room to only crave   the deserts and think next time (chicken parm)

                                                          Park Slope Salad

                               Fried Zucchini with a side of red sauce

SORGHUM AND SALT 186 COMING ST CHARLESTON SC

 THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS

                                                          SHORT RIBS

.                                                            EGGPLANT DESIRE

                                                          SEA SCALLOPS

                                                          BEET CREMEUX

 SEATED AT CHEF TRES JACKSONS TABLE IS THE WAY TO GO. THE SMALL PLATES ALL COME WITH BIG FLAVOR AND MAGICAL PREP AND YOU CAN WATCH IT HAPPEN BUT REPLICATION AT HOME IS NOT LIKELY. ENJOY IT THERE!  CRISPY SCALLOPS AND EGGPLANT THAT IS CROQUETTE LIKE BUT SOMETHING IN A CLASS BY ITSELF. THE BEET AND HONEY AND FRUIT CREMEUX DEFIES YOUR BEST GUESS AND MUST BE ENJOYED WITH THE LATE HARVEST RIESLING (FROM THE NY FINGER LAKES.....HOME SWEET  HOME.

EDISON 1014 Fort Johnson Rd Charleston SC...JAMES ISLAND. The dream of Chef Joel Lucas and Chelsea Lucas.

Chelsea and SOON-TO-BE CENTER
ERICEATS LEFT AND FRIEND ,PAT RIGHT