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A Creperie in Park Slope: Crespella

On top of having really inventive crepe options, including some great sweet ones, they have a super friendly staff and their cappuccino’s aren’t bad at all. I’m kind of craving one right now as I write these. I could go into detail about how awesome crepe’s are, but I think i’d rather let Ricky Bobby explain:

Jean Girard: I will let you go, Ricky. But first, I want you to say…”I… love… crepes.”
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Don’t you say it, Ricky. These colors don’t run.
Ricky Bobby: I’m not gonna say it.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Good.
Ricky Bobby: Hey, look, Frenchy, I thought about it. So why don’t you go ahead and break my arm?
Jean Girard: I do not want to break your arm, Monsieur Bobby, but I am a man of my word.
Ricky Bobby: Here’s the deal. He’s not gonna break it because I’m gonna slip out of it right now. Houdini!
Jean Girard: Whoa! Get down, you little pancake.
Ricky Bobby: Someone might as well get me a beer while I’m down here.
Jean Girard: But you have forced me to do this. You are now mocking me and making me look ridiculous. Just say, “I love crepes.”
Cal Naughton, Jr.: You know, just to put this in there, I had a whole mess of crepes this morning. They’re just like pancakes, maybe even better.
Ricky Bobby: Wait, are they the really thin pancakes?
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Yeah.
Jean Girard: Yes they are. They are the really thin pancakes. It’s just a French word for them.
Ricky Bobby: Oh, my god, I love those.
Cal Naughton, Jr.: Put any syrups you want on them. I’m just saying, think about it.
Ricky Bobby: They come with cheese sometimes?
Jean Girard: Yes, of course, a fromage-crepe.
Ricky Bobby: Well, why didn’t someone yell that right-right away?
Jean Girard: Do you know what’s in the crepe suzette?
Ricky Bobby: Oh, I love the crepe suzette.
Jean Girard: With the sugar and lemon juice…
Ricky Bobby: Yeah, the sugar and the lemon juice. Sure.
Jean Girard: Grand Marnier.
Ricky Bobby: I wo – I wish I could crawl into one of those right now. I’d eat my way out from the inside.

Crespella
321 7th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 788-2980

No. 13 – Proscuitto, Roasted Asparagus, Mozzarella & Balsamico

No. 1 – Nutella Classic with Strawberries

Cappuccino

Hunan Delight: Park Slope, Brooklyn

Of all the Asian cuisines, Chinese food might be among my least favorites. It tends to be very rich and saucy and so westernized that you wouldn’t know the real thing unless you had been to China. The watered down version of Chinese food that we get here is definitely more appetizing. An American traveler perusing the streets of Hong Kong looking for a place with a good General Tsao’s Chicken are going to be hard pressed to find anything that doesn’t looking disgusting to them. The closest thing I found in Hong Kong to wonton soup was a meaty and bony, fish-broth soup that was really amazing, but was not wonton soup. The harsh critics of a traditional American family would be horribly disappointed.

There are a few places in Brooklyn though that: a.) do pretty good westernized Chinese food and b.) have some great healthy options (including vegetarian options) and c.) also deliver to us. Hunan Delight happens to be my family’s favorite Chinese spot. It is mine too. I love wonton soup (especially when I am sick, like I am this week), and this place does it quite well.

Wonton Soup

Bird Nest Seafood crab meat, shrimp and scallops blended with chinese vegetables. served in crunchy nest in white wine sauce.

Vegetarian Beef with Broccoli

Emperor’s Shrimp jumbo shrimp lightly fried with fruit Sauce

House Special Shrimp – jumbo shrimp with fresh tomato chunks, sautéed with tomato sauce, with steamed broccoli.

Bogota Latin Bistro…again – Park Slope, Brooklyn

Bogota has become our neighborhood haunt and a place that we take family when they want hang at a cool spot and eat some good latin food. A few weekends ago we took my girlfriends dad and girlfriend out to Bogota for a really amazing brunch.

Bogota Latin Bistro
141 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 230-3805

Aji Sauce

Bogota Latin Bistro - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Sangria + Margarita = Sangrita

Bogota Latin Bistro - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Bandeja Paisa – a big meat dish, including Chicharrons

Bogota Latin Bistro - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Latin Breakfast

Bogota Latin Bistro - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Plantain Stuffed French Toast

Bogota Latin Bistro - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Molten Lava Cake

Press 195 – Park Slope, Brooklyn

Another Park Slope treat is the restaurant Press 195, which during the day is a nice spot for stay at home moms to grab lunch and fill the front bar area with strollers. Head to the back patio on a nice day for a really great shaded spot outside to enjoy a wide selection of specialty sandwiches, panini’s and my favorite, the meatloaf knish sandwich – a thick cut of meatloaf with gravy and cheese sandwiched between a potato knish. Its similar to a shepards pie. You can wash it down with a homemade Strawberry Lemonade.

Press 195
195 5th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 857-1950

Press 195 - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Strawberry Lemonade

Press 195 - Park Slope, Brooklyn
Meatloaf Knish

Press 195 - Park Slope, Brooklyn
A tasty little cucumber salad

City Sub – Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC

Forget Subway. City Sub, located in Park Slope, freshly cuts meat and cheese and toasts your sub in a toaster oven – not some crazy futuristic looking time machine thingy. The real star here is the bread, fresh loaves of sesame seed italian hoagies. Its absolutely wonderful, but it will cost you a little more than a five dollar footlong. Worth ever penny

City Sub‎
450 Bergen Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 398-2592‎

City Sub

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

Yeah, its a chain, but they do serve a pretty good product, as the name implies, burgers and fries. The burgers are two patties with cheese and whatever toppings you want, no additional cost for those toppings – grilled onions, mushrooms, tomato, onion, pickles, etc. It’s a damn good burger that pairs nicely with their thick cut salt-seasoned fries – a small is far to large for one person alone.

Five Guys, Brooklyn, NY
Entrance on 7th Avenue and 7th Street

Five Guys, Brooklyn, NY
fries with a mayo and ketchup mixture

Five Guys, Brooklyn, NY
the thick burger!

Bogota Latin Bistro

One of my favorite spots in NYC is the Park Slope columbian restaurant, Bogota. On top of being a great eatery in the neighborhood they are also a great nightlife spot and the owners are avid social networking users having created a great following on Twitter and Facebook. They also use social networking to their advantage by offering social networking promotions via Twitter and Facebook.

Goat Cheese Empanadas

Latin Breakfast (eggs, black beans, yellow rice, plantains and salad)

Breakfast Tacos (Eggs, black beans, tomatoes, onions, salsa, with fried plantains and fruit)

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