I mean, they are in North Brooklyn. That's not a neighborhood, it's a general geographic signifier.'North Brooklyn"
holdup, are they trying to rename Greenpoint or Williamsburg?
How many people actually got beyond the pic and made it to the point of the article?
Basically no one, as this thread demonstrates.
lmao
Is that kinda like exporting Hoboken New Jersey around the world? because I'm pretty sure no one ever wanted a piece of Brooklyn, even back in the 80s when it was cool. Hipsters can convince themselves of anything.
Brooklyn wasn't cool in the 80s, unless you were trying for street cred in your rap songs. Restaurants opening up as the article talks about for "Brooklyn style" is a pretty clear indicator that the name carries worldwide cachet at this point, especially since that's where all the "cool" stuff is now that young people are by and large priced out of Manhattan.
No one has cared about Hoboken, so you're right about that.
The tray in the article is an exaggeration, but I've been to Fette Sau's, one of the hipster BBQ places in Williamsburg and the portion sizes were pathetic. Its was mega tasty, but you needed to spend around 40 bucks per person get one of the decently sized BBQ plates posted.
If you want to eat at a place that's gotten written up, you kind of have to. I think New York has plenty of cheaper tasty food, but it's certainly not going to be as common and you can go pretty much any other city and get equivalent stuff for cheaper. The thing NY really has going for it is the sheer variety of good to excellent worldwide cuisine in heavy concentrations.
(Going to Philly and NoLA recently reminded me how crazy the prices are for eating out here.)