Comments on: A New Place to Chew and Chat in Bushwick

By: virginia transplant

virginia transplant — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:29:00 +0000

i ate here last night with friends visiting from out of town. “oh no, our neighborhood is more sophisticated than it looks. Lets go try the new wine bar!” And so that’s how it started. How it ended left me vowing never to go back EVER. There were four of us. Three of us drank a bottle of wine (some bottle of less than mediocre sauv blanc) the other had a Blue Moon (in the bottle, no draught beer here). Three of us got pizzas. I got the one with the minced duck (it sounded interesting) but when it was delivered recognized the superiority of Robertas in about five seconds. Too many herbs just totally blitzed the flavor of the duck and sauce. Just not good…edible, but not worth the $11. One of us had some sort of cinnamon and apple ravioli which apparently was delicious. I didn’t try it so I’ll reserve judgment. In all, one bottle of wine, one beer, four entres and one salad =$80. Not terrible. Our waitress was very nice. No complaints there. HOWEVER, when we asked them for a box to put our remaining pizza slices in, they took them to the bar counter to do it for us…and then dropped two slices on the floor whilst using their BARE HANDS to put it in the box. Seriously!! Yuck. And bummer…my girlfriend’s lunch for the next day was now on the floor (she is a vegetarian and couldn’t eat my duck pizza, which I would have gladly given her), but the manager (a rather haughty woman) didn’t say anything to our server. She just thought we weren’t looking…but my friend from out of town saw the whole thing. We sat there…FOREVER…waiting for the waitress to come get our credit card so we could bounce and hoped maybe they would have the courtesy to say something. Nope. Finally after starring them down, the haughty woman came over and said, I’m sorry, I dropped a slice on the floor. My girlfriend said “actually it was two pieces,” and the manager replied, “no, it was just one” and we were like, “um, it was two. count it TWO slices”. Let me just say, I’m not going to starve over two slices, but its the principal of the thing, ya know?? FINALLY, the manager was like, “ok, we’ll make you another cheese pizza to go.” US: “great, thank you.” the pizza they delivered was less than half the size of the one we ordered. I just laughed. it was just absurd. So, yeah…if you want pizza, go to Robertas. If you want wine, go to Big Tree Bottles and get a better selection without the markup. If you want pretentious decor with attitude to match, head to the corner of Starr and Wilson. There’s an empty restaurant there waiting to manufacture the mundane.

By: sick kat

sick kat — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:56 +0000

I have been living in Bushwick for over 29 years, and I have seen it all now. The area is changing rapidly and for the better. From the days of drugs, violence and crime to a new day of a “village” theme neighborhood in the works, I can not wait to see how drastically the Bushwick area will change within the years to come. The Phorum is the beginning of something new and different in our neighborhood of Bushwick and I can’t wait until it all starts tonight! Best of luck to this new restaurant. There are many more things to come, starting with new housing buildings right up the road on wilson and flushing ave, “The Loom” will become a great commercial spacing of a new “Mini Mall” and just more and more great places, bars and lounges that are to come very quickly. Change is key in everyday life. Bushwick is change and it is now apart of all our lives.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:24:13 +0000

http://www.phorumonstarr.com/

Saw the shed was down the other day. Then the banner today. Weee. Menu on the website.

By: Aunt Jemima

Aunt Jemima — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:50 +0000

The restaurant will be opening monday, the 22nd.

By: Dresden

Dresden — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:08:50 +0000

If they aren’t serving pho, Ben, they are definitely Phish-head losers who should be run out of town.

By: ben

ben — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:59:08 +0000

so they’re going to serve pho?

By: sweetser

sweetser — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:31:15 +0000

the tattered sign hanging off this place says “coming soon: cafe wine bar” i think they should stick with that name just for hilarity points.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:31:07 +0000

when is this place gonna open? havent heard anything since

By: johnnysaw

johnnysaw — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:08:27 +0000

My most lasting impression of italy was a fastidious pride in food. Even the dumpiest place in the smallest village had amazing food. The name sucks so bad it’s good.

By: niina

niina — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Wilson Ave is the new Bogart. I agree; name is unimportant, food is key.

Does anyone know anything about 44 Wilson (between George and Melrose)? They’ve had the metal awning down for months but once I saw it open and it looked like some kind of establishment was in the works.