CUCHIFRITOS!!!!!

OK.....now you can find one of these spots in any neighborhood in New York, but this one I take a BUS just to get some of what they have to offer. Need to feed yourself or a family of four (4) and foe CHEAP!, well this is your place. It's called La Isla Cuchifritos.

No formal seating but a few stools to sit only but just the view from the window will make your mouth WATER. Feed your whole family for about $20 bucks! Don't get intimidated when you walk in if you don't speak Spanish because the workers here are all friendly and speak enough English to understand you. Try the roast chicken w/ rice and beans if your unfamiliar or if you have some understanding of Latin cuisine try the tripe and pigs feet soup. Don't forget to wash it all down with some coconut juice or tamarind juice! La Isla Cuchifritos gets a score of 10!


Location:
La Isla Cuchifritos
6 Graham Ave (bet. Broadway & Debevoise St.
Brooklyn, NY  11206






Mondongo Soup ($2.75)
Soup with potaoes, boiled pigs feet, tripe
Sometimes w/ chicken

Window W/ all the fried Goodies
I love the potaoe balls w/ beef inside
or cod fish cakes

 


Their Menu



RASTA PASTA!!!!!!!

Caribbean treats mixed with some influence from French cuisine, Footprints Cafe in Flatbush Brooklyn keeps em' coming back for more! Not only known for the Rasta Pasta, they play host as the after party spot where karaoke and always say Footprints is the place to be after to finish the night. I've tried many Caribbean dishes and restaurants before but not only is the food here great!, but the atmosphere is soooo inviting and filled with fun that coming back is a given.

Location:

Footprints Cafe

5814 Clarendon Rd.

Brooklyn, NY 11203

(718) 451-3181

http://www.footprintscafeny.com

Jerk Wings

Rasta Pasta w/ Cajun Chicken

http://www.footprintscafeny.com

TACO NIGHT!!!!

I love to dine @ places that the food can be shared amongst the table. BURRITO BAR in Park Slope, Brooklyn is just the place. In the warmer months the outside seating makes you feel as though your not sitting in Brooklyn but in Mexico enjoying the nightlife at a local bar. Burrito Bar also offers something for everyone from tacos, burritos, salads, vegetarian dishes, and celebrity inspired smoothies like, "Tina Turners Addiction" and "Beatles's Mania".

Burrito Bar is the perfect place to entertain or just dine with friends or family and have a good time! Good Drinks+Good Food=Good Time! Who wouldn't want to try deep fried ice cream (oh my!)

Location:
Burrito Bar
307 Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 230- TOGO (8646)
                                                                                     http://www.burritobarbrooklyn.com/

The menu makes it soooooo hard to decide what to eat! Guacamole, min burritos, tuna ceviche or stuffed jalapenos? What is a girl to do? Oh and they have Deep Fried Ice Cream! haha....
Eat In or Take Out Burrito Bar is the place to eat freely and good. :)

Stuffed Jalapenos wrapped W/bacon

Not Georgia's Peaches.

They call it a "Brooklyn Country Cafe", offering a variety of southern classics, market fresh food, and delicious salads which makes choosing from the menu tough. PEACHES is small and quaint tucked into Bedford-Stuyvesant

                                                                                       Brooklyn!After riding past this place several dozen times and not knowing what it was but why is was so crowed I decided to stop and see what the buzz was about. Well guess what! It was a stop I'm glad I made. PEACHES gets a score of 9 from me.

    Location:

                Peaches              

                                            393 Lewis Avenue (bet. Mac Donaugh & Decatur)

                                                                         Brooklyn, NY 11233

      (718) 942 4162

                   http://www.peachesbrooklyn.com/

                               



Outside Seating Avail (weather permitting)



Salmon and Asparagus

 http://www.peachesbrooklyn.com/  (check out their website for menu and pricing)

                                         

BROOKLYN Restaurant Week Is Coming!

 Ever thought about, what kind of food does Brooklyn have to offer? Well beginning March 21st-31st you can answer your own question and for very little. Why? because Brooklyn restaurant week is coming and the best of the best restaurants are offering discounted rices on up to three course meals! Wow! can't beat that anywhere.The week where you're free to eat well for cheap is coming soon! The weather is
getting better and  it's time to explore Brooklyn once more. With set prices on meals @ spots all over BK you're bound to find something you like. This is the time for all my foodies or just plain explorers to unite and seek out what Brooklyn has to offer!

       Dine In:  Brooklyn Restaurant Week 2011                         
                       March 21st- 31st
                       brooklyn.com/dine2009.html
                      (check out the website for a list
                      and map of particpating restaurants)

              
http://www.brooklyn.com/dinemap.php

Shhhh...Don't tell my Cardiologist. But I've found HEAVEN!

As seen famously on most food channels, The ChipShop is just the place to indulge yourself (just once....maybe). Extremely popular in England, the creator wanted to expand his business and decided to head to the US. Well now everyone is tossing out their diets and calling their cardiologist after a visit here beacsuse it's just that good. With pricing low and food expectations high and nervous The Chipshop is a 10 for me. the only item I had on my mind when visiting this place was the deep fried oreo. Not just a cookie after it's battered and fried, but a melt in your mouth treat.

Locations:

Park Slope ChipShop

383 5th Ave (@6th St.)

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 832-7701

Atlantic ChipShop

129 Atlantic Ave. (bet. Clinton & Henry)

Brooklyn, NY

(718) 855-7775

http://www.chipshopnyc.com/ (their website)

Deep Fried Oreo

Deep Fried Mac n Cheese



Famous Deep Fried Twinkie



Deep Fried Pizza

Sentimental Favorite!!

Ahhhhh..........Anytime I get the chance I visit this place......Catania's Bakery in Ridgewood. It's a bit of a journey to get there because its not quite around the corner from me. This is the bakery my late grandmother Laverne Powell adored. After her passing in 2009, Catania's is still frequented and loved by my mom and I. We loooovveee this place! She loves when i bring her the sugar cookies and especially the tri-color ones.  Although the address is in Queens it's located on the borderline of Queens/Brooklyn. You can get 4 mini cheesecakes which are topped plain or with whipped cream and a strawberry for about 9 bucks! or buy the cookies by the pound. They also bake and sell fresh bread which most of their regulars come in for every week and sometimes everyday. Catania Bakery is a big 10!


Storefront on Fresh Pond Rd.


Locations:
64-10 Fresh Pond Rd.
Ridgewood NY 11385
(718) 417-5700

487 Harman Street
Queens NY 11237
(718) 366-7813

http://cataniabakeryny.com/
(website under construction)


A must try is their individual cheesecakes! Not too sweet but just right

Lobster Tail

RAVENishly Good!

You've never had good cake until you've tried CakeMan Ravens' cakes. Best known for the scrumptious and filling portions of Red Velvet cake, this Brooklyn based bakery is sure to tame any sweet tooth! This can be one of those treats that you get every once in a while being that we have to watch our waistlines right! lol (yeah right). I could go for a slice of this anytime of the day. Also because it's located right across the street from Night of the Cookers it makes the perfect after dinner dessert. CakeMan Raven gets a 7.

Location:
CakeManRaven
708 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 694-2253
http://www.cakemanraven.com/

Pineapple Coconut (Lemon Coconut

Display @ Fulton Street

Pinapple Cream Cheese

 



































Sophisticated Soul

Those who know good food and ambiance know NIGHT OF THE COOKERS! I have been to this restaurant more times than an other restaurant on my blog and everytime feels like the first time because I'm amazed at how great this place is. The service is great and the drinks are enough to take a cab home after! lol I always want to be seated in a corner or in the back here just so I can observed and see people and enjoy the atmosphere and you wouldn't believe how many celebrity citings have taken place with my own eyes. Night of the Cookers is a 10!



Located Downtown Brooklyn, 'Cookers' as most would call it serves southern comfort food but refined. Serving up super friendly service and upbeat soulful music, 'Cookers' is the perfect spot for date night or friendly get- together.

 Prices: $3-$13(starters) but enought to be an entree (Catfish Fingers!)
             $8-$20(entree) I recommend the Blackened Catfish
             $8-(approx) $12- (Drinks)

                  

   

 Location:

Night of the Cookers

767 Fulton Street

Brooklyn, NY 11217

(718) 797-1197

http://www.nightofthecookers.com/
(check out their website)

                                                                                                    


     

South Africa meets Brooklyn

The restaurant was inspired by Nelson Mandela

This week I've finally paid a visit to a place I've been looking @ for years.

MADIBA, In Fort Greene Brooklyn may look small and quaint but step inside, and its dress down service and tasty plates of delicious comfort food(South African style) make you feel @ home! This is another restaurant that I have drove past too many times to not stop but this time I grabbed some friends and stepped inside this cultural experience. I was very taken back in a good way bybthe history and culture I was surround by in Madiba. From the abstract paintings of Nelson Mandela to the African masks placed on the wall above where I sat, to the wooden table and chairs and vintage subway posters and signs to tie in the urban surrounding of New York and its hip Fort Greene neighborhood, Madiba =8.

Location:

195 Dekalb Ave (corner of Carlton Ave)

 Brooklyn, NY 11205

 (718) 855-9190

 http://www.madibarestaurant.com/ (check out their website)



Pap and Vleis(Lamb and Cornmeal)



UMMM Sangria!

The Bar @ Madiba.





Prices range from $3 for apps -$22 Entrees,
 Cocktails $8-$10
 Wine (Red & White) $8/ glass-$89/bottle

A LITTLE SWEET :)

 BAKED BY MELISSA                                           

This week I've decided to feature a small taste of
what I like to treat my self to when i venture out of  BROOKLYN.

With locations in SOHO, GRAND CENTRAL, and my most frequented UNION SQUARE! This sweet spot offers cupcakes the about the size of a Quarter but pack with just just enough sweet to satisfy any tooth. Prices range from about $20 for 25 cupcakes and up(Yummy!) They even take pick-up, delivery or even shipped cakes (min order 100 cakes $70) If you happen to check out their website or you can even follow them on facebook you will see that you have the oppurtunity when ordering to create your own cupcake for orders with a minimun of 300 cupcakes. This can get expensive but I say just try the 25 for 20 bucks and you will sure enough go back for more! Melissa's is a small but big 7.

Locations:

Union Square 

7 East 14th Street

New York, NY 10003

SOHO

529 Broadway

New York, NY

10012    

GRAND CENTRAL

109 E. 42ND STREET

NY, NY 10017



UMMMM......Red Velvet my Fav!!!!


                                                                 

WEBSITE:

www.bakedbymelissa.com



                                                                                                                                                             



WEBSITE:

www.bakedbymelissa.com

NEW BLOG PPL!!!

Hey PPL after much consideration I've decided to change my blog. I will be heading out in the best borough, in search for the best eats for cheap or little cash! BROOKLYN here I come.

OMG! I have a Blog! (or BLOB as "Beyonce" says) lol

Okay people first blog post....so here it goes.
Welcome ALL to my blog. Hopefully everyone will be able to join in and keep this going as it could be the start of something really fun. After these days off tomorrow I will return to all the madness and chaos that is jfk. Totally not ready for any bickering, complaining, or crazy q's but, the rent is due and the bills must be paid! Feel free to spread word of the blog and let others know whats up. Just as we do on FB all rules apply here, so don't mess this up. Leave all egos and personal negativity at the door and remember this is public!