Snice, a veggie-friendly sandwich shop and coffee bar with one location in Manhattan’s West Village, is finally wising up and opening a Park Slope location. The shop will open on Fifth Avenue near Third Street in just a few weeks, and GO Brooklyn will be first in line for a smoothie and a seitan Philly cheese steak.
If you made a New Year’s resolution to drink less at home, check out Rustik Tavern (471 DeKalb Ave. at Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant), a new bar that opened on New Year’s Eve and offers a full menu for dinner and brunch in addition to all the ingredients for a proper liquid lunch.
Also new is Square Root Cafe (584 Myrtle Ave. at Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill), a first time effort from neighborhood residents Eda Sanchez-Persampier and her husband Joe. The spot serves breakfast all day and has vegetarian-friendly lunch and dinner menus including macaroni and cheese, stuffed portobello mushrooms and soy bangers and mash.
It’s a banner day Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, folks. Front Street Pizza (80 Front St. at Washington Street in DUMBO), GO Brooklyn’s favorite slice shack and the spot of many of our weak moments, raised its prices on Jan. 1. In an effort to keep up with the soaring dairy and fuel prices, the unpretentious pizza place has upped the price of a slice of cheese pizza to $2.25.
In more DUMBO pizza news (and really, what kind of news is better?), Ignazio’s (4 Water St. at Old Fulton Street in DUMBO) is close to opening — and just blocks from the venerable Grimaldi’s. It will be a feat to match the quality of Grimaldi’s famous pies, but if the newcomer offers delivery and accepts credit cards, it could surely go a long way.
There’s plenty going into the oven in Park Slope as well. Peppino’s, the Bay Ridge mainstay, has opened a second pizza parlor at 469 Fifth Ave., near 11th Street in Park Slope. And if you’re looking for something besides a soda to sip with your slice, try Juice Box (1289 Prospect Ave. at Greenwood Avenue in Windsor Terrace), a new wine shop that opened in December and is already a hit with thirsty types.
On to fishier matters: Park Slope’s Inaka Sushi has closed and dialing the phone number now leads callers to Mura (369 Fifth Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope) where a staffer wouldn’t explain what happened to Inaka, but did offer to replicate any item from its menu for me.
While playing with your food is ordinarily frowned upon, there’s one school in Midwood that’s encouraging you to go ikebana on your veggies. On Jan. 13, Virginia-based Chef James Parker (www.veggyart.com) will host a class on making floral bouquets out of everyday fruits and vegetables at the new Center for Kosher Culinary Arts [1047 Coney Island Ave. at East 11th Street in Midwood, (718) 692-2442]. The pricey class ($175) includes a 10-piece garnishing tool set.
