NYT Article on Basil

clayfilms

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/magazine/10Kosher-t.html?_r=1

very, very, very, very interesting.

xlizellx

thank you for posting -- that was very interesting.

I walked past on Sunday night and it looked fairly crowded. 2 non-Hasidic patrons at the bar and the rest were Hasidic men and women. What surprised me most about the whole place was that they had speakers outside of the restaurant playing fairly loud music. It wasn't that the inside was loud, but that the music was being played outside. Reminded me of going to The Olive Garden with my parents and having to wait outside for a table and while you waited for your buzzer to go off you listened to music outside.

I have been meaning to try it out...we'll see.

whatchuwant

Thanks so much for sharing this. I'm never in that part of the nabe, so I had NO idea this place existed. I'm going to try it soon.

catwalkertexasranger

As in lots of things that are over thought..nobody from CH really thinks about all this shit when they are trying to get a pizza. I don't care what race, religion,sex, how much they pay for rent,if the place they live gets good light and on and on. Do they have good pizza at a good price? Have any of the protesting kids been caught and kicked for calling a woman a slut? Answer the important stuff before going into where people went on vacation..the chosen people are those who make good pizza

mha

See the documentary, 'A Life Apart'

youknoit

the movie 'Holly Rollers' is a good watch as well... not a documentary but based on a true story

ishtar

catwalkertexasranger wrote: As in lots of things that are over thought..nobody from CH really thinks about all this shit when they are trying to get a pizza. I don't care what race, religion,sex, how much they pay for rent,if the place they live gets good light and on and on. Do they have good pizza at a good price? Have any of the protesting kids been caught and kicked for calling a woman a slut? Answer the important stuff before going into where people went on vacation..the chosen people are those who make good pizza

The pizza isn't the point of the article. :?

vaportrail

Does anybody know when we can expect the pizza place on Franklin will open? looks like nothing has been going on in there for months. . . .. .

MOD

this thread going sideways..
Reading comprehension fail.

whynot_31

True. .....but if I ever want to witness the blending of cultures, and unknown pizza quality, I now know where to go.

"Hey honey, there is nothing the fridge. Do you want to go out to watch?"

....I'm there. Hopefully the pizza is good too

soidrocks

I was there a couple of months ago, and I had a nice time. The atmosphere is romantic, as the article said. The surprising thing for me is that it's located in an unexpected place. The manager was very nice; he showed us the back of the restaurant which they had opened since the World Cup. He also mentioned that the place next door is going to be a school dorm, so I'm pretty sure that's going to bring more business to the place, and the area. Hold on tight, we' re going to see changes there.

mr. met

that restaurant isn't going to change kingston avenue. it will have an almost exclusively jewish clientele. kingston avenue is about 20 years away from change. nostrand ave first.

soidrocks

It's not going to be the first, second or third time that I see a good restaurant changing an area completely for the best. The rational is simple, a restaurant is full all the time—Basil opens at 8am and closes 16 hours later at 2am—then another entrepreneur wants to take advantage of that and opens a new restaurant next to it, and so on. In the previous times that I've seen this happening, the location, as in Basil's case, wasn't chosen randomly. Usually, there are projects going on around it. For that area, it's the building next to it, which is going to be a brand new Jewish dorm which will host a large amount of students looking for a good place to drink and eat.

whynot_31

Crownheights.info members gave the topic 170 comments this summer

http://www.crownheights.info/index.php?itemid=27390#c

bornnbredbrooklynite

Basil, Oregano and Olive Oil go great together!

hiscrownheights

hmm is right praying that it'll last as a business. i heard the coffee was good too.

whynot_31

I've talked with some folks off line, and there seems to be some interest in going to this place to see what it's like.

Everyone would be welcome.

So far I've jabbered with LaurelB of Nostrand Park, HisCrownHeights, Clayfilms (via HCH) and Mrs. Whynot. We are already at 5.

A group of -say- 8 people would be ideal. More would certainly be welcome.

Here are my first three thoughts:

1. We obviously should not attempt to go on a Saturday, when it will be closed. :? ....I dunno, maybe Wednesday 10/20/10?

2. While they serve pizza, it is Kosher ....hence it will be a little more expensive than folks are used to, and without pork or shrimp.

....Pizza can be yummy with other toppings.

3. Unlike some Brooklynian get togethers, this event won't be at a bar ....those folks who seek an alcohol focused event may be disappointed.

Mod's -
Can we get a sticky?

sweet tea

make a new thread, and i will gladly sticky it

MOD

Start a new thread for the event? Do you have a date? I will sticky..

whynot_31

fine http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59730