Overrated restaurants in PS

Zebra wrote: Livetotravel just took the words right out of my.. fingers. While this thread is very entertaining, the most eye-opening part of it is seeing which restaurants are being mentioned as if they were respected (the ones listed above in particular). And I think Livetotravel just answered his/her closing question in his/her tagline.

I think that shite places that are quite obviously getting a lot of dollar votes can qualify as "overrated" - or at least "overappreciated" if they're not showing up in Michelin to provide an official reference point. Sotto Vocce has come up, and for good reason; the place is always busy, but...why? Years ago I had a meal there that was so bad I wanted to cry - I had always assumed they had gotten better, but it seems not. Location? Dunno.

Stone Park. Good cocktails; I don't remember much about the food.

given the re-def by LTT and zebra, I'll go with al di la. I was expecting the pasta to be amazing - it was good. I was expecting to find more than one wine I felt like drinking on the menu - I didn't. not saying I won't go back, but I definitely don't think the place is as awesome as everyone says it is. and the wait is a pain in the ass.

I never seen a neighborhood so much obsessed with Eatin', pissin' and shittin'

But wait, how many of you actually live in PS proper

Yeah, LivetoTravel is on the money. You gotta be rated to be overrated. Picking on AOC? They just opened. They're not rated as anything yet. Aside from Al Di La, not many other places hit that mark.

I do think Lobo is trash though. Over-cheesed crap.

Mamacita wrote: I never seen a neighborhood so much obsessed with Eatin', pissin' and shittin'

But wait, how many of you actually live in PS proper

oh, no, you didn't [-X

new2hood wrote: Oooh, I didn't think about that...but won't they have a problem w/me opening it and drinking it on property?

Yeah, as I recall Fairway has a sign on the doors to that beautiful patio out back saying "no alcoholic beverages."

Alas.

VerucaSalt wrote: A Di La. I just dont' get it. The food was good but it didn't blow me away. After all the hype I was expecting this fanfreakingtastic meal and it was ehh.

I always felt like I was the only one who didn't get it.
I wouldn't mind eating there, but I'm not going to leap over a river and punch out a bell hop to get there.

filmlover44 wrote: [quote=Flexichick]Ech. Tutta Pasta! Blech blech blech.

Santa Fe Grill too. I'm with ya on that one

p.s. are the babies here? how are they doing??

I hear that the babies are here....I keep my eyes open for Mary Tyler Moore with twins.

Yep, babies are here and are pushing 5 months old. Their names are Rhoda and Phyllis.

Better than Ted and Murray! Mazel tov!

Mamacita wrote: I never seen a neighborhood so much obsessed with Eatin', pissin' and shittin'

True, so true. You got us pinned. :oops:

moutarde. yucko, we all felt pukey afterward.

blue ribbon sushi. not impressed, quite $$$

All of those Greek frozen yogurt places. I can't walk by one without hearing someone yelling about how great the yogurt is. Maybe I would feel different if I liked yogurt.

there are greek frozen yogurt places? (what i mean is, all the yogurt places are greek?)

I don't think they're Greek... if raw is talking about Oko or Yogomonster (is that what it's called)... they serve not-too-sweet unflavored (i.e. plain) frozen yogurt which may remind some of the Greek plain yogurts (like Fage), but I don't think they actually have anything to do with Greece.