Elementi

That doesn't bode well...

Carnivore wrote: That doesn't bode well...

Ditto.

ok... I might be spreading a false rumor but I did hear this one from a half way reliable source.
How about a kosher restaurant with catering facility on 2nd level?

How about a kosher steakhouse? Score! :cheers:

Blue Cat.. I think the places you mentioned were here before their time. Of course, if the food is terrible there IS no time for that. But, what people may not be aware of is that there is a "kosher" community that is here, living in PS right now and of course... you don't have to be Jewish to crave a corned beef sandwich or a bowl of homemade matzoh ball soup or a superior knosh.

OK.. I convinced myself! If this restaurant is just a rimour that I started then someone SHOULD open this fantasy place or I should get some investors together and do it myself.. cause I know how to cook most of things that I would order in that kind of restaurant any but I am too lazy to make them at home most of the time.

Choped liver, anyone?

veets wrote: Choped liver, anyone?

Absolutely!

I can't think of a kosher deli this side of Bensonhurst. And I have my doubts that it can survive on 7th Ave, but I hope someone will give it a go. Does anyone know of a good one nearby?

No kidding.. someone told me that some orthodox people did look at the space but now that I started the rumor... I don't think this is the direction the place will go.

If you want a good corned beef sandwich go to Manhattan and eat at Katz's.. and bring home half a sandwich to PS for me cause they are too big to eat the whole thing anyway.

Carnivore wrote: [quote=veets]No kidding.. someone told me that some orthodox people did look at the space but now that I started the rumor... I don't think this is the direction the place will go.

If you want a good corned beef sandwich go to Manhattan and eat at Katz's.. and bring home half a sandwich to PS for me cause they are too big to eat the whole thing anyway.

I have never not finished a sandwich at Katz's. Carnegie Deli sandwiches are bigger- I could see not finishing one of those, but Katz's are better, and easy to finish, even when you tip the carving guy. I always go for the pastrami though, not corned beef.

In Brooklyn, I like Mill Basin Deli, but Katz's is actually closer.

I always thought mill basin deli was over rated. Katz's though really is the best. If you don't like the chunky hand cuts and prefer the slicing machine 2nd avenue deli is pretty good too.

R.I.P. Bellamellio! It was the very best shop in the Slope.

Idlewild wrote: I was at Mill Basin Deli yesterday. It's indeed over rated. Katz's and David's Brisket are the only ones I like in all five boroughs. And I've been to them all. Adelman's, Jay & Lloyd's, Carnegie, Ben's. Stage, Sarge's, Pastrami Box, etc. They mostly reheat the ole Hebrew National or Empire slabs of meat.

Park Slope had two kosher style delis. One on 7th Ave by Union (I forget the name) and Bellamellio on 7th Ave and 1st, where the newsstand is. Otherwise, you had German delis such as Durell's and Berkeley Meats selling really good corned beef.

Pastrami Queen on the UES is actually quite good.

What's with all the Mill Basin Deli hate? I admit I haven't been back in a few years. Has it gone downhill that much?

It is my fault but I think this thread needs to be divided. The end of the postings about delis is more interesting than the fate of Elemente! Lol!

Idlewild wrote: I hear Mendy's om CIA went through a rehab and it's not bad. The last time I went, about a year ago,it was pretty piss poor. I will try it again.

Mill Basin hasn't really changed. It's Lubavitcher owned, Empire supplied. IE, it's like most of the Brooklyn kosher delis. However, I did have a slice of their sugar-free lemon chiffon cake and I have to tell you, it's pretty frigging delicious.

Was it Mendy's when you went a year ago or was it still Essex On Coney then? Because the Essex On Coney was there and then they moved, then Mendy's moved in

I liked Elementi. My wife and I had a few nice meals there but Roy, the guy who I thought owned it, was suuupppper nice to us. Made our meals fantastic and really catered to us. Maybe it was due to a lack of business but we felt well taken care of and liked the food. We were both sad to see that it closed. :-(

kosherdave wrote: I liked Elementi. My wife and I had a few nice meals there but Roy, the guy who I thought owned it, was suuupppper nice to us. Made our meals fantastic and really catered to us. Maybe it was due to a lack of business but we felt well taken care of and liked the food. We were both sad to see that it closed. :-(

I liked it too. We had a couple of good meals there. Never had a problem.