writes:
>
>Believe it or not, I just received this 7/22 posting. Optimum Online
>must have been having a problem. Anyway, I once had dinner in a
>wonderful Italian Restaurant called La Polina. I think it was on Ave
>O or P near East 3rd Street. I wonder if that is still there and
>still good. It think it used to be in Zagats but it's gone in the new
>NYC Guide.

Never hoid of any La Polina... other than Ray's Pizza at the south east corner
of Ave. P & E. 2nd St. (second store in) there wasn't any Italian Restaurant in
existence on all of Ave. P for the last 50 years. Ave. O in that area is all
residential, no businesses of any kind exist there. The closest Italian
restaurant to that area is on 65th St., just west of McDonald Ave., "Vesuvius".
I know that neighborhood as intimately as it's possible to know anything
intimately, as a teenager I owned it.

>On 22 Jul 2004 17:18:54 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:
>
>>>Kate B wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am going to be spending some quality time in Brooklyn starting this
>>>> weekend. I've never been to Brooklyn although I am very familiar with
>>>> Manhattan. Normally we stay in mid-town and usually dine in the evenings
>>>> north of the 30's (during the day when I am on my own I venture further
>>>> afield). I am interested in a couple of very nice restaurants in
>Brooklyn
>>>> or those that are an easy cab ride away from the downtown Brooklyn area
>>>> (we're staying at the Marriott). My SO hates noisy restaurants so
>>>> preferably a fine dining type restaurant for a few evenings. While I
>>>would
>>>> like to try Peter Luger's from what I have read about the place the
>>>ambiance
>>>> and service may be a little off-putting for my SO - comments? I am also
>>>> interested in some interesting ethnic restaurants for during the day when
>>>my
>>>> unadventurous SO is working ;-).
>>>>
>>>> Also are there any interesting foodie type shops or markets or areas to
>>>> explore in Brooklyn or any *must do* places to check out?
>>
>>Brooklyn cusine is so diverse that no liftetime is long enough to experience
>it
>>all (like attempting the entire internet).
>>
>>Brooklyn dining is for the most part segregated by neighborhoods,
>interspersed
>>with Chinese Restaurants, many wonderful, others crap. You need to
>determine
>>which ethnicity's fare you'd like and then go to those neighborhoods.
>>Brooklyn's downtown area is not where you want to dine, that's for the
>>tourists, same as most of Manhattan... and Brooklyn is much too large and
>>diverse for a fair sampling in a few days. You really need to travel to a
>>particular neighborhood and then walk... perhaps begin your journey along
>>Avenue U from West 6th St. to 86th Street for Italian, experience some of
>the
>>world's best bakeries, and then north under the el for Eastern European,
>best
>>of the best kosher delis... or Sheepshead Bay for seafood, and then Brighten
>>Beach for Russian. You really need years to experience Brooklyn. There are
>>enough superb Greek diners that if you tried a different one each day you'd
>>still have more to try after a year, you'll never become bored with their
>>offerings, their menu is probably thicker than the phone book where you come
>>from... and none specialize in Greek food.
>>
>>For Italian there's none better, unfortunately (or fortunately - depending
>on
>>ones point of view) it's not possible to experience a fair sampling of their
>>specialties in less than six visits:
>>http://www.spumonigardens.com
>>

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