New Cafe on Washington and Pacific?

i live right over there- they've been working on that space for months, and a few weeks ago i actually saw a craigslist help wanted posting for baristas and servers to come in and interview at that location. it's a small space - saw the counter set up in the front. would totally welcome cute new cafe! hope it opens soon...

it was open for "family opening party" (I believe the sign said that) last night.
wish them luck!

My girlfriend forwarded me a press release re: a new cafe in Prospect Heights. It's called Ortine. I'm pretty sure it's the place you are referring to.

http://www.ortine.com/
http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/ortine/

Linkage: from Eater.com

http://eater.com/archives/2008/12/monday_opening_report_empanada_joes_chelsea_certified_open_ortine_on_weds.php#more

2) Prospect Heights: Former Schiller’s/Pastis manager Sarah Peck and her husband will open Ortine this week according to NYMag. They write: “Sarah Peck, a former Schiller’s and Pastis manager, oversees the herb garden, the kitchen, and the eclectic menu (everything from Belgian waffles to braised short ribs). Her husband, Steve Guidi, an acupuncturist by day, acts as the restaurant’s beverage director and thus is in charge of the kombucha and the egg creams. Steve’s mom, Barbara, is the pizza and lasagne maven, and if the bulk of the menu skews Italian, blame it on her.” Status: Not Open. Opening Wednesday midday. 622 Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights; 718-622-0026. [NYM]

apparently i have the inside scoop...

this just posted on grub street -- including a pic and menus!

http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/12/what_to_eat_at_ortine_in_prosp.html

Also on stoner:

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/12/streetlevel_ort.php

thank goodness they are open on Monday. Will totally check it out this coming week.

Just got back from Ortine.. highly recommended. Had waffle with fruit and a homemade sausage patty. They were also serving up what looked like a really nice vegan bean chili, pizzas and frittatas. On the walk from St. Marks also noticed quite a bit of new construction around Washington.. who is going to pay big money for these places??

The place is nice, but there's no f'n way I'm drinking Kombucha.

Whatchuwant wrote: what the hell is that, anyway? Looks....moldy.

Is mold. Hurm.

(||)
/||

wait, I love h&h bagels. great central park trip with out of towners: stop at h&h, buy a dozen and some cream cheese, sit in the park and eat til you pass out. what I don´t get is why a whiskey bar has them (or any other bagel, really), or did I miss something?

Whatchuwant wrote: Uh, its NOT a whiskey bar, darlin', its a new restaurant on Washington. Hard to keep track of stuff going on thousands of miles away, huh?

totally. clicked the wrong post. I am a giant spaz!

but, as such, yay H&H bagels in PH. now I don´t have to buy a freakin´ dozen uptown so I can have one with cream cheese. do they toast them? apparently that´s against H&H policy.

alafairnadia wrote: wait, I love h&h bagels. great central park trip with out of towners: stop at h&h, buy a dozen and some cream cheese, sit in the park and eat til you pass out. what I don´t get is why a whiskey bar has them (or any other bagel, really), or did I miss something?

H&H bagels are too damned sweet. There's not supposed to be sugar in bagel dough. The only reason H&H ever got popular is because their original store was the closest bagel place to Zabar's.

mrs whynot wrote: [quote=Carnivore]H&H bagels are too damned sweet. There's not supposed to be sugar in bagel dough. The only reason H&H ever got popular is because their original store was the closest bagel place to Zabar's.

And too big. And sometimes to fluffy. Bagels are supposed to be dense. I like Bagel Hole on 7th.

Bagel Hole is the best. The mini bagels at Terrace Bagels are a close second.

Got to go back and try dinner again. I got the roast chicken a few weeks ago and it was undercooked, and not crispy at all. Maybe it was a fluke. My friend's shortribs were pretty good. They were all out of the mushroom lasagna.