Soooo on the way to the 3 train this morning, i noticed some boards has been taken down on the corner of lincoln place and kingston ave and its a beautiful looking NEW RESTAURANT! YAY!
Anyone know the scoop?? Cuisine? Name? I'm dying to know....---north crown heights has been STARVING for such an amenity!
Totally excited! I passed by there this morning and spoke to one of the owners. The place is called Basil. They are due to open in about 2 weeks and the menu is FANTASTIC. They had a couple of promo menus available and he handed me one. This place is going to be different and edgy. I can't wait!!!!!! There is a website on the menu www.basilny.com
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Sun Mar 14, 10 3:18 pm EST
elatorre wrote:
Totally excited! I passed by there this morning and spoke to one of the owners. The place is called Basil. They are due to open in about 2 weeks and the menu is FANTASTIC. They had a couple of promo menus available and he handed me one. This place is going to be different and edgy. I can't wait!!!!!! There is a website on the menu www.basilny.com
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Ben Crabby Native
Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 562
Sun Mar 14, 10 7:07 pm EST
I walked by today, the place looks really nice. If the food is good it will be a great addition to the neighborhood.
CLAYFILMS Regular
Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 114
Fri Mar 19, 10 1:05 pm EST
went there yesterday
the good
-gorgeous decor
-blocks from my house
-delicious coffee
-reasonably priced menu
the shady
-the service is pretty suspect...the exec chef at one point had to come out and yell at a waiter to bring a party of seven a bottle of wine (they'd been waiting for over 10 minutes)
-i asked for a spoon for my coffee and never got it (i'm not jewish)
-they didn't pepper shakers/grinders..they brought my friend some pepper in a bowl
-they were out of sugar (for coffee)
- the hostess only talked to the Hasidic guests..but that could be b/c she knows them personally
i really enjoyed the cup of coffee at the place..i might wait until they hire more waitstaff and stock up on the basics b4 returning for an actual meal
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Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Posts: 10 Location: Crown Heights
Wed Mar 24, 10 9:05 pm EST
agreed w/Clayfilms.
i'm willing to go back and give them another try. hopefully time will iron out the wrinkles in service and hospitality.
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Totally excited! I passed by there this morning and spoke to one of the owners. The place is called Basil. They are due to open in about 2 weeks and the menu is FANTASTIC. They had a couple of promo menus available and he handed me one. This place is going to be different and edgy. I can't wait!!!!!! There is a website on the menu 
