Le P'tit Paris - New Restaurant in Da Vincenzo Space

Subject: Le P'tit Paris - New Restaurant in Da Vincenzo Space

YES! Just saw somebody working in the kitchen. Popped my head in and think I spoke with ze owner of ze new French restaurant, which he said will open around the end of the month (I say "fingers crossed" because we all know how long it takes to get a restaurant open...at least this was a restaurant before).

This Fruban (French/Cuban) is super excited /

awesome

won't be holding my breath, but this is still good news! thanks, flexi

you're welcome, shish. I really would love to see something succeed there.

Where was the Da Vincenzo?

jschneier wrote: Where was the Da Vincenzo?

Northwest corner of PPW and Prospect Ave.

JR_in_NYC wrote: [quote=jschneier]Where was the Da Vincenzo?

Northwest corner of PPW and Prospect Ave.

I believe that corner is NW (NE would be the church)

Uh oh Flexi- bad night? That's what JR said, Northwest!

G2BDON wrote: Uh oh Flexi- bad night? That's what JR said, Northwest!

ha...I read it as NE.

I guess I am having a senior moment

Flexichick wrote: [quote=G2BDON]Uh oh Flexi- bad night? That's what JR said, Northwest!

ha...I read it as NE.

I guess I am having a senior moment

Ha, now you got me looking at it on Google Earth. Technically it's the North corner since the "NW" corner is actually pointing north. Check it out on Google Earth.

That has been the Corner of Doom for a while. Da Vincenzo's being entirely mediocre like most of our little PPW commercial strip had something to do with it too. Tragic, but only Enzo's is better than decent and their pizza isn't nearly as good as Anthony's on 7th. At least it was a welcome, if epically slow, upgrade over the atrocious Indian place. Now if only all the other bad to worse restaurants on those three blocks could be similarly replaced. That would be all of them, pretty much.

Fingers on both hands crossed for something good in the Da vincenzo space.

^While I agree that Regina Bakery sucked (and still does - they moved around the corner), and that Regina's da Vincenzo was doomed (I admit I never ate there, but the menu had Manhattan prices with a menu that was very basic Italian that you could find anywhere), that was the only restaurant I have seen there in 12 years.....so...one relocated bakery and one failed restaurant does not equal DOOMED in my opinion.

I agree that Enzo's is decent...and that Anthony's is better. However, Terrace Bagels is great, Number One Garden is decent and reliable, Dub Pies is great and unique....Windsor Cafe is a solid and unpretentious diner choice. While PPW is no 5th Avenue, I think it does just fine (but I would kill for a decent slice place to replace Sabella's which is atrocious and Joe's which is bad but a step above Sabella's)

Have to agree with Flexi - one restaurant closing does not make a place doomed. Regina was there for decades before its shrink and move.

Excited to have a different cuisine in the neighborhood!

Flexichick wrote: ^ Joe's which is bad but a step above Sabella's)

I had Joe's for the first time yesterday and judged it perfectly edible, unlike Benno's which was the first slice in a long time that was so bad I through it away

BrooklynJack wrote: [quote=Flexichick]^ Joe's which is bad but a step above Sabella's)

I had Joe's for the first time yesterday and judged it perfectly edible, unlike Benno's which was the first slice in a long time that was so bad I through it away

I think their crust is too dough-y and the sauce too thick for my liking - to each his own. What/where is Benno's?

Flexichick wrote:

I think their crust is too dough-y and the sauce too thick for my liking - to each his own. What/where is Benno's?

PPSW Btwn Seeley and Vanderbilt, next to the old Lonelyville

Ah, Bene. You really hated it? I think it's better than Sabella's or Joe's.

btw, my comment about Joe's should read "sauce too sweet" not "too thick"

Yea, Joe's is a bit on the sweet side

Joe's is the "I've been working all day and I"m too tired" pizza stop.
By the way, the deli across the street from Joe's used to have the most wonderful homemade red clam chowder on Fridays only--if they're still making it try some. Has a nice peppery kick and the owners are super sweet.

The sign is up. It's called Le P'tit Paris.

Personally., I'd have put the Es in Petite, because I keep thinking pee tit.

Looks like they have a lot of activity going on inside today, so I hope they are getting close

If the sign is any indication, this place doesn't look all that promising.

Has anyone seen this signage? God it's really freaking cheap looking. I mean, you can't do any better than a stock PHOTO of the Eiffel Tower with a cookie cutter Microsoft Office font that oddly covers the photo? At least Enzo's gave a damn with their sign!

If you're making these kinds of decisions with the signage (cheap with no design sense), I'm worried about the food decisions.

Even if the food is good, I still can't get over that signage.

Plus, know your demographic! You have to know what the likes and dislikes are of the repeat customers in the neighborhood. This is a new restaurant in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. Not off the damn turnpike next to 7-11. We expect a little more care (Windsor Wine's, etc.).

nyco wrote: Has anyone seen this signage? God it's really freaking cheap looking.

I was going to say the same thing. The sign itself is not so bad, but it's tiny. It's almost like they took it down from some smaller location and put it up. It needs to be twice as long.

Just passed by. They said they'd be open in a week or so.

Le offending signage:

Where's the Eiffel Tower image?

Did they remove it or did you crop it from the photo?

Either way, god that sucks.

I didn't crop it...Perhaps it's on the sign on the Prospect Ave side? This is the sign as it faces PPW.

hmmm....wait! maybe I did crop it. There was a woman in the picture and I took her out because I wouldn't want people posting random pics of me online. It looks like there is a piece of another sign to the right of this sign, but I didn't get enough of it to see if the Tower is in it.

Why is is "P'tit" instead of Petit? Bad signage is such a turn-off. A college student could have done better with this.

I went by tonight and realized the Eiffel Tower signs flank the sign I posted on BOTH sides on the PPW side. It was too dark to capture with my eye phone.

It will always be P. Tit to me. I hope the food and wine can make me ignore the signage

If i was ever a landlord of a building with a storefront, i'd make it part of the lease that I have final say over signage.

this not the worst i've seen...but is pretty unimaginatve

Le front:



Le side:




Le sigh. However, all will be forgiven if they can make a good steak frites

You are so artistic Flexi

BrooklynJack wrote: You are so artistic Flexi

I cannot take credit for the drawing...just the photo