Glasserie--Brooklyn

(718) 389-0640

About fucking time!  Finally, someone had sense enough to figure out a way to integrate the style and general ambiance of what has made the Brooklyn Brand successful without doing the same old thing.  Seriously, beloved nine, I've been saying this for how long?  Well, long enough to feel vindicated, that's for sure.

Glasserie is an outpost in Brooklyn, sitting literally on the tip of Northwest Greenpoint, far enough away from the SoHo that is Williamsburg that it reminds you of neighborhoods past.  It's chef hales from the Diner coaching tree.  It's owner, a nice Lebanese dish, earned her stripes at Cipriaini's.  Together they have somehow fused the sensibilities of the Brooklyn culinary movement with food from the cradle of civilization.  Normally I wouldn't be caught dead eating this shit, but by the time I got there I realized there was no way I could survive the trek back to civilization without sustenance   How was the food?  Remarkable.  I had the steak, chicken, some cheesy bread things, and sent from heaven, lamb tar tar.  All of it fresh and fantastic.

I must also say how turn key the whole place seemed.  It opened and voila: a functional restaurant. Decor was elegant and understated, the servers professionally sexy, and the place seemed to already have regular customers.  It had none of the usual foibles in vision nor execution that are tantamount to new places.  There are definitely some recognizable faces that have been at other establishments--Walter's foods and Reynards to name a few--so I'm sure that helps but I must say, this place is run by pros.  To be honest though, I'm just psyched to find that someone is actually listening to yours truly.