…before we go to hear Bad Teeth and Mother Courage at Good Bye Blue Monday in Bushwick. New York Magazine had this to say about The Northeast Kingdon. 18 Wyckoff Avenue. 718-386-3864
Bushwick is derived from the Dutch for “little town in the woods,” but
a New England deer camp is the last thing you’d expect to find on its
post-industrial streets. Nevertheless, husband and wife proprietors
Paris Smeraldo and Meg Lipke have blithely imported touches of their
native Vermont to the nether regions of the L train. Potted evergreens,
seemingly the only vegetation for miles, mark the entrance, beneath a
copper stag nailed to a slab of wood. Although a paint-by-numbers deer
in a winter scene hangs over the bar, the interior avoids campiness;
slate-gray planks in the ceiling impart a minimalist vibe. The food
relies on fresh ingredients, with a menu that shifts accordingly.
Gruyère cheese appears frequently, in a grilled mushroom sandwich, with
cheddar in mac & cheese, and matched with coarse-cut country bacon
in the N.K. version of a croque monsieur. Chicken pot pie is a
signature dish, made with organic meat stewed with peas, carrots, and
thyme, and crowned by a thick, flaky crust. An indie and glam-rock
soundtrack sets a festive mood for the young crowd, reflective of a new
Bushwick demographic attracted by cheap rents. And the discontinuity of
northeast Vermont in northeast Brooklyn seems not to faze them.
a New England deer camp is the last thing you’d expect to find on its
post-industrial streets. Nevertheless, husband and wife proprietors
Paris Smeraldo and Meg Lipke have blithely imported touches of their
native Vermont to the nether regions of the L train. Potted evergreens,
seemingly the only vegetation for miles, mark the entrance, beneath a
copper stag nailed to a slab of wood. Although a paint-by-numbers deer
in a winter scene hangs over the bar, the interior avoids campiness;
slate-gray planks in the ceiling impart a minimalist vibe. The food
relies on fresh ingredients, with a menu that shifts accordingly.
Gruyère cheese appears frequently, in a grilled mushroom sandwich, with
cheddar in mac & cheese, and matched with coarse-cut country bacon
in the N.K. version of a croque monsieur. Chicken pot pie is a
signature dish, made with organic meat stewed with peas, carrots, and
thyme, and crowned by a thick, flaky crust. An indie and glam-rock
soundtrack sets a festive mood for the young crowd, reflective of a new
Bushwick demographic attracted by cheap rents. And the discontinuity of
northeast Vermont in northeast Brooklyn seems not to faze them.