Briana "honey badger kills her landlord" M.'s Profile

Hi, Briana.

Meet Moderation.

Come here on the weekend if you want to stand the whole night, or if you want to stand on a bathroom line the whole night, in a gussied up dive bar.

Pushing through to 400...

This place reeks of my childhood. Everything about it hits me with waves of nostalgia, down to the hideous naugahyde wall hanging.

To be honest, I felt more of a connection with the Manhattan location, which has been gone for quite some time, but that doesn't make this spot any less pleasant. While it's not of the caliber of Greenpoint Polish grub, their soups and pierogies are more than decent. Dill-heavy chicken soup, scrumptious white borscht, greasy entrees, what more could you ask for? It is the epitome of inexpensive comfort food, located in a part of Brooklyn Heights where you will generally pay a lot more for a satisfying meal than you are willing. An added bonus is that you can walk off that heavy, greasy grub with a stroll along the Promenade!

Do it!

This place is decent, but by no means the best. I cringe when people recommend it as "the best tacos in Brooklyn", cuz it aint the truth! The tacos and nachos are good in a pinch when you need something fast and are in the area, but it is in no way a destination restaurant!

Drinks involving Grey Goose & Jameson: $0.00
Avoiding Monica-esque competitive situations: $0.00
An intense buffet: $0.00
Seeing so many lovely Yelp faces: $0.00
Watching Jeff C. kick Chun's butt: $0.00
Spilling my drink on Roderick: $0.00
Eating some of Roderick's doughnut: $0.00
Seeing Roderick: $239085984 hugs
Being at an event with my mom: $1/2 of my drink
Rubbing up on everyone: $0.00
PBRs at our little after party: $2.25
Irish car bombs: $9.00, and my well-fucking-being.

My boyfriend chasing down and trying to force his way into a cop car thinking it was a cab?

Priceless.

Sometimes it's good to go on dates. Because if you don't go on dates, you forget how. And you do not want to forget how to conduct yourself during such an outing ON YOUR BIRTHDAY!

As we walked into Frankies (a spot I have been DYING to visit), I was suddenly feeling very awkward. The romantic, dim lighting, the music, the attentive service, wonderful smells wafting from the kitchen...it all had me looking around frantically, wondering which parallel universe my boyfriend and I had wandered into. It was a far cry from a couch, plates of home cooked bargain fare, and some Law & Order: SVU on the screen. I calmed myself down and tried to convince myself that I could handle the date spot atmosphere, and sat at the table.

After ordering a bottle of wine and looking around nervously, we got back into the swing of things. The Valpolicella, a conservative $36.00 bottle, was dry, but very drinkable. Our antipasto came quickly, exciting our taste buds with some of the best broccoli rabe I've ever tasted, roasted, garlicky cauliflower, spicy sopressata, two cheeses, and some seriously divine parma prosciutto. The prosciutto really blew our minds, melting in our mouths, bringing us to close our eye in ecstasy. The couple next to us was probably weirded out.

After our incredible antipasto plate, the wonderful server (he was so attentive, our glasses of water were never empty) brought out our pastas. We went with the much talked about cavatelli in a brown butter & sage sauce, with Feicco's hot sausage, and the sweet potato sage ravioli in parmesan broth.

HOT. DAMN. This was without a doubt the best cavatelli I've ever had, and the best way it has been prepared for me. Between heavenly bites of cavatelli, Carlos Y. would split a delicate ravioli in half, and serve one half to me, and plop one in his mouth. It was disgusting, like food pornography. The orgasm faces continued throughout our main courses, and once the food was gone we were left with half a bottle of wine and some very happy stomachs. The evening was perfection from start to finish. I cannot rave more about the wonderful cooking. Frankie's really takes comforting Italian cuisine to a new level. While each dish is something that you can replicate at home to some degree, the way they do it is such that I can never see myself being as satisfied with Italian again.

We should go on more dates.

CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP

If you're not willing to venture far from the Riverwalk, this is the spot for you. It's unpretentious, not too filled with tourists and the prices are great! Sit outside and watch drunken fools stumble by, and hope, pray that one of them falls into the river for you to laugh at maniacally.

I love this spot, and Allie continues to rock.

To convince you of how great this place is, my manly pants boyfriend could think of nothing he wanted more for his birthday than a Hair Metal hair makeover.  WHAT????

DO IT.

Apparently this is where you go after going to see a show at the PIT. Efficient servers, occasional good deals (I think it was $4.00 for McSorley's when I went), and sports (if you're into them). It's a solid place, but definitely just for when you're in the neighborhood.

Came here for a pre-Halloween costume party/show. The art on the walls, influenced by cigar boxes, was AWESOME. I forget the artist's name (I believe his first name was Alejandro) but I seriously inquired about purchasing a piece.

The evening started off nicely, $5.00 for a cup of beer with free refills. Nothin' wrong with that! Paired with some decent music in their spacious performance zone in back, I had a solid time. I'm excited to see what their future exhibitions will look like, as the show that was on display had just ended.