Captain's Daughter ($8): Salted foccacia with sardines, a sliced pickled egg, and "salsa verde" of whole parsley leaves and sliced scallions tossed with olive oil and capers. YUMS. Does everyone already know about this place? Best possible thing I could have eaten before the gig at The Knitting Factory. The individual quince tarts' crusts sparkled with granulated sugar, enrobing fuchsia colored fruit. Though I yearned for one, I held back. The cup of loose leaf jasmine tea was the perfect cap to a really tasty and virtuous meal.
From the outside, I wasn't quite sure what the brightly lit, sparsely furnished railroad space was. A fish and chips shop? A bakery? The counter is set deep in the narrow storefront, and the pastry case also houses stacks of books. The purposefully askew white lettering on the cartoon whale blue wall menu spells out abstract sandwich names like Spanish Armada and Ship's Biscuit without descriptions, forcing customers to consult the card on the counter for ingredients. It feels preciously sewn, and it brushes my hair in the wrong direction (Steve Zissou?). But that's a teeny quibble for such sandwich pleasure. My only request: add some chips to the menu so I can make it a square meal.
Saltie
378 Metropolitan Ave
(at Havemeyer St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 387-4777
From the outside, I wasn't quite sure what the brightly lit, sparsely furnished railroad space was. A fish and chips shop? A bakery? The counter is set deep in the narrow storefront, and the pastry case also houses stacks of books. The purposefully askew white lettering on the cartoon whale blue wall menu spells out abstract sandwich names like Spanish Armada and Ship's Biscuit without descriptions, forcing customers to consult the card on the counter for ingredients. It feels preciously sewn, and it brushes my hair in the wrong direction (Steve Zissou?). But that's a teeny quibble for such sandwich pleasure. My only request: add some chips to the menu so I can make it a square meal.
Saltie
378 Metropolitan Ave
(at Havemeyer St)
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 387-4777
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