Our friend Jacob has been in Brooklyn visiting family and had brunch with us on Sunday. We went to Quercy, a restaurant that we go to often, but had never done brunch there. It was very good, although their menu was slim on brunchy items. After breakfast, Jacob is all like, “I need a loaf of lard bread”.
We strolled (yes, strolled) up to Caputo’s Bakery on Court Street. While waiting at the counter, we could see into the back of the bakery where all the bread ovens were. As Jacob was telling us about working in a bakery in France (he’s a chef type) the owner walked up and asked if we wanted to come back and get a tour of the bakery. Neat. He and Jacob talked about various bakery gadgets and they showed us the cool machine that shoots the dough into the oven and then pulls the baked bread out when it’s done.
We had never been to Peter Luger. Friday night we went with out pal Jacob.
Saturday we saw AC Newman and the Oranges Band at the Bell House – Brooklyn’s latest music venue. It is a decent space. The bar area is roomy and handsome with a good selection of things to drink. The actual music space I thought was a bit to shallow… in that there was a lot of space on the side, but not that much space between the stage and the back wall. The music was all good and well and rock and roll and very short dresses and God bless them and beer. Did I mention that some of the Red Hook soccer field folks are selling food outside of the Bell House? Well. They are.
