Brooklyn: Pies & Thighs

Pies & Thighs
166 s4th St (Driggs St)
$$$$
Very Casual
Recommend: Fried Chicken!!!

Didn't have enough room in our bellies for any pies, but this is HANDS DOWN the best fried chicken we've ever had!

Brooklyn: Forcella Pizza

Forcella
485 Lorimer St (near Grand St)
$$$$ 
Casual
Recommend: Montanara (Fried & Baked Pizza)

I read about Forcella on Tasting Table and added it to my 'Must Eat List'.  But you know, I like pizza.  I can't say, I L-O-V-E pizza, but y'know, I like it.  So, it was on my list, but not #1.  But one day, Mark and I were walking to Key Foods supermarket on Grand St and I saw the little awning and recognized the pizza shop name.  We thought, hey why not.  And boy ... lemme tell you, this pizza is way beyond 'hey why not' pizza.

Their oven was built and brought over from Naples and assembled by the head pizza maker man who's won like world championships in pizza-making.  That is serious pizza skills.  And you can taste it!



I would highly recommend that you dine in for this pizza.  It's super thin crust will probably get really soggy if you get it delivered.  We tried 3 different kinds.  Since I'm not fluent in Italian, I will give you the simple ignorant American names for them: Meat Lover, Vegetarian, and Fried Freaking Fantastic Margherita.  This last one was so good I went the extra mile to even get the right Italian name for you: montanara.



If you're in Williamsburg near the Lorimer stop, seriously, go here.

Brooklyn: Crif Dogs

Crif Dogs
Driggs Ave (bw 6th & 7th St)
$$$$
Very Casual
Recommend: Cheese Tots!



Many a nights have ended at our beloved Crif Dogs establishment in LES. We are now lucky to be able to continue this tradition in Brooklyn since they opened a second location in Williamsburg! We took Mark's friends, Rino and Jeff who were passing through town on their way to Canada to prepare for their wedding - who can pass up chili cheese tater tots?! :)




Mark had the Red Neck (bacon wrapped hot dog with cole slaw with spicy stuff). I tried to be adventurous and tried a bacon wrapped dog with pineapples ... But it wasn't very good. This is a prime example of why you should eat with other people: If your dish sucks, steal a bite of someone else's! :)




Oh man ... Can't forget the tots. If you don't know what tater tots are, they are little deep fried balls of minced potato. I discovered them in my elementary school cafeteria in Texas - and my life has been wonderful ever since. Tots are great - but they are heavenly with chili and cheese wiz (which is not real cheese; wiz comes in a can - heck yeaaaah). Mmmm I'm drooling writing this post haha. Ok until next time... Happy Eating!