Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

Is Greenpoint the Next Williamsburg?
Eater recently mentioned that Calexico is expanding to Greenpoint and the owner of LES spots Spitzer’s Corner and Fat Baby signed a lease “on a 6,000 square foot former industrial bakery in Greenpoint.” Now, Greg Morabito for Eater maps out 13 of the neighborhood’s food and drink destinations and writes, “Over the past few years the neighborhood has seen an influx of young, ambitious chefs, bar and bakery owners opening up places that offer some of the thrills of downtown Manhattan, at a generally lower price point… The change is somewhat akin to what happened in neighboring Williamsburg a few years ago.” (Photo collage by Eater)

Brooklyn Restaurant Buzz
The New York Times reports that Brooklyn Bridge Gardens has opened in the old Five Front space… The Times also reports, “The owners of Moutarde Café, a Park Slope staple for many years, replaced the traditional bistro menu with simpler and cheaper fare.” The reincarnation opens tomorrow and it looks like it’ll be called Moutarde, Le Bistro De La Rue… Eater says that Goods, the airstream trailer on the corner of Metropolitan and Lorimer is in the soft opening stage and will officially open on June 19, serving “burgers, dogs, fish and chips, and these breakfast sandwiches. On Sundays, they’ll be serving fried chicken and biscuits.” … Fork in the Road says that the Italian-restaurant-in progress at 68 Bergen will be called Broken English… And, as we mentioned yesterday, the Brooklyn Farmacy is now open.

Three New Brooklyn Bars
Greenpointers says that Veronica People’s Club, the sister bar to Heathers is opening at 105 Franklin Avenue… Time Out New York reports on Lady Jay’s at 633 Grand Street in Williamsburg: “Tailor chef Sam Mason (star of IFC’s Dinner with the Band) gets into the bar game with this Williamsburg country-rock joint, where beer and liquor reign supreme.” … TONY also spreads the word that Loreley Williamsburg, “a sister location of the LES German beer pub,” is also opening in Williamsburg, at 64 Frost Street at Meeker Avenue.

After the jump: A new Williamsburg food shop, La Superior gets a liquor license at last, and reviews of Benchmark and the Frankies cookbook…

A New Williamsburg Food Shop
After a short stint at Bussaco, Brooklyn Chef Katy Sparks is now working the kitchen at Radish, a new prepared-food shop at 158 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, according to the New York Times.

Quick Bites
La Superior in Williamsburg finally gets its liquor license, says Eater… Florence Fabricant for the New York Times reviews The Frankies Spuntino Kitchen Companion and Cooking Manual… Betsy Andrews at the New York Times is a big fan of the ambiance at Park Slope’s Benchmark: “If you’re seeking steak for two, Benchmark beats a place like Peter Luger by a mile for a date. Its pretty brick dining room is set back from the street, fronted by a long charming garden filled with tables and plantings… Cut straight to the 24-ounce bone-in rib-eye ($30). Pasture-raised, corn-finished and wet-aged, it is charred just so; it’s crusty, juicy and just plain delicious.”