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OT- Any NYC or Brooklyn live fire cooking restaurant recommendations-OT

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lousubcap
lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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Headed there in early September (2-4).  Would appreciate any recommendations as noted in the title.
Beyond that would also like your favorite Italian place.  
If you have a "must try" that is not in the above, please offer it up as well.  
Thanks for any suggestions.  
BTW-the search function here did not yield a whole lot and Google couldn't differentiate between live fire and wood fired ovens.   B)
Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
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    Following. Headed there a few weeks after you for our 30th anniversary trip. 
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,970
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    You could try APL’s bbq place Daisy Mae BBQ. Just found an awesome review on Trip Advisor:

    “We tried the brisket, pulled pork, wet and dry ribs and four sides. Of the things we tried the diet cokes were the best”.

    I’m pretty sure Justin Timberlake is a partner or something a bbq joint (Southern Hospitality) and they brought in none other than Dr. BBQ as consultant to make sure things were up to snuff. 

    Just saw it closed so we are back to square 1


    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • HeavyG
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    No personal experience but have heard positive things from friends in the past - https://www.peasantnyc.com/

    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HighHeat
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    Good luck and be safe.  DiBlasio totally destroyed America's greatest city.
    Memphis, TN
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,976
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    HighHeat said:
    Good luck and be safe.  DiBlasio totally destroyed America's greatest city.
    Obvious troll is obvious.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • HighHeat
    HighHeat Posts: 218
    edited June 2022
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    Sorry for getting a little sideways to start, but here's a great no the best pizza in Brooklyn.






    Memphis, TN
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  • nolaegghead
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    HighHeat said:
    Good luck and be safe.  DiBlasio totally destroyed America's greatest city.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    To amplify- the live fire is a place that cooks on a rig(s) like a Santa Maria grill or other full oxygen fire.  A Francis Mallmann wanna be had one going but is now closed.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,104
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    Frank-doesn’t sound good to use the phrase “live fire” and NYC/Brooklyn in the same sentence.  Just kidding buddy!  Have a good time in the city and hope you get some great food!
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    Ron is innocent here- 
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    Ah, the edit!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • littlerascal56
    littlerascal56 Posts: 2,104
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    lousubcap said:
    Ah, the edit!
    Frank-my bad.  Was “multi-tasking” on another forum (Snipers Hide), to ship a rifle to Ron tomorrow. Have a great time in NYC.
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  • HighHeat
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    nolaegghead said:
    HighHeat said:
    Good luck and be safe.  DiBlasio totally destroyed America's greatest city.


    Rudy may be bat$hit crazy now, but he had NYC rockin' and rollin' when he was in charge.
    Memphis, TN
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  • lousubcap
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    @HighHeat - Will agree with that.  Then somewhere he went off the rails.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,976
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    HighHeat said:
    nolaegghead said:
    HighHeat said:
    Good luck and be safe.  DiBlasio totally destroyed America's greatest city.


    Rudy may be bat$hit crazy now, but he had NYC rockin' and rollin' when he was in charge.
    Most major American cities were rockin' and rollin' from 1994-2001.  That was dot-comm boom times man.  Rudy wasn't exactly some kind of wizard.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • Acn
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    Our last trip to NYC last October we had a solid pre-theatre meal at Barolo East on E 49th.  If you’re not in midtow I wouldn’t go seeking it out, but it was much better and reasonably priced than anything near Times Square needs to be.

    Asian Shanghai Manor is always a place we stop, my daughter could live on their soup dumplings.

    LBGE

    Pikesville, MD

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  • slick_rick
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    Hi Lou - In terms of live fire cooking Peasant is supposed to be great and Ci Siamo is a new place that is getting a ton of buzz (may be tough to get a reservation).

    For other recs - Italian - https://www.campagnola-nyc.com/ is an awesome old school Italian joint in my neighborhood that is always a hit with visitors. 

    Some of my other favorite places are https://www.cervosnyc.com/ - awesome seafood and https://www.nowonnyc.com/ for Korean fusion food and cool vibe.

    Some places take reservations, but if you cant get one most places take walk ups where you can put your name in and they will say 2 hours, but it usually is never that long and you can go to bar nearby for a few pre dinner drinks and they'll text you when the table is ready.

    I live in the city, so feel free to shoot me a message if you have any more questions. 
    MED - Manhattan
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  • caliking
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    @lousubcap - I've been wanting to go to this place. 

    https://www.lucalibrooklyn.com/

    Featured on Dave Chang's Ugly Delicious some time ago. Read up about Mark Iacono's story. 

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    caliking said:
    @lousubcap - I've been wanting to go to this place. 

    https://www.lucalibrooklyn.com/

    Featured on Dave Chang's Ugly Delicious some time ago. Read up about Mark Iacono's story. 
    @caliking Tried to get there when last in NYC in 2018.  Showed up at around 4 pm (opens at 5) and was told Aaron Franklin type wait; likely 4+ hours.  Bailed.
    Given all the options in the City the time spend is serious.  Am reconsidering but need to better lay out the mosaic for this one.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    @slick_rick - Wow.  I have some research to do.  Great info right there.  Thanks for that.  Much appreciated.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,976
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    lousubcap said:
    caliking said:
    @lousubcap - I've been wanting to go to this place. 

    https://www.lucalibrooklyn.com/

    Featured on Dave Chang's Ugly Delicious some time ago. Read up about Mark Iacono's story. 
    @caliking Tried to get there when last in NYC in 2018.  Showed up at around 4 pm (opens at 5) and was told Aaron Franklin type wait; likely 4+ hours.  Bailed.
    Given all the options in the City the time spend is serious.  Am reconsidering but need to better lay out the mosaic for this one.  
    This was my experience the last time I was in Brooklyn as well.  Went to Lucali, was told of a several-hour wait, and so we bailed.  We went to some place just down the street that had no wait and had an excellent meal (I do not remember the name, sorry).  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • SonVolt
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    This place looks great. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxp2M8evts&t=3s&ab_channel=Eater
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
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    Looking forward to your reviews, I suspect Burger King is not on the menu, even though they cook over a flame?
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,761
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    never been impressed with upscale high end italian places, i usually look where the old italians eat.  pretty sure i ate with the mafia back in the 80's. to get in , it was through a bakery, down a hall thru a pizza type kitchen, thru another door into a small restaurant where folks were eating with guys wearing suits standing each side of the table. to leave it was out the back next to a dumpster in an alley, two more suits. no exterior door knob. it was way after hours. a block and a half from the gardens in boston. best italian food ive ever eaten. go with the flow.......nyc its the little guinness bars for me. did eat  in an italian place on lower south side seaport area back in the 80's, it may have changed but the overwhelming male population seemed a bit much......
    fukahwee maine

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  • lousubcap
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    I deferred to my oldest son (travel companion while wife and two daughters with grandma visit friends in Dallas (the initiating trip that opened the NYC option)) and he and wife have spent some time in Scandinavia.
    So, he wanted something "we ain't gonna eat that around here" cuisine.
    The top dead center eats are at a place called Aquavit ( quite a unique liquor, as well) opening night in the city.  Bottom feeding (other than nailing pizza) after that.  It should be quite a dining experience.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,381
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    In search of any good pizza places the collective here has to offer in NYC-(Lucali's is out due to Franklin like wait time).  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GrateEggspectations
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    @lousubcap

    Sounds like a great trip; no doubt heightened by enjoying it with one of your own. Colour me jealous. 

    For the record, aquavit is a staple in my wife’s family. Her father travelled to Norway years ago (I still hear stories of the exorbitant prices, even though he was there long ago) and still enjoys the stuff to reminisce, I suppose. 
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    @GrateEggspectations - for the past few weeks I have been reacquainting myself and son with aquavit.  Depending on the Scandinavian country, the consumption style is different (freezer kept or room temp is the big variable I have sorted out).    I was introduced to it around 40+ years ago from a Danish family.  The dinner is not for the juice but the totally one off quisine.  From a prior post-
    So, he wanted something "we ain't gonna eat that around here" cuisine.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • GrateEggspectations
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    lousubcap said:
    @GrateEggspectations - for the past few weeks I have been reacquainting myself and son with aquavit.  Depending on the Scandinavian country, the consumption style is different (freezer kept or room temp is the big variable I have sorted out).    I was introduced to it around 40+ years ago from a Danish family.  The dinner is not for the juice but the totally one off quisine.  From a prior post-
    So, he wanted something "we ain't gonna eat that around here" cuisine.
    Please enjoy a pickled herring smorrebrod or lutefisk for me (and two fingers of aquavit - I hope it goes without saying). 
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    SonVolt said:
    This place looks great. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxp2M8evts&t=3s&ab_channel=Eater
    Hawksmoor is certainly one of the best in London.
    Other girls may try to take me away 
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