﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Brooklyn</title><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/</link><description /><copyright>(c) Roadfood.com Discussion Board</copyright><ttl>30</ttl><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Foodbme)</title><description>  What wonderful stories you folks tell. I worked in Manhatten for 6 years but never had the opportunity to spend any time in the Boroughs, but worked with many of the people who lived there. Always had a secret yearning to go home with some of them just for the experience of having spent time in their places. I was too busy commuting 5 hours a day in and out of the Port Authority bus terminal ( 2 1/2 hours one way on a bus) then 8 hours of work to boot to spend time in the boroughs. My loss! &lt;br&gt;  I also worked in North Bergen a number of years and some of my&amp;nbsp;co-workers had moved to NJ from the Boroughs and told wonderful stories too. They often went "Home" on weekends and would bring me wonderful tasting goodies! &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=692681</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:15:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (junkliss)</title><description>  Wow. &lt;br&gt;  I grew up on E21 between Church and Caton (having left Brooklyn in 1976). I must have shopped at Dubins (for my parents) from age 10 to 22 ! I can remember a man, probably your grandfather, sitting in his little office opposite the glass cases. What I would give for one of his almond horns ! My uncle (Israel Liss) was a fancy cake baker. Most of the time he worked for Jay Dees (Utica ave ?), but sometimes worked for Dubins - do you remember him ? You mentioned Barry Manilow. He lived in my apartment house until he started to play for Bette Midler. His mother, Edna Murphy (yea, check out her name) - lived in my apartment house too. I don't remember Edna or Barry ever really talking about Dubins, although Edna frequented the Turkey Bar on Church ave ! &lt;br&gt;  Jonathan (junkliss@optonline.net) &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;blockquote class="quote"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ajastoy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  This might be a post 5 years to late, but I just found this now in a search. I've done various internet searchs over the past 10 yrs or so,,, and I think this is only the 2nd or so reference I&amp;nbsp; found for Dubin's Bakery. My grandfather started Dubin's back in the 30's,, and my Dad and Uncle ran it til they had to close down that one sorry day back in 1981 for Passover. They never reopened.&amp;nbsp; The economics of the times then were just so bad. We had 2 stores then. The main store on Church Ave, and it did all the baking for that location and the one we had on Kings Highway between E. 19th St and Ocean Avenue. As my dad put it back then, the Church avenue store sold more cake than bread products, and the Kings Highway store sold more bread than cake.&amp;nbsp; It was becoming easier and more economically feasible for people back then to just buy from a supermarket (before they all started having their own bakeries sprout up!).  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  Still, its nice to find kind words being said in memory of Dubin's. In the 30 years that have passed, I still havent found 1 single bakery that can bake up some of the goodies the way I will always remember them to be.&amp;nbsp; I dont even know what happened to the salesladies that we had working for us (Barry Manilow's Aunt was one of the salesladies),, I know the majority of them must have passed away. But I have the fond memories of them,,, helping the bakers in the back with doing the cookies,,,, the breads (I dont think I can remember how to braid a challah anymore :( ), decorating cakes and personalizing them.  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  It is nice to see that there are bakeries popping up, perhaps not like Dubin's,,, but nevertheless, baking their tasty treats to share with the world!  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  Nancy  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  PS if there is anyone out there that know's where to get a really good schmatonka,,, I would forever be in your debt! LOL!  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=692665</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:05:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Sundancer7)</title><description>  I have always wanted to visit Brooklyn for their very super ethnic food.&amp;nbsp; Particually the Russian, Itailian, greek and other great places.&amp;nbsp; If I get the chance, Iwanago and I wil take a few days off and fly to NYC where we can enjoy this wonderful place. &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  Paul E. Smith &lt;br&gt;  Knoxville, TN &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=658299</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:33:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Ajastoy)</title><description>  This might be a post 5 years to late, but I just found this now in a search. I've done various internet searchs over the past 10 yrs or so,,, and I think this is only the 2nd or so reference I&amp;nbsp; found for Dubin's Bakery. My grandfather started Dubin's back in the 30's,, and my Dad and Uncle ran it til they had to close down that one sorry day back in 1981 for Passover. They never reopened.&amp;nbsp; The economics of the times then were just so bad. We had 2 stores then. The main store on Church Ave, and it did all the baking for that location and the one we had on Kings Highway between E. 19th St and Ocean Avenue. As my dad put it back then, the Church avenue store sold more cake than bread products, and the Kings Highway store sold more bread than cake.&amp;nbsp; It was becoming easier and more economically feasible for people back then to just buy from a supermarket (before they all started having their own bakeries sprout up!). &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  Still, its nice to find kind words being said in memory of Dubin's. In the 30 years that have passed, I still havent found 1 single bakery that can bake up some of the goodies the way I will always remember them to be.&amp;nbsp; I dont even know what happened to the salesladies that we had working for us (Barry Manilow's Aunt was one of the salesladies),, I know the majority of them must have passed away. But I have the fond memories of them,,, helping the bakers in the back with doing the cookies,,,, the breads (I dont think I can remember how to braid a challah anymore :( ), decorating cakes and personalizing them. &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  It is nice to see that there are bakeries popping up, perhaps not like Dubin's,,, but nevertheless, baking their tasty treats to share with the world! &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  Nancy &lt;br&gt;  &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  PS if there is anyone out there that know's where to get a really good schmatonka,,, I would forever be in your debt! LOL! &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=658285</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:11:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (mar52)</title><description>  My mother is from Brooklyn but escaped when she was eight. </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=552455</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:21:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Re:Brooklyn (NYPIzzaNut)</title><description>  &lt;blockquote class="quote"&gt;&lt;i&gt;NYNM&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  Reading about candy on another part of Roadfood, I noticed how many people mentioned Brooklyn. I have once read that 1 in 6 people ion the US can trace their roots to Brookln.   &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  So I ask:   &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  How many of you have ever lived in Brooklyn, or come from families from Brooklyn?   &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  Me: 1948 (birth) - 1975. Flatlands : Ave. M &amp;amp; E. 28 St.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  When my grandparents on my dad's side came over from Italy in 1902 they lived first in Brooklyn with relatives until they got married and settled and started a family.&amp;nbsp; They moved to Yonkers where most of our family lived for decades.  &lt;br&gt;   &lt;br&gt;  My wife and most of her family also lived in Brooklyn originally and then moved to Queens and then to the middle Long Island area. &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=552446</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:43:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (i95)</title><description>  &lt;blockquote class="quote"&gt;&lt;i&gt;BrooklynBill&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;       &lt;br&gt;      Dined at Lundy’s... &lt;br&gt;      &lt;/blockquote&gt;  &lt;br&gt;      &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.farrockaway.com/carol/brooklynlundys.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;Nice paean to Brooklyn's former Lundy's by bon vivant &lt;a href="http://www.thefoodmaven.com/whois.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Arthur Schwartz&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#008000"&gt;in his latest e-mail / newsletter reprinted here:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;font color="#008000"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;           &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;LUNDY’S ON MY MIND – NOW ON MY WALL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;A few weeks ago, for no good reason other than I was already on ebay.com checking out a piece of pottery I was bidding on, I put the word "Lundy’s" into the search line. Sometimes a fork or spoon comes up from the favorite restaurant of my youth. I have a couple of pieces of Lundy’s flatware now, but you can always fit another fork, spoon or knife into your life. There were no Lundy’s utensils for sale, but there was the 1934 sea foam green and orange mosaic plaque that hung outside the front door on Emmons Ave. and beside the clam bar entrance on Ocean Ave. (There were two.) The plaque says F.W.I.L. on a diagonal band (standing for Frederick William Irving Lundy &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;–&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt; let’s call him the main and infamous Lundy) as well as Lundy Bros. horizontally. I have a copy of "Lundy's: Reminiscences and Recipes from Brooklyn's Legendary Restaurant" by Robert Cronfield, and the plaque is pictured in it. You can also read the whole story about Lundy’s in "Arthur Schwartz’s New York City Food." I have a facsimile recipe for the famous biscuits there, too. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;I knew about this plaque because, about 10 years ago, when I was looking for old photos of Lundy’s for my book "NYC Food," I discovered Brian Merlis, who is THE collector and dealer in Brooklyn memorabilia, as well as a genuine Brooklyn historian. He’s published numerous books filled with his vintage photographs, each on a different Brooklyn neighborhood. Back then, he showed me the Lundy’s plaque &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;– he calls it an escutcheon –&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt; which he had recently bought. I have had it on my mind ever since, and when I saw it on ebay at a Buy It Now price I could not afford, I called Brian immediately. We negotiated and it’s mine now.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Before it was Brian’s, it was owned by Ed Gil, the son of the founder of Goya Foods. Before that, it must have been hanging on the Lundy’s building, which is an official New York City landmark. The restaurant closed in 1977, after a scandalous episode in which involved F.W.I.L. snipping at cops from a second-story window. The plaque must have been removed soon after. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;By the way, the Lundy’s building, in what the New York City Landmarks Commission calls Spanish Mission style, now houses, among some other smaller businesses, including a Turkish coffee house, Cherry Hill, an upscale Russian market with imported groceries, every meat and fish known in the old Soviet empire, and a galaxy of prepared foods which, strangely, you cannot eat on the premises, even though there is a café.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Brian Merlis had the forethought to have our picture taken when he handed the sign over to me at his home in Freeport, Long Island, and the photo ran, along with a brief story about the purchase, in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, where Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz read about it. He sent me a beautiful letter congratulating me on the purchase, thrilled that it is still in Brooklyn. I am thrilled that it will hang in my dining room, when we can figure out how to do that without the wall falling down. It is very heavy, a shield banded with bronze and filled with cement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Now go check out &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/www.thecitycook.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;www.thecitycook.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;font face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;font color="#808080"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;. It’s a great web site even without me.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;      &lt;/font&gt; &lt;br&gt;       &lt;br&gt;      &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=552439</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:06:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (The Travelin Man)</title><description> Thanks!  I am going to give this a shot, weather permitting tomorrow.  Hopefully, I will have some good photos to share when I get done! </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199881</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2006 00:06:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (albinoni)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by stevekoe&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Seems like with the plethora of Brooklyn-ites and natives, this might as well be as good a place to ask this question as any.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I want to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.  I would like to park the car near &lt;b&gt;Grimaldi's&lt;/b&gt;, take the subway to Manhattan and then walk back across from Manhattan to Brooklyn, have lunch at Grimaldi's and then the &lt;b&gt;Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I am pretty sure that this is feasible, but was wondering if anyone could offer the specifics (get on the subway at the corner of X and Y -- take it to XX station -- the entrance to the bridge will be on the....) to support this endeavor.  I have been told that it takes about 1/2 hour to walk the bridge, but if anyone has experience actually pulling off a stunt like this, I would like to have an idea on what you think the complete time it would take -- as on the evening of the afternoon for which I have this planned, I need to work -- so, I do need to allot enough time to do this. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Thanks, &lt;br&gt; Steve &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; It is feasable, but you'll need time as there are no subway stops in the immediate area of Grimadi's. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; The nearest stop is High Street/Brooklyn Bridge on the A and C line.  One entrance to the station is on Cadman Plaza West, which is an extension of Fulton Street (in fact, it used to be called Fulton Street) which is where Grimaldi's and Ice Cream Factory are located.  It is about 5-10 minute walk.  Take either the A or C train one stop to the Broadway/Nassau stop in Manhattan, walk over to Park Row (where J&amp;R computers and electronics is located), and pick up the Brooklyn Bridge walkway opposite City Hall.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; How much time this will take depends on how fast you walk.  1/2 hour is about right for normal pace, but the views are very arresting and will slow you down.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Charlie </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199880</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 10:58:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (The Travelin Man)</title><description> Seems like with the plethora of Brooklyn-ites and natives, this might as well be as good a place to ask this question as any.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I want to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.  I would like to park the car near &lt;b&gt;Grimaldi's&lt;/b&gt;, take the subway to Manhattan and then walk back across from Manhattan to Brooklyn, have lunch at Grimaldi's and then the &lt;b&gt;Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I am pretty sure that this is feasible, but was wondering if anyone could offer the specifics (get on the subway at the corner of X and Y -- take it to XX station -- the entrance to the bridge will be on the....) to support this endeavor.  I have been told that it takes about 1/2 hour to walk the bridge, but if anyone has experience actually pulling off a stunt like this, I would like to have an idea on what you think the complete time it would take -- as on the evening of the afternoon for which I have this planned, I need to work -- so, I do need to allot enough time to do this. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Thanks, &lt;br&gt; Steve </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199879</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 May 2006 19:51:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (albinoni)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by Ciaoman&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Speaking of Jewish bakeries, the thing that really sticks out in my memory were the breads...real crusty rye that stood up to a sandwich, hard rolls that were crusty and light (not the so-called bulkie rolls that are like round white bread.  Yuck).  I also fondly remember the onion rolls.  A roast beef sandwich on an onion roll with horseradish!   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I know of a town in my area that also had a Jewish backery for many years that closed down.  It was famouse for what they called &amp;quot;Dark Russian Rye&amp;quot;--a huge oblong loaf covered with special seeds that they imported.  Persons would come from surrounding states to buy this bread.  With the addition of sweet butter, it was a meal! &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Sounds like it could be the Russian Pumpernickle that is almost impossible to find now.  It was a very dark loaf, with or without seeds, quite dense, with a deep rich, almost chocolaty flavor. </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199878</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 14:21:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Ciaoman)</title><description> Speaking of Jewish bakeries, the thing that really sticks out in my memory were the breads...real crusty rye that stood up to a sandwich, hard rolls that were crusty and light (not the so-called bulkie rolls that are like round white bread.  Yuck).  I also fondly remember the onion rolls.  A roast beef sandwich on an onion roll with horseradish!   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I know of a town in my area that also had a Jewish backery for many years that closed down.  It was famouse for what they called &amp;quot;Dark Russian Rye&amp;quot;--a huge oblong loaf covered with special seeds that they imported.  Persons would come from surrounding states to buy this bread.  With the addition of sweet butter, it was a meal! </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199877</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 10:02:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (albinoni)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by Ciaoman&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Charlie, I remember the bakeries in Brooklyn very well--seems like every neighborhood had a couple.  Absolutely great stuff.  Ebingers had a special cake that had a fantastic chocolate butter cream icing covered with slivered almonds.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Your comments about Dubins reminded me about the movie &amp;quot;Fatso&amp;quot; with Dom DeLuise.  In it, there's a scene where he goes to a bakery for a bunch of stuff--those are the kinds of bakeries that are virtually impossible to find anymore.  Cakes, tortes, pies, real Danish...just thinking about it raises my glucose level.&lt;img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" /&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Ebinger's gets mentioned a lot here and among old time Brooklynites.  I never had the chance to experience any of their legendary cakes.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; The old-time Brooklyn Jewish bakery had an aroma that no other bakery had--a very heavy sweet smell that hit you like a brick when you walked through the door.  Italian bakeries have a completely different aroma.  I think it might have been almond paste.  Until recently we had a Jewish bakery here in my town that had been here forever, was probably once great but got tired and apathetic.  That aroma was missing, and the product reflected that. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Charlie </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199876</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 20:57:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (MacTAC)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by Ciaoman&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Does anyone remember when Bickfords was an excellent cafeteria in NYC? &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt; I remember the name but never ate there to my knowledge. I remember when they came out with a version called Bick's. Didn't last too long, I don't think. Some interesting info in the short Wikipedia link below. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickford's" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickford's&lt;/a&gt; </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199875</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 23:31:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (cornfed)</title><description> Ostrovitsky's on Ave. J amd Coney Island Ave. is still a very good bakery. Great cheese danishes and marble pound cake. Rude counterhelp, though. </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199874</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 22:10:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Ciaoman)</title><description> Charlie, I remember the bakeries in Brooklyn very well--seems like every neighborhood had a couple.  Absolutely great stuff.  Ebingers had a special cake that had a fantastic chocolate butter cream icing covered with slivered almonds.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Your comments about Dubins reminded me about the movie &amp;quot;Fatso&amp;quot; with Dom DeLuise.  In it, there's a scene where he goes to a bakery for a bunch of stuff--those are the kinds of bakeries that are virtually impossible to find anymore.  Cakes, tortes, pies, real Danish...just thinking about it raises my glucose level.&lt;img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/biggrin.gif" alt="" /&gt; </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199873</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 21:08:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (albinoni)</title><description> For the first few years we lived in Brooklyn, Church Avenue between Ocean Avenue and Coney Island Avenue still had a lot of the old businesses.  We were told about Dubin's Bakery, and started going there every Sunday for coffeecakes and pastry, as well as rye bread and Jewish corn bread (something worth a whole separate topic) that was the best to be found anywhere.  I remember they had a double pecan ring that was filled with whipped cream--it was unbelievable.  The place was staffed with little old ladies behind the counter who loved to joke with the customers. Then one day, with no warning, they closed down.  &lt;img src="http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/upfiles/smiley/sad.gif" alt="" /&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Charlie </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199872</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 20:57:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Ciaoman)</title><description> Lot's of memories.  I was born in '47 at Brooklyn Hospital and lived in what was called Williamsburg (Vernon Ave near Tomkins Ave) until 54 when we moved to the &amp;quot;country&amp;quot; (CT).  Riding the Broadway El, eating Charlotte Russe at a German bakery on Graham Ave, buying Jewish appetizer-type foods at a tiny store on DeKalb, cakes at Ebingers, it goes on and on.  I recall the candy store on the corner where egg creams ruled, and the little bagel shop (where bagels were, by today's behemoth standards, tiny).  We were deprived I guess--there was no such thing as a sun dried tomato bagel.  Wonder how we survived?  Does anyone remember when Bickfords was an excellent cafeteria in NYC?  What about Chock Full 'a Nuts?   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Chinese food every Sunday!  Funny what you remember. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Whenever I see the word &amp;quot;neighborhood,&amp;quot; I think of the area where we lived.  All sorts of folks, all getting along.  Perhaps the fog of reminiscence is clouding the truth a bit, but I do have overwhelmingly favorable memories of that place.  Still go back on occasion but, a lot has changed.  (Great topic!) </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199871</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 18:06:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Tedbear)</title><description> &lt;font face='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;/font id='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;font color='navy'&gt;&lt;/font id='navy'&gt;Recently, in an odd moment with no major work assignment, I &amp;quot;googled&amp;quot; Bay Ridge, my old neighborhood.  One of the websites that came up had information about the &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Russell Pedersen Memorial Playground&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.  This immediately attracted my attention, since one of my playmates back in the early-middle 1950s was named Russell Pedersen.   Imagine my shock to learn that Russell had died in the Viet Nam War, many years ago, and that this playground had been dedicated to his memory as a result of his dedication to the area's recreation program prior to his demise.  This was a sobering moment indeed, to learn that one of my absolute closest friends from my childhood had passed away years ago in that ill-conceived foreign war.  After we moved to NJ in 1956, I kept in touch with my friends for several years, and then, the inevitable lack of time for continued contact took its toll.    &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; That moment got me to thinking about Russell and my other little friends of that time.  Russell's father was a waiter at &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Leone's Restaurant&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, which I believe was the original name of Mama Leone's, before it became a tourist haunt.  My other friends included Bradley Coddington, who I believe, moved to Long Island somewhere around 1955, and also Gary Rodgers (or was it Rogers) and his brother &amp;quot;Bucky&amp;quot;.  Gary was a leader even at a young age, and his goal as a child, was to become a priest.  I have frequently wondered if he achieved that goal.  There was also Tommy Gallucci, who was a few years younger.  I seem to recall that his father was a Stevedore, but that could be a faulty recollection on my part.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Isn't is sad when we lose touch with our roots?  And isn't it even sadder to learn that a childhood friend died without your being aware of it?    &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199870</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 18:25:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (PaulBPool)</title><description> Long Island has been my home all of my life, including 5.5 years in Queens County when I was born, but, Mom's family lived on Liberty Avenue in Brooklyn for many years prior to moving to St. Albans Queens. So...guess I've got a bit of brooklynite in me as well! &lt;br&gt; Several years ago, when I was working in sales, and Brooklyn was part of my territory, I remember stopping in at &amp;quot;Junior's&amp;quot; for a slice of cheesecake and an egg cream - and it was a real taste of the past! </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199869</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 15:35:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (BrooklynBill)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;NYNM Posted - 05/03/2006 : 22:59:33 &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  Brooklyn Bill: Sounds like we grew up in the same area. I do remember Dubrow's and Lundy's restaurants. Do you remember Jahn's restaurant and the &amp;quot;Kitchen Sink&amp;quot; Ice Cream dish? &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Also speaking of geography, what about the old Dutch farmhouses, many of which are still in the area? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; NYNM -- I do remember Jahn's but I never went b/c my parents didn't believe in eating all that ice cream. I guess they were ahead of their time. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; There was an old Dutch farmhouse near Ave. T and Hearing St.(sp?) I remember another in the Mill Basen area. There was also an actual windmill near Marine Park. It was destroyed by fire in the late 1940's. &lt;br&gt; There was also a large farmhouse on Ave. S or Ave. T near East 27th Street.  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I grew up on Batchelder St. near Ave. S. &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199868</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 00:29:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (NYNM)</title><description> Brooklyn Bill: Sounds like we grew up in the same area. I do remember Dubrow's and Lundy's restaurants. Do you remember Jahn's restaurant and the &amp;quot;Kitchen Sink&amp;quot; Ice Cream dish? &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Also speaking of geography, what about the old Dutch farmhouses, many of which are still in the area? </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199867</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 22:59:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (BrooklynBill)</title><description> I was born in The Brooklyn Hospital and lived in Brooklyn for almost all of my first 25 years.  &lt;br&gt; I played stickball on the street, played in Marine Park, Prospect Park and Bambino’s poolroom. Attended Brooklyn Prep and James Madison. Rode the Nostrand Ave. and the Flatbush Ave. trolleys, the Ave. R. Bus, and the IRT or the BMT to Manhattan. Frequented Ebbets Field, Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island and the pool at the St. George Hotel.  Dined at Lundy’s, Dubrows (sp?), Nathan’s, Junior’s and Ho-Nan’s.  &lt;br&gt; My parents were both born and lived in Brooklyn. On my mother’s side we have a great-plus grandfather who fought in Brooklyn, in the Revolutionary War. He was a “Red Coat.” When he returned to Great Britain he presented a map of Brooklyn to his sons and told them exactly where to settle – they did. &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199866</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 11:41:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (John A)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by Tedbear&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by John A&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hey, let's not forget the Bronx, Fordham Road, Bronx Zoo, NY Yankees, etc. I lived on East Tremont Avenue from 48-54. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; John &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; &lt;font face='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;/font id='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;font color='navy'&gt;&lt;/font id='navy'&gt;John--This was started as a Brooklyn thread.  Why not start a Bronx thread if you want to explore connections with that borough? &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Hi TB, &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Just injecting a little humor, even I know the Bronx cannot compare to Brooklyn. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; John &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199865</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 07:18:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (albinoni)</title><description> We moved from the East Village to Brooklyn in 1977, just after I finished 4 years of school there. Moved out 20 years later.  I still work there.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; We moved to Brooklyn after getting a late night phone call that a great apartment was about to be rented, and we should hustle if we wanted it.  It was a super, and affordable, apartment in a hi-rise on Plaza Street East, just on the edge of Park Slope.  A few young people lived there, but mostly old-timers who had lived in other nabes that had crumbled around them (mostly Jewish seniors who'd lived further east on Eastern Parkway, or Irish-Americans who'd lived in brownstones on nearby blocks that had yet to gentrify).   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Over the years we experienced just about everything that anyone could in an &amp;quot;emerging&amp;quot; neighborhood--lack of services, noise, drug dealing corner stores, bad shopping, crime and random violence, and a demoralizing sense of the future, followed by a real estate boomlet in the '80s where apartment buildings like ours converted from rental to co-op.  With some doubts, we bought and became investors in our own space, and after a few years of paper wealth, watched the market collapse in the 90's, and stay in the dumpster  for what seemed like an eternity.  After a few years, crack was taking over, it was getting really depressing, everyone wanted out, but couldn't sell.  When we moved, things were just beginning to get better, and you could sense it. Now, it's hot.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I never experienced the Brooklyn of old that now seems to be fueling the nostalgia industy, although traces of it still existed:  Gage and Tollner, the politicians whose names were familiar to everyone, the various clubs and organizations that catered to a different generation that had different social outlets, and an auction house (Columbia Galleries), located on a seedy block off Fulton Street, that disposed of estates of Brooklynites who lived their entire lives in the brownstones, rambling single family Victorians, and large apartment buildings and whose deaths, one by one, diminished the unique character of their neighorhoods.  Nor will I ever experience the &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; Brooklyn that was gestating as I left--and although I love where I live now, I left with tears in my eyes, since I realized that after all that time, I had gone beyond just owning an apartment, and was giving up my identity as a Brooklynite. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Charlie (now back to being a Jersey boy) </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199864</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 11:54:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Pigiron)</title><description> Both my parents were born in East New York, Brooklyn.   &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; I lived in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn from ages 24-28 (1990-94) </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199863</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 11:13:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (Tedbear)</title><description> &lt;blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;font size='1' face='Arial, Helvetica' id='quote'&gt;quote:&lt;div style='border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;'&gt;&lt;i&gt;Originally posted by John A&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hey, let's not forget the Bronx, Fordham Road, Bronx Zoo, NY Yankees, etc. I lived on East Tremont Avenue from 48-54. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; John &lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote id='quote'&gt;&lt;/font id='quote'&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; &lt;font face='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;/font id='Tahoma'&gt;&lt;font color='navy'&gt;&lt;/font id='navy'&gt;John--This was started as a Brooklyn thread.  Why not start a Bronx thread if you want to explore connections with that borough? </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199862</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 10:58:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (John A)</title><description> Hey, let's not forget the Bronx, Fordham Road, Bronx Zoo, NY Yankees, etc. I lived on East Tremont Avenue from 48-54. &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; John </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199861</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 08:03:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (NYNM)</title><description>  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Does anyone else share these recollections of Bay Ridge in the early-middle 1950s? &lt;br&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt; Bay Ridge, 1970's: Leske's Bakery. Old time tastes from when Bay Ridge was Scandanavian. </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199860</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:44:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RE: Brooklyn (NYNM)</title><description> Waldbaums supermarkets! </description><link>http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/fb.ashx?m=199859</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:37:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>