Comments on: R.I.P. Snooky’s … Buongiorno Elementi http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/ Community website for the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Theresa http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-33843 Theresa Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:22:15 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-33843 well, I don't know why the not so great reviews on Elementi...I think it's lovely!...GOOD FOOD AND SEVICE! well, I don’t know why the not so great reviews on Elementi…I think it’s lovely!…GOOD FOOD AND SEVICE!

]]> By: Shelley http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-21527 Shelley Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:14:30 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-21527 Though I realize that we're losing some good local spots, I have to say that I think Elementi is good. Really good. The food was delicious ~ try the Pappardelle in an Oxtail Ragout ~ and the atmosphere is elegant. Try not to look when walking by at night with the doors wide open and diners filling the chairs. It's a beautiful place, and we should want great restaurants in our neighborhood. Though I realize that we’re losing some good local spots, I have to say that I think Elementi is good. Really good. The food was delicious ~ try the Pappardelle in an Oxtail Ragout ~ and the atmosphere is elegant. Try not to look when walking by at night with the doors wide open and diners filling the chairs. It’s a beautiful place, and we should want great restaurants in our neighborhood.

]]> By: Dope on the Slope http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-19238 Dope on the Slope Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:07:16 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-19238 My wife and I ate there a couple of weeks ago. Underwhelming is the perfect description for the food, and the service was simply bizarre. Each time we reached the anger threshold on waiting for a server, the manager would mysteriously show up and say "is everything OK? Oh, no one has been by? I'll take care of you." The martini was nice and stiff. It seems like they spent more time on the bar than on the restaurant. I know Snooky's was a hangout, but do they really think the typical 7th Avenue habitue is going to want to spend a lot of time there? While I think "mediocre Italian" is a fine category, we don't need so many of them. Nearby Scottaditto does a much better job of the pasta based on what we had on our one visit. Then again, I can't imagine how Tutta Pasta has survived for so long, so I clearly don't understand what diners find appealing. Maybe it was opening month jitters, but I'm not inclined to ever go back. My wife and I ate there a couple of weeks ago. Underwhelming is the perfect description for the food, and the service was simply bizarre. Each time we reached the anger threshold on waiting for a server, the manager would mysteriously show up and say “is everything OK? Oh, no one has been by? I’ll take care of you.” The martini was nice and stiff. It seems like they spent more time on the bar than on the restaurant. I know Snooky’s was a hangout, but do they really think the typical 7th Avenue habitue is going to want to spend a lot of time there?

While I think “mediocre Italian” is a fine category, we don’t need so many of them. Nearby Scottaditto does a much better job of the pasta based on what we had on our one visit. Then again, I can’t imagine how Tutta Pasta has survived for so long, so I clearly don’t understand what diners find appealing.

Maybe it was opening month jitters, but I’m not inclined to ever go back.

]]> By: Peanut http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-17229 Peanut Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:56:11 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-17229 Go to C-Town on 9th Street between 5th & 6th - great produce/meats and a lot cheaper than Dag Go to C-Town on 9th Street between 5th & 6th - great produce/meats and a lot cheaper than Dag

]]> By: cliphy http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-17143 cliphy Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:47:42 +0000 http://www.dailyslope.com/2007/07/15/rip-snookys-buongiorno-elementi/#comment-17143 Totally agree with this...PLUS, I live further down 7th avenue and we recently lost D'Agastino's...we don;t even have a grocery store at this end of the avenue anymore...or places to get our shoes repaired...or a hardware store. BUT we've got a zillion cutie kid's clothing stores and RE offices! Totally agree with this…PLUS, I live further down 7th avenue and we recently lost D’Agastino’s…we don;t even have a grocery store at this end of the avenue anymore…or places to get our shoes repaired…or a hardware store. BUT we’ve got a zillion cutie kid’s clothing stores and RE offices!

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