
We captured this bit of exterior painting on
Smith Street where the transition has been swift from outpost of
Baluchi's, the NYC Indian chain, to a new French bistro on Smith Street,
Provence en Boite, which is actually a branch of a well-regarded
Bay Ridge bistro that is run by a husband and wife team. The demise of this Baluchi's branch puts an end to the Indian food war between Baluchi's and Bombay Dream, but ignites a
French food fight with Patois, only a few doors down. Remember when this corner was the location of
Uncle Pho, the French Vietnamese restaurant, an original Smith Street Restaurant Row member?
3 Comments:
whoa. we gotta stop meeting like this.
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I miss Uncle Pho! That was a great place with a helluva sliced steak entree.
I worked at this place as an intern and it was a huge disappointment to see what they do in a "professional" kitchen. Yes, the pastry is delicious but the kitchen is full with rodents, and all kinds of dirty insects. Nobody in the kitchen wears a hat or washes their hands. The vegetarian soup has chicken stock so it isn´t really vegetarian and, the worst of all... they use food that has passed its expiration date. Don´t go if you love your health. Yes, as somebody said before, the patrons are crazy too... they are rude and they wouldn´t hesitate to attack a costumer and make an embarrasing scene in front of a lot of people.
By the way... they charge $5 per person for service, even if you only order a $3 eclaire... so be carefull because you might end up paying more than you want and more than they tell you it would cost.
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