Originally Posted by
notsosmart
The Good World Bar, on Orchard St. in New York. It was my neigborhood pub for ten years, and it closed down roughly the same time I moved out of the city.
It re-opened on Delancey, but it's just not the same thing when I visit the neighborhood.
BTW, it was EXCELLENT Swedish food, not the beer and heavy pours that kept me coming back. They were voted "best burger in NYC", and their innovative bunches were just fantastic.
Didn't know they'd gone and moved. It was so far out of my neighborhood that I needed a map each of the few times I went there, and I STILL got lost, but we had great food and great times when we went.
Must try the Delancey incarnation. (as neither was my neighborhood joint I'm relatively neutral)
The place I mourn was my local cafe in my adopted neighborhood in Paris. Nothing special, really -- the food was overpriced and so-so -- but the proprietor, a former footballer, was friendly and a real character, the Belgian beer on tap was good, and it was my great good place. Under the new owners the place isn't the same at all.