by Justine Growing up, my parents were big on going out to eat. My mother was not much of a domestic goddess to say the very least. We had three popular locals that we pretty much ate at every week. One night would be Frost, another night would be Bamonte’sand sometimes more than once a week it would be Monsignor’s. I feel like the owners and waiters were part of my extended family for God’s…
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I love Bamontes. Especially their stuffed eggplant. Yummy.
Lokal looks sooo cool, I loved the place and the food:):)
One of the owners said, they are turkish, and LOKAL means “local” in turkish. 🙂 I didnt think that someone will open a Mediterranean bistro with a a Polish name!! I was so curious and asked :):):):)
Ah – interesting! Makes sense now, huh? Thanks for the update.
I have lived in Greenpoint 10 years now, and walk from L everyday and to be honest with you I was NEVER tempted to set my foot at Monsignor’s, it always looked dirty, cold and deserted to me, so having a nice clean and interesting restaurant instead of Monsignor’s doesn’t really bother me.