by Justine I passed by tonight and noticed a chalkboard read something to the effect of them having a new revamped menu coming soon and then tonight I get the comment below…
Hi to all from Brooklyn Label-We’d like to let everyone know what’s up lately at Brooklyn Label. We have brought on a new Head Chef, Ed Bode, whom some of you already know from Union Picnic. We’re happy to have him and look forward…
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so true. if there’s no tables available then i’m happy to wait, but it kills me to see it take so long to turn them over. at least it’s better than greenpoint coffee house, where we were once greeted with “yeah, it’s gonna be about a 30 minute wait for a table, and then we’re just slow today so it’ll be at least another 45 minutes for food.”
the service has been abominable and getting worse. do not make me wait for the check, not when i am sitting there with my wallet out and the place is half empty. if things are crowded and my food is late tell me, apologize, offer me coffee or something or at least refill my water glass.
and like suckers we keep going back there, but after the last time, they are on permanent ban in our house. i’ll go to grumpy for my coffee and if i’m desperate for food down the street we’ll go to casa. at least there you are made to feel like a valued customer and the prices do not go up every single week.
the dinner situation just deteriorated. it’s stupid and nonneighborly of them to close at 7, however, when people got used to them being there. i can understand closing early if it’s dead but people were using it as a neighborhood resource.
as for “brunches are crazy” what i want to know is how they justify jacking up brunch prices so they’re different than the prices during the week.
i had a lot of respect for those folks but it is no gone. they have a gold mine so they are just plain treating everyone with contempt and stopped valuing the neighborhood a long, long time ago. they might as well be in 11211 in terms of their attitude, and that is not a compliment.
finally, clearly, they can’t keep competent waitstaff. there’s got to be a reason for it.
We attempted to go for dinner there the other night, and thought nothing of showing up at the typical dinner hour of 7. We were greeted with “We are closed for dinner”. Which was a statement we couldn’t really wrap our heads around. Did they mean they were closing the kitchen down to get ready for dinner? Either way, it was clear we weren’t welcome. So we went to 68 (which was lovely by the way)
Oh well. I still like their brunch provided you arrive before 11.
every single time i go to brooklyn label for brunch i get the same waiter who seems to be completely strung out like he was up all night doing coke. has anyone else had this experience? needless to say, he is very cranky in his strung-out-state. but the huevos rancheros are excellent.
For the record they have a new chef once again at BL and it seems things are on the up again. Ive had dinner there quite often in the last few weeks, all after 7pm, and the food has not only been great but consistent. I am always willing to patronize neighborhood joints and am so excited to see more places in the point with great food, keep it coming.