by Aaron Simon 
The end of year lists and awards for new Greenpoint restaurants keep piling up. While Greenpoint has plenty of under the radar affordable eats, some higher end establishments like Oxomoco (128 Greenpoint Ave.), which currently holds the neighborhoods’ only Michelin star, continue to win praise.
French-Canadian restaurant Chez Ma Tante (90 Calyer St.) was awarded “neighborhood restaurant of the year” by Eater NY, as voted…
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Most of these restaurants although good are insanely overpriced and only meant for the rich or the gourmets.
Give me either the old standbys like the polish rests., pizzerias, Chinese rests., Peter Pan etc. etc, or even some of the sanely priced new “hipster” restaurants like Freuda, Amarin, the old Jimmys(now chez ma tante) or even the Lobster Joint.
You can get good food without going bankrupt.