It's A Small World After All

As New Yorkers we're used to a bevy of ethnic edibles - Jackson Heights alone offers Columbian, Indian and Italian dining options in mere steps of each other. But now, Brooklyn restauranteurs are taking the concept one step further - or to be more exact, one step less - bringing a mini-Epcot of sorts to the corner of Pacific and Smith Streets.

After launching the wildly successful Mexican joint Pacifico a couple of years back, Jim Mammary, Alan Harding and partners connected the hip dining room to their new storefront pizza parlor LaRosa & Son. And, now they've added another flavor into the mix - American comfort food - with the opening of Gravy. The homey diner-esque spot has opened to spotty reviews, but considering the group's track-record, Gothamist wouldn't be surprised to see them riding the gravy train soon with this new star-spangled banner addition to their U.N.-esque empire.

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By VittlesVamp in Food on August 4, 2005 9:56 AM

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nardo

You can get 'Columbian' food on Broadway and 116th...

enrique

Ooops. There I go repeating myself again.

enrique

Why is it so hard, mostly for North Americans, to say or write or spell the nationality of citizens of the country of Colombia?

The proper way to say, write and spell is: Colombian.

The other word/term - Columbian - is defined as: of or relating to Christopher Columbus, which Colombia is, but it is spelled with a Spanish linguistic rather than Portuguese, Mr. Columbus' native tongue.

Remember Colombia and the rest of the Latin Americas main language is Spanish, except Brazil.

Geez. Better luck next time ''buddy'. ;)

enrique

Why is it so hard, mostly for North Americans, to say or write or spell the nationality of citizens of the country of Colombia?

The proper way to say, write and spell is: Colombian.

The other word/term - Columbian - is defined as: of or relating to Christopher Columbus, which Colombia is, but it is spelled with a Spanish linguistic rather than Portuguese, Mr. Columbus' native tongue.

Remember Colombia and the rest of the Latin Americas main language is Spanish, except Brazil.

Geez. Better luck next time ''buddy'. ;)

enrique

Why is it so hard, mostly for North Americans, to say or write or spell the nationality of citizens of the country of Colombia?

The proper way to say, write and spell is: Colombian.

The other word/term - Columbian - is defined as: of or relating to Christopher Columbus, which Colombia is, but it is spelled with a Spanish linguistic rather than Portuguese, Mr. Columbus' native tongue.

Remember Colombia and the rest of the Latin Americas main language is Spanish, except Brazil.

Geez. Better luck next time ''buddy'. ;)

enrique

Why is it so hard, mostly for North Americans, to say or write or spell the nationality of citizens of the country of Colombia?

The proper way to say, write and spell is: Colombian.

The other word/term - Columbian - is defined as: of or relating to Christopher Columbus, which Colombia is, but it is spelled with a Spanish linguistic rather than Portuguese, Mr. Columbus' native tongue.

Remember Colombia and the rest of the Latin Americas main language is Spanish, except Brazil.

Geez. Better luck next time ''buddy'. ;)

kbc

All will be closed soon, hopefully. No reason for junky food in Brooklyn.

Dan

I'm sorry but they're all pretty dissapointing. Went back to Patois for the first time in ages and had a terrible experiance. Bad service, mediocre food. La Rosa's pizza could be eaten with a spoon, and Gravy was really dissapointing.

Schnack, on the other hand, is totally awesome in every way.

jules

jim MAMMARY??

congratulations, sir. that rules.

ross

Chris (see Comment #2 or 3) told me about gravy. It's pretty good. a nice outdoor area, and bar.

That's all you need!!!

els

If you're going to name your restaurant Gravy, please make good gravy. I tried the biscuits and gravy -- a wonderful southern staple -- and the poor excuse for white gravy was not very hot, not very salty, not very plentiful, and not very sausage-y. The biscuits seemed a few days old and did not have a good texture. I had high hopes and was hugely disappointed. I hope they work on it, because the place is really attractive. The food just was not good. And the soda glasses were tiny.

astrid

I think Alan Harding's empire includes the original Smith Street restaurant destination: Patois (french). They also own Schnack.

chris

gravy is great! i've had breakfast and dinner there already. only complaint...the over-eager busboy who's ready to clear your plate the moment you put down your fork for five seconds. otherwise...highly recommended!

jamie

Pacifico has a great space and really nice patio. Too bad they've never been able to get the food up to par. Oh well.

anonymous

Gravy is pretty damn good, kitchen is still getting up to speed... I love Pacifico, could eat there daily... La Rosa, not so much... soft and doughy crust, and the last time i went, half the meat on our antipasto plate was rancid.