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Times must be touch; they're cutting back on the amount of grated carrots, cucumbers and cilantro they put on the sandwiches. I think I got 5 strips of grated carrot on the Veal Meatball Sandwich .. none of th emeatballs were sliced in half ... it looked like the guy just threw the stuff on the bread, flipped over the top half of the sandwich, stuck it in a styrofoam box and handed it to me. I was pleased with the taste of the meatballs but the sandwich I got was nothing like the one pictured above!

"As a standalone restaurant Brooklyn Bowl would be totally in the pocket."

Who says ya gotta bowl? Clever pun, BTW.

As always, very nice imagery, Robyn Lee.

Ciao,

Paulie Gee

I was planning to avoid this place... well, forever.. but I love malts and now I need to make a stop there!

man, how many people ate all this food? did they have a defibrillator at this joint?! i've been such a lazy williamsburger i haven't even made it over to this place, don't really like bowling, but what may sway me is that glistening hot fudge sundae, something i've been craving all summer and i need to GET ON real quick. right to the face! hope the fudge is thick n' a little salty....man that's the best...

Ed, I have to humbly disagree with your assessment of the pork sandwich. The fact that it exists is a blessing from the pork gods. I absolutely crave this sandwich! Really liked Brooklyn Bowl in general too. The manager is super nice (and cute to boot) and as long as you don't try to go on a Saturday night, it's fairly easy to get lanes.

Also, their beer selection rocks. Love Six Point!

Bummer that you had a bad coconut cream experience. That's usually one of my favorites. I'd love to see them all tucked and nestled together happily in a box. What a great thing to bring to a party, or birthday, or the SE office!

@PommeDG, I agree. He was a real douche on Throwdown.

GUH.
donut porn!
i've only been here once, and i bought maybe 4 different ones to sample alongside my husband. it was late in the day so there wasn't much stock left, but i got the lavender, vanilla bean, tres leches, blueberry. ALL were amazing, but for some reason the vanilla bean sticks out in my memory - it had a true, intense vanilla flavor, and it was simply delicious. i typically go for filled donuts, but this one just hit all the right notes. want to eat one NOW!!!

Thanks for the full review.

Tres leches didn't sound wonderful to me until I saw everyone raving about it on SE. Things in my life changed around so that these days I find myself on the LES frequently.

The tres leches is such a WOW that I hardly want to try anything else! At $2, it's also the least expensive.

I agree, the raised donuts have been generally disappointing. I didn't like the banana pecan, but I'll give the banana cake & carrot a try after reading this. And the creme brulee for sure.

Another fabulous benefit of going to the Donut Plant - it's a couple of doors away from Kossar's Bialys!

The 14A bus runs you there right from Union Square making it very easy to reach. Donut Plant & Kossar's are located on Grand Street between Essex & Norfolk Streets.

Sorry, but the guy that owns this place is far too obnoxious for me to ever send a dime his way. Plenty of people make great donuts, not a tricky art form.

Carrot Cake doughnut = WANT

ok. no argument that he's a great replacement. But seriously those other three not so little words? I think that stating this makes him the most important IN THE WORLD?!?! is a bit over the top. Is this just because its New York that he's in?

I wish I had this job...