Prime Meats is a small corner joint in Carroll Gardens that is part of the ever expanding Frankies restaurant empire. Go for the cocktails, go for the steak, go for the rib-sticking German fare. Don’t go to hang out at the bar. Don’t go during prime time, unless you want to wait.
Prime Meats is riding the wave of the latest food and drink trends: classic cocktails; sustainable, seasonal, local meat and produce; Stumptown coffee; local beers. There are a limited number of tables and the bar area is too cramped; it’s not conducive to just propping up the bar and sipping the well-crafted cocktails. But, when you can get a table, the service is friendly and attentive, and the food enjoyable.
The menu is constructed in a way that facilitates easy sharing and ordering multiple items. The weisswurst is served in a bowl of hot water and accompanied with a soft round pretzel roll and mustard. Lovely with a beer. The strip steak while not the most tender, was cooked perfectly and had a well seasoned crust. The herb and wild mushroom spatzle can be a little too cheesy, but the mushrooms provided a lovely earthy character.
Prime Meats | Brooklyn
November 8, 2009
Carroll Gardens
German / Steakhouse
465 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
T: 718.254.0327
Website:
Hours:
Breakfast
Mon - Fri: 7am - 1pm
Sat - Sun: 7am - 3pm
Lunch & Dinner
Sun - Wed: 1pm - 1am
Thu - Fri: 1pm - 2am
Sat: 3pm - 2am
They are serious about spirits, serious about cocktails, and serious about wine. They are total rough and tumble guys and bohemian in a certain way, but the quality of the food, the atmosphere, and the service is incredible.
Bartender Maxwell Britten of Maison Premiere in Brooklyn, NY
If, God forbid, we had to just drink amazing cocktails all night long in Brooklyn, it's definitely a toss-up between Clover Club and Prime Meats.
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WHAT THEY SAID
- Chef / owners Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli
Carroll Gardens - Brooklyn, NY
Photo Credit: Find. Eat. Drink.
Bartender Philip Ward of Mayahuel in New York, NY
For a burger.
