Roberta's and A Song

I volunteered to distribute Showpapers for the first time today and it brought me upon some very cool spots in Bushwick. One culinary proprietor that I discovered (that I've posted about in the past but never attended) was Roberta's. Roberta's is a pizza joint, but not your average pizza joint. Their menu boasts 11 specialty pizzas and the option to make your own if their combos don't excite you. An additional entree selection offers 6 plates to druel over; and of course there are appetizers and salads. The menu is classy and honest, no surprise ingredients.

The best part of the food, however, is not the names of the ingredients. It is where they are grown. Roberta's gets as much food as possible from their own backyard and greenhouse. (I assume that none of the meat comes from brooklyn but I've been wrong before.) This means that the produce in your food is the freshest, most steroid/antibiotic/hormone free, most delicious produce you can get...in Bushwick. The food that they do not pick from their garden is certifiably fresh and antibiotic free as well. Furthermore, they're in cahoots with a group called Brooklyn Grange. Brooklyn Grange will be, as of Spring 2010, a one-acre farm on rooftops in Bushwick! Sweet! The Grange will distribute its produce not only to restaurants but to the public as well, so we will all be able to take advantage out and at home.

So, if anyone wants to go out for food this weekend, I'm down. Let's go to Roberta's. Check out their menu, and blog. And while you're at it, check out Brooklyn Grange as well.

Here's a song that made me smile today.

The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me

Friday Night: Brooklyn Grange Benefit, Art Brut and Surfer Blood at Brooklyn Bowl

Tonight there is a benefit party for Brooklyn Grange, a 1 acre rooftop farm planned by Roberta's restaurant in Bushwick, at Starr space (110 Starr street). There will be food and drink specials, DJs and 'a stripper pole!?'. Brooklyn Grange is proposed to start planting seeds in April and will be selling fresh produce to restaurants and the public (green market type deal) in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick area. Doors at 8pm, $10.

Also Tonight:
After playing a number of CMJ showcases and signing to Brooklyn indie label Kanine, Surfer Blood returns to NYC. They will be opening for London post-goth group Art Brut, with whom they are currently touring. The show is at Brooklyn Bowl which, if you haven't been, is worth a visit. There is bowling, live music, great local beers from Six Point and Brooklyn Brewery, as well as great food from Blue Ribbon (fried seafood and other grub). Doors at 6, show at 9. 21+ for $14.

At the Market Hotel:
Damn Kakalack Moonshine Party (I don't know what it is but it sounds like it could be cool)

Silent Barn:
Go Ghosts (doesn't suck)
The Wealthy Assholes
Affair D’Coeur
Byrds
Slow Country (sucks)

Liturgy is playing Union Pool with Malkuth, Orphan, and Krallice. This is a heavy fucking show!