Walden

Walden

502 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
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347.227.7133

Rating: ★ ★ ★
Cards: Cash Only
Hours: Tue-Sun 5pm – 11pm
Price: Moderately Priced
Subway: G, L at Metropolitan Ave.-Lorimer St.
Food/Menu: Small Mediterranean snacks
Booze: Full bar
Happy Hour: No
Time Out New York says:

This 40-seat Brooklyn tavern—named after Henry David Thoreau’s most famous book—heeds Thoreau’s call for a return to nature with a tight menu of market-driven fare. Thankfully, it also ignores the author’s teetotalism, offering organic, biodynamic and natural wines to match the seasonal plates. Choose from dishes like treviso with an anchovy-caper dressing and bacon, or chicken Ballantine with kohlrabi, sunchokes and plums, all made by chef Ben Winans (Diner, Pure Food & Wine). The wood-decorated space may seem simple, but a few elements (a Lindsay Adelman bubble chandelier, Michael Anastassiades globe lights) reflect partner Jamie Gray’s main occupation as the owner of minimalist design store Matter.

NY Mag says:

Small plates like a summer succotash crowned with a soft boiled egg and pickled fish with baba ghannouj complement the quaint décor of this wine-focused café.

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