Henry Public: $25 and Under

By on December 16, 2009 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Food
Photo, the New York Times.

Photo, the New York Times.

Henry Public makes the New York Times Dining section’s $25 and Under today. Two of the top meaty picks: the hamburger sandwich and the turkey leg sandwich.

It’s a dish befitting a throwback to an earnest time, before the war – the Civil War, that is. As per ephemera accenting its décor, Henry Public feels like Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn circa 1848, earlier than the Prohibition-era speak-easies that nearby JakeWalk nods to, earlier than the turn-of-the-20th-century Clover Club after which Julie Reiner named her Cobble Hill bar, and earlier, even, than the Victorian vibe of the new Prime Meats in Carroll Gardens. If this trend continues, we’ll be ordering grog from bartenders wearing breeches and tricorner hats.

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One Response to Henry Public: $25 and Under

  1. Homer Fink December 16, 2009 at 6:19 pm #

    I whole heartedly endorse Henry Public. I also refuse to refer to their HAMBURGER SANDWICH with CHEESE and BACON as a “bacon cheeseburger” for that would be rude.

    Cocktails are great, staff is friendly. Good times. Yay!