Barbecue and Pizza, but Never Barbecue Pizza

Back in September, we brought you A Taste of Tastes to Come: Brooklyn Edition, in which we featured six restaurants opening in Brooklyn by the end of the year. Brooklyn Central opened first from the list, and now that we're back from Asia, we can cross off two more. Bill Fletcher and Pitmaster Matt Fisher have brought Gowanus it's first barbecue restaurant with Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue, and after a short delay caused by Hurricane Sandy, Elizabeth Falkner's Krescendo opened in the former Downtown Atlantic space on Atlantic Avenue.

Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue | 433 Third Avenue | 347.763.2680 | www

Krescendo | 364 Atlantic Avenue | 718.330.0888 | www

Still left to open on the "Brooklyn Edition" are Runner & Stone (restaurant/bar/bakery from Peter Endriss and Chris Pizzulli), Red Gravy (red sauce, Sunday gravy restaurant from chef Saul Bolton), and Nightingale 9 (Vietnamese restaurant from Seersucker partners Robert Newton and Kerry Diamond).

Bring Your Indoor Voice to The Library Next Tuesday

The Library, located on the mezzanine level inside the Public Theater building at 425 Lafayette Street, opens next Tuesday, October 9th.  Hours are 530pm - 2am every day.  According to their website, "the hidden away space plays dinner bar, watering hole or backstage lounge to downtown denizens and neighborhood dwellers, theater-goers coming or going, academics and artists alike."

Andrew Carmellini and Luke Ostrom (a partner in Locanda Verde and The Dutch) collaborated with Joe's Pub on The Library.  Joe's Pub has been serving food inside the Public building since '98.  The new menu has about 20 options in the form of starters, sandwiches, and mains; ranging in price from $12 to $26.  The wine list is Champagne heavy with a few white and red selections coming mostly from France.  A couple California and Oregon selections provide domestic options.  House cocktails are $14 each and six beers are available on tap at $6 a piece.

The Library is the first of two new projects from Carmellini to open this fall and the first to open on our Taste of Tastes to Come list. The second is a yet-to-be-named French restaurant opening in the former Chinatown Brasserie space down the street from the Library.