Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 11:01AM 
Welcome to First Bite, wherein we bring you a look at some of the city's newest restaurants shortly after they open. We'll go, eat some food, take some pictures, and report back to you. This go round it's Red Gravy, the newest addition to Saul Bolton's Brooklyn empire.
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 3:15PM 
The paper is still on the windows at Red Gravy, Saul Bolton's third Brooklyn project (after Saul and the Vanderbilt), but that'll come down within the next couple of hours. Red Gravy opens tonight at 5pm. The restaurant will be in "soft opening" mode through the weekend, but you can expect the crowds to start showing up to 151 Atlantic Avenue very soon.
A handful of antipasti, a few primi, segundi, contorni, and charcuterie make up the menu. There's also piatti del giorno that run Monday through Sunday. Sunday's special is "Sunday Gravy." Something tells us it's going to be pretty, pretty, pretty good. The full menu is available online.
Red Gravy | 151 Atlantic Avenue | 718.885.0051 | www
Runner & Stone is another from the BK Taste of Tastes to Come list and they're opening next Wednesday, the 19th, at 7am. For that Wednesday and the following Thursday, the 20th, the restaurant/bar/bakery from ex Per Se head baker Peter Endriss and Blue Ribbon chef de cuisine Chris Pizzulli will be open from 7am - noon. Dinner will kick off Friday, the 21st, at 5pm.
The dinner menu is about a dozen selctions deep, with a few pastas and entrees following apps like grappa-cured striped bass and short rib soup. There's a red cabbage gnocchi with smoked sausage and grana padano and spaghetti alla chitarra with a conch ragu. The mains are pretty straight forward: "Braised Lamb Breast," "Pancetta-Wrapped Blackfish," "Roasted Chicken," and "Grilled Ribeye." No prices online, but we're expecting them to be similar to the Pines across the street. Endriss put his touch on the dolci, so you probably don't want to skip dessert here. The breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus are all available online.
Runner & Stone | 285 Third Avenue | 718.576.3360 | www
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 1:30PM 
Last week we posted A Taste of Tastes to Come, in which we brought you pictures of storefronts in Manhattan that will become home to exciting restaurants by the end of the year. A few chefs, Andrew Carmellini, Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi, Michael White and now Gabe Stulman, have two projects in the works. It's a busy time of year in Manhattan for restaurateurs and chefs, but there's some action on the Brookln side of the East River too. Here's a look at a few Kings County developments we're psyched about.