![]() ![]() The food, the culture, everything is incredible.” (Totally agree my dude. “I live in Greenpoint,” says Levenfeld, who came from the Hoxton in Chicago. And all signs point to everyone sticking around for a good long time. Beer, wine, and a few mocktails round out the drinks menu.īoka and CookNSolo have effectively completed their three-pronged takeover of the Hoxton hotel. Other boozy beverages include such summery specials as the Oy Vey (rum, mango, coconut), the Fuzzy Bubblelech (tequila with blood orange soda), and the Gelt Rush (bourbon, honey, apricot), all of which are $18. Jaffa, the ancient Israeli port city, is known as much for its oranges as it is for its seafood, and so the signature cocktail here is an orange (and vanilla) slushie loaded with vodka and aperol. The shrimp cocktail is fantastic, the bivalves totally textbook - plump, juicy, sweet, snappy - and the spicy dipping sauce a fun riff on the traditional horseradish-heavy condiment. There are oysters on the halfshell, of course, a selection of briny East Coast beauties that comes with both a fiery schug and a tangy passion fruit mignonette. The Jaffa menu is short but consistently compelling, and almost every dish features some sort of shellfish. Even if you’re just at Jaffa for a drink and a quick snack we want it to be something special.” “He doesn’t work with shellfish in any of his other restaurants, so we’re all really putting our heads together to create something exciting here, and to show what new age Israeli food is right now. “We’re really excited to show another side of chef Mike’s creativity.” Jaffa’s chef de cuisine Sam Levenfeld tells Brooklyn Magazine. ![]() Especially once people discover how good the food is here. Jaffa is operated by the Boka (from Chicago) and chef Mike Solomonov’s CookNSolo (from Philadelphia) dream team that also runs the bustling K’Far downstairs and the stellar Laser Wolf up on the roof, the latter of which remains one of the toughest tables in town. A patio, and a spacious indoor dining room too (Scott Lynch)ĭon’t expect those empty seats to last. ![]()
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