Countdown to Beantown, Part 2b: More Farewell Drinks/Dinners
We had a lab dinner last week - the traditional 'leaving-do', as they say in London. I suppose this one could double-up as a Restaurant of the Week:Zipi Zape
152 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-599-3027
Zipi and Zape are two popular Spanish cartoon characters that were chosen as a theme for the restaurant when a Spanish chef partnered with twin sisters (one of whom is the woman taking our food order from Aurelia in this picture) to open a tapas restaurant in Brooklyn. Sketches of the cartoon are on the inside and outside of the restaurant, and help give the place a really relaxed and low-key feel.
We had two tables outside in the front of the restaurant, which is on a (relatively) quiet street in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. I say relatively quiet street because Metropolitan Avenue seems to be a shortcut for large trucks, which a few times during the meal came tearing down the otherwise very quiet street.
Other than the occasional truck, sitting outside was really nice. The weather was perfect. We arrived around 7pm, which gave us almost an hour-and-a-half before it got dark and became a bit too cold for the people who didn't wear sweaters or jackets.
Zipi Zape is a tapas restaurant, and since Aurelia (who is from Seville) was clearly going to be the most familiar with the choices, we let her order. We had a couple orders of the tasting menu (as well as the vegetarian version, which, unfortunately for the true vegetarians in the lab, had quite a few seafood dishes), a couple orders of paella (including paella negra, which is made with squid ink, and vegetarian paella), and a lot of white sangria.
The food was excellent. Everything was very fresh, and extremely tasty. In the end we ordered way too much, which turned out to be a nice little bonus for lunch the next day (the paella was even tastier after a day in the frig and re-heating in the microwave).
Check out the pictures from the dinner by clicking on the badge or the date under My New York pics!
posted by Aron @ 4:52 PM
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