Eating In Translation

Let Them Eat Pie

We're not talking dessert here; we're talking savory grab-and-go grub, Aussie-Kiwi style.

Lia's Ices

For a frozen dessert, it's about as drab as they come, but if this peanut butter ice (small; $2) is any indication, sign me up for a tour of the menu.

Hot Diggity Dog

(This venue is closed.) When it was "dragged through the garden," this Chicago dog ($3) picked up relish, onions, lettuce, tomato, and a pickle spear, but the sport peppers eluded the harvest; I missed the traditional poppy seed bun, too.

Hot Diggity Dog
263 Prospect Park West (16th St.-Windsor Pl.), Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
718-499-0008

Word of Mouth: No slices at The Pizza Place

Until recently this storefront sold pet supplies; renovations by a new tenant revealed stained glass from a soda fountain called Wetter's. Now the glass has been covered again, but only for a short time; The Pizza Place is a fictional setting (click for a better view, and note the 555 telephone exchange) for a new movie called "I Hate Valentine's Day." In the near future the building will house a second outlet of Slope Cellars, a wine and spirits store on Seventh Ave.; expect stained glass, but no slices.

The Pizza Place
216 Prospect Park West, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Former home of Wetter's, future home of Slope Cellars