Because it's made with hefeweizen, a pale wheat beer, and not some darker, stronger brew, this whole-grain beer mustard (about 6 oz., $4) might fade in the presence of heady charcuterie. The texture, however, holds up: While not effervescent, those little mustard grains do pop-pop-pop in your mouth.
Brooklyn Cured
This day, at Brooklyn Flea, 1 Hanson Pl., Fort Greene, Brooklyn; see Twitter for other locations
917-282-2221
www.BrooklynCured.com
There are two schools of lobster roll.
Baja Williamsburgh.
(This venue is closed.) Nigerians take their palm wine seriously.
Within the dusty reddish arc on the building in the foreground, you may be able to make out the name Wm. B.A. Jürgens, Brooklyn's largest wholesale grocer of the early 20th century. (Click on the photo for a closer look.)
Erected in 1898, this seems to have been an outbuilding for a grander Jürgens warehouse, also in the Wallabout neighborhood south of the Navy Yard. I don't know this building's current function, and the character in the background, who figures in the latest release of Grand Theft Auto, wasn't talking.
William B.A. Jürgens building
Steuben St. (Flushing-Park Aves.), the Wallabout, Brooklyn
(This venue is closed, it seems; as of 2014 the cart has been out of sight for several years.) Sometimes it's spelled as one word, sometimes it's chopped in two, but this is the first time I'd seen it on the street.
You're familiar, perhaps, with "farm to table."
The early bird gets his pick.
The presentation is uncommonly genteel.
Thank you!
