This is something I posted about my first visit to Henry's End on Facebook. I made a return visit on Monday. Be on the lookout over the next day or two for what else I have to say about this fantastic place in Brooklyn Heights.
Henry's End
I know, I know...this has taken me nearly 5 months to get around to writing. For awhile there I guess I lost my juju for writing much of anything. This morning I was thinking about wanting to go back to Henry's End and remembered that I hadn't ever gotten around to writing about what I thought of this wonderful place the first time I went. I decided it was high time I rectify that oversight. Luckily, I had taken some notes and I still remembered this place pretty well.
I was lucky enough to have my
friend Jenn take me here for my birthday last December. I'd been
talking about going for quite awhile. I'd heard good things.
They were all true. I was immediately comfortable when I walked in.
There's a very warm feeling about the restaurant. There's something very
homey about it. Our waitress was incredibly friendly and really
helpful. I was amazed that the fantastic food came out of this tiny
little open kitchen off to the side of the restaurant.
We ate supremely well. Jenn had
turtle soup which she said was almost as good as she'd had in New
Orleans. It made her do a little dance. I did get a lil taste.
Quite good. My first bit of turtle. I had spicy sweet potato soup
which was excellent. I could easily have eaten a gallon of it.
Along with the soups we got a tortilla crusted shrimp appetizer. The
guacamole it came with was kind of punch-less and the chipotle mayo
was just “eh”. The shrimp themselves were pretty good but Jenn
thought we could've gotten the same thing at Chevy's. She's probably
right.
Being that this meal happened last
year I sadly don't remember what Jenn had as an entree. Hey, I'm
getting old and my memory isn't what it used to be as I spent a lot
of time soaking my brain cells in alcohol and various other
mind-altering chemicals. I do, however, remember what I had. They
have something going on over there called the wild game festival and
I was all over that. I had elk chops, venison sausage and wild boar
belly all served with a pomegranate/pancetta relish type of thing.
All of those things were fantastic. I've had venison before and this
was a pretty tasty sausage. Wild boar belly was just a slightly
gamier version of regular pork belly. And if you didn't know
already, pork belly is GOOD! So was this. The star of the show were
the elk chops. That was some good stuff.
I remember that I had a couple of
decent Manhattans even if they were made with Maker's Mark which I
generally loathe. We did have a dessert called Chocolate Confusion
that was pretty fantastic. It was some sort of brownie/bread pudding
kind of thing with ice cream and fudge that was insane. That didn't
last very long. We knocked that sucker out.
I really need to get back there
and try some more of their food. I've heard they have fantastic
fried chicken and I'd really like to try the kangaroo there too.
When we left I kept thinking that I wished this place was in Bay
Ridge...I'd eat here once a week. This was the kind of restaurant
that I'd be thrilled to become a regular and have the people there
know my name. I don't think you can really give a place a much
better compliment, can you?
*I do have to add this. I stupidly wasn't able to remember what Jenn had when we went but she did and had this to say "I had the veal with capers and lemons and it was excellent! I thoroughly enjoyed our dinner and would go back in a heartbeat, just say when." There you have it folks. She's ready to go back too.
Henry's End
44 Henry Street
Brooklyn, NY
718-834-1776
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