Showing posts with label Provence en boite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Provence en boite. Show all posts

Friday, October 14, 2011

Smith Street Soup Festival, October 2010
Smith Street Soup Festival, October 2010
Smith Street Soup Festival, October 2010
Scenes from the 2010 Smith Street Soup Festival
IMG_3886
Last year's Smith Street Soup Crawl was such a success that the event is obviously becoming an annual event. The date for the second crawl has just been scheduled for October 22th, so mark your calendar.The same great restaurants will be taking part in the event and will be serving their own special soups on that day.
From the organizer, Bette Stoltz of South Brooklyn Local Development Corporations (SBLDC):
"The Foodies of New York came by the thousands last year and they loved it. Who does not love a delicious soup? Soup is everyones' secret pleasure, but all to often it just doesn't get the respect and attention it deserves on the menu and in the reviews. So Smith's Street's Restaurant Row set out to do something about it and is once again dedicating an autumn afternoon to an homage to everything from minestrone to avgolemono, from lobster bisque to mulligatawney, from mondongo to pumpkin, from matzoh ball to gumbo, from Lunetta to Seersucker, from Provence en Boite to Chestnut , Raga, Bombay Dream , Sue Perette, and on and on.
This is also Smith Street's day of support for the wonderful high school culinary arts program they helped to found in the local public High School For International Studies. Students from the school will be selling tickets for 4 oz. "tastings" on the corners of Smith & President, Smith & Butler, and Smith & Bergen Streets starting at 1PM -- 5 tastings for $5.00, 12 tastings for $10.00, and for families with children -- 25 tastings for $20.00. Tasters walk from crock to crock along 14 blocks of Smith Street. The proceeds will be shared with the school to buy food for the cooking program which does not otherwise have enough of a budget to keep supplied all year.
In case of rain on Saturday the raindate is the next day (10/23) same times."
See you there?

Friday, July 2, 2010

Smith Street Bastille Day 2009, Brooklyn

Smith Street Bastille Day 2009, Brooklyn

Smith Street Bastille Day 2009, Brooklyn



Though the holiday marking the beginning of the French Revolution is celebrated on July 14th in France, Smith Street's 8th Annual Bastille Day Pétanque Tournament is scheduled for Sunday, July 18th. Good thing! That means that we all get to take part.

With 80 teams from around the world competing on Smith Street between Bergen and Pacific Street, it is the largest pétanque tournament in North America.

So come out and celebrate, watch the players, drink a pastis, eat great food and listen to live music.



Smith Street Bastille Day Pétanque Tournament 2010

Sunday, July 18th

Smith Street between Bergen and Pacific

Starts at 11 Am until 10 PM


To register for the Pétanque competition,contact Provence En Boite
at: info at provenceenboite dot com
For additional information, check out Bar Tabac' s web site.

Check out photos from the 2009 tournament here





ShareThis

Friday, January 29, 2010

n261400739178_2463


IMG_1429



Are you ready to find love on Smith Street this Valentines Day? If yes, this is THE event for you.
Provence en Boite, the French bistro at 263 Smith Street, is hosting a 'Valentine Night in Brooklyn' event, presented by Ricard and Speed Dating Connections.
Fun, no?


FIND YOUR SOUL MATE

SPEED DATING

at Provence en Boite
February 10th 2010
7pm to 9.30pm

Single people only from 23 to 38 years old!!!!

Entrance fee $20.

Be the first to register to be sure to get a seat and meet a date, a boyfriend or the love of your life!!!!


To make your reservation on line, click here.







For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking

Sunday, September 13, 2009





"Provence En Boite," the cute French bistro at 263 Smith Street, was doing a brisk business on Sunday. Nothing very unusual, except...
last week, the establishment was closed by the Department Of Consumer Affairs for "operating illegally." That seemed like an ominous infraction. However, it turns out that "Provence En Boite" had added two extra tables to its outdoor seating area, which violated its 'unenclosed sidewalk café license.' Outside seating is under the jurisdiction of Consumer Affairs. On their website, I found the following paragraph:

The new law also strengthens DCA's enforcement authority allowing the City, for the first time, to close restaurants that repeatedly break the unenclosed sidewalk café rules. Operators of unlicensed sidewalk cafes who violate the law two times may have their restaurants padlocked for up to thirty days after the second violation. Licensed operators who encroach illegally on the sidewalks may have their restaurants padlocked for up to thirty days after the third violation.

Hey, I am all for following rules and honestly, I am not crazy about the proliferation of tables and chairs hogging up the sidewalks on Smith, but closing the entire business because of two extra tables seems a bit extreme to me.

Provence En Boite was allowed to reopen over the week-end.



For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking

Tuesday, September 8, 2009







Provence en Boite, the charming French Bistro at 263 Smith Street was closed by the Department Of Consumer Affairs, as indicated by two big stickers right in the front window.  Judging by the agency which closed the restaurant, it is most probably because of unpaid fees for their sidewalk seating area, which is under the jurisdiction of the NYC Department of Consumer Affairs.


The new law also strengthens DCA's enforcement authority allowing the City, for the first time, to close restaurants that repeatedly break the unenclosed sidewalk café rules. Operators of unlicensed sidewalk cafes who violate the law two times may have their restaurants padlocked for up to thirty days after the second violation. Licensed operators who encroach illegally on the sidewalks may have their restaurants padlocked for up to thirty days after the third violation.


I seem to remember that the restaurant went in front of CB6 just in the last three months to re-apply for their license.  Maybe they never followed through to pay the fee for the new license.  Just a thought. 

Does anyone know more?

Thanks to reader Stephen for emailing me with the info.



For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Asking