Wow. Now THAT’S a menu I can sink my teeth into. And those prices! lamb chops (TWO!) with polenta fries for $11! Five (FIVE!) oysters rockefeller for $10! Am I dreaming?

I think I like this menu better!

I hope they have a good beer list!

I am really liking this menu and it does remind me of Visions.

My husband and I really miss Visions. I wish Visions would come back replace Purple Yam. CIA was not a good location for such a great place-it had major potential.

Agreed A-train. And I hate the buzzwords that get associated with food.

To my ear, “natural” just means consistent with the laws of physics. All food is natural in this sense.

And about a month ago I saw an ice cream container that said “Contains real ingredients”. Well, I should hope so, otherwise its pure fiction!

Then there’s “organic”. Something is organic if it is carbon-based, which all food is.

Yes, I know, we can use these words to mean anything we want them to, but that’s not to say that we should!

i’m a little surprised by the fact that people didn’t go to visions because it was on CIA. it was on CIA AT CORTELYOU for heaven’s sake. you’re literally just crossing the street from voxpop…is it really an unwillingness to walk an extra block, the fact that it’s not in immediate eyesight when you’re walking on cortelyou, or are people really that disturbed by CIA’s appearance? none of those really make sense to me, but i’d like to know.

I went to Visions once in a while. It wasn’t bad at all. It was an asset to the community and I’m sorry to they’re gone.

Did I miss a post about when this place will open?

So sad that Pomme is gone, this seems like a rather weak substitute and not very appealing at all.

visions was a weird bar before they made into the restaurant. however, they didn’t bother to change the name or the sign or anything to make it look different (at least from the outside) than it did as a bar. if they had changed the name and promoted themselves as a completely new operation i think they may have had more success. to most people it looked exactly the same and they probably didn’t realize that it was a new restaurant.

Not that it matters anymore, but to be fair VISIONS was fairly active both in posting on this blog and in coming up with deals, promotions and events. They used to have jazz nights, they had a brunch menu for weekends and had happy hour specials. They also used to run a fix prix thing with 3 courses for 25 bucks or free wine or some such. I think they even did trivia nights. So, they weren’t very successful, but they did try. Not sure I ever remember getting a menu delivered from the Farm.

Maybe a “cuter” name would have brought more people in, but if the outside detered you from giving it a try, I don’t know what to say.

Visions closed about 6 months ago, sadly (as it was pretty much our favorite place for dinner in the neighborhood). The food was very good and unlike the more popular places, we never had to wait for a table. I guess places like the Farm and Purple Yam have a larger customer base since they promote themselves to people outside the neighborhood.

So far I can’t feel enthusiastic about the new Junction 538 (even the name doesn’t seem as catchy to me?) Their menu seems very small and just not an adequate replacement for Pomme de Terre. I miss the brunch at PdT — that was a real treat. Last year I treated my mom to their Mother’s Day pre fixe special and (although it was certainly more expensive than the regular brunch) every bite was absolutely delicious from start to finish. A very memorable meal. My mom was disappointed that I couldn’t take her back there this year!

The menu looks passable, but “Junction 583″? I’m glad they didn’t feel compelled to choose a name that would stick with people and be easily recalled. I wonder if they considered going with the location’s latitude and longitude coordinates.

If you eat sushi at Met food it will knock you out for sure.

To “stale sushi” that is why I said “fresh”.
I would never eat Sushi other than from a sushi restaurant. You would have to be crazy to eat it from a Supermarket.

It’s Coney Island Avenue!

hmmmm, i can actually afford this food… ben, can u get us a drink list? holla.

This look great and definitely less expensive than Pomme de Terre, but why would you waste duck confit in a pot pie?