The third outpost in Craig Samuel’s restaurant mini-empire, which includes The Smoke Joint and Lil Pig in Fort Greene, Peaches perfectly expresses the comfortable yet elegant vibe of its Stuyvesant Heights location. The food is delicious and the staff is attentive, low-key and friendly. It’s a place you can take your mom or grandma and not worry that either of you will embarrass the other.
Peaches evokes urban farmhouse style.
We really enjoyed our meal. Watermelon with pickled ginger and arugula was just about the ideal summer salad. My son had the barbecued shrimp with pineapple coconut rice, also delicious. For entrées we had a hamburger, baby back ribs, barbecued French fries (addictive!) and red beans and rice with a side of sautéed kale. I would say the menu has something of a New Orleans/Carolinas influence, but what do I know? I’m from Connecticut.
Since we were there to celebrate our anniversary/our son’s birthday (which occur on the same date) I brought along a bottle of sparkling wine. (Peaches doesn’t have a liquor license yet). Right around the time we got our entrees, my recollection gets a little blurry. I do know that we decided not to have dessert. According to the web site, the menu changes daily, but lists sample dishes, including six desserts, all fully in the “New American” camp (pecan pie, ice cream sandwiches, fruit cobbler).
Delicious ginger watermelon salad.
I also remember that it was a Thursday night and the place was packed, inside and out. The take-out window was humming with activity the whole time. I think it’s fair to call Peaches a success. Occupying the former Akwaaba Café and Petit Basaam space, a prime spot on the corner of Macdonough and Lewis, it’s on the same block as Bread Stuy and Brownstone Books and just blocks from the newly renovated Macon Library. Now if only a little of that gentrification would spread a bit further north!
Peaches
393 Lewis Ave (corner of Macdonough)
718 942-4162
Open Weds-Sat 5-10 pm
Lunch and brunch are supposed to “arrive in August” according to the site
BYOB/No reservations
http://www.peachesbrooklyn.com
This place is great! The people are nice and the food id edible for a change:) We haven’t had good food there since the exit of the original Akwabba cafe, so thank God for the change. Malcolm X will be he next change. slowly but, it will happen. Support Peaches!!!!
Love Peaches, but I wish you’d asked permission to take my picture.
It’s nice to see something new but, it does take a while to get your take out order…a little longer than normal. I heard there is another cafe/organic market coming soon on the corner of Stuyvesant & Macon.
Cool! New Orleans food! Well I suppose I’ll have to be the judge of that. I’m from Louisiana so I have a little bit of authority on the subject but really any place that has grits, red beans and rice, and pecan pie is ok in my moleskin.
Cool..will drop in for a visit. Does anyone know why the petit basaam went down?
@md – sorry, but, are you sure that’s you? That image is pretty heavily photoshopped due to the low light.