It’s a small spot tucked away on a side street in Fort Greene. A place with no name on the door and no way of knowing this is even a place for eating, save for the fact that the door was wide open and delicious aromas were escaping on to the street. A restaurant with more kitchen than places to sit and a BYOB policy. Even if you’re familiar with the neighborhood this place is easy to miss, but once you’ve eaten there you’ll never forget it.

They serve what could be described as French-Senegalese cuisine, a first for me. So I dove right in and tried one of the specials, braised lamb shank, which I have to say was quite mind blowing. The dish came with black rice and sweet plantains under a good sized, perfectly cooked, “meat-falling-off-the-bone” lamb shank. Then topped with a spicy salad/sauce concoction of mostly onions with jalapenos. Everything about this meal was amazing and I intend to revisit many times.

So after I finished my meal and start to contemplate dessert, I looked over the menu again and decided I knew exactly what they were doing wrong with it (as well as the logo). This is a perfect case of a restaurant making all the right decisions about the food they serve, but when it comes to representing themselves graphically they didn’t know how to communicate.

This is an honest place, you can tell that by the way the host greets you at the door and you can definitely tell by the food they serve. So why not continue that honesty by simply writing out their own menus and maybe a quick signature/logo from the owner. This alone would continue that authentic feeling.