old school italian... and a peanut

Paul & Deb (along with merry friends) treated me to a well kept secret: Monte's on Carroll Street in Brooklyn. All the standards and then some, no bullshit waiters and carafes of good vino. TRUST ME when I say, order the cheesecake!!!



And for no other reason than I am a simpering, unapologetic cat admirer, my friend Rupert's new kitten, Peanut.