Spoon #18: Brasserie 360

Now to continue with our French Food Double Whammy, Part Deux!

After visiting Madame Claude, Ms. Dish, Ms. Scoop, and I took a trip to Brasserie 360 on  60th and Third:

Disclaimer:  Above photograph taken by Runcible.  Please excuse the inferior quality when compared to what you have come to expect from the lens of Ms. Dish.

We traveled to Brasserie 360 on a hunch that this was the same restaurant Ms. Scoop would frequent when she lived in the area about 40 years ago.  Unfortunately, we discovered that this was not the place, but still we had a darn good meal. 


Here we have Spoon Number 18:  

An Oneida Baguette, just like Spoon Number 8!  With a record of TWO occurrences, this is officially our most popular spoon! 

Aside from the worn markings "ONEIDA 18/10 BAGUETTE", Number 18 also includes the mark "9-07" near the bowl.  Spoon Number 8 had the mark "5-10" at this location, which we speculated could be a date.  This "9-07" certainly seems to fit in with this theory.  Isn't it nice of Oneida to not only include the name of the spoon on the back, but also the date of manufacture?  That's how you run a world-class flatware company! 

Spoon #17: Madame Claude Cafe

Would you believe it has been a whole month since our last swap?  To make up for it Ms. Dish and I went on a spoon-bender, featuring a french food double-whammy!  

Also joining us was Ms. Dish's mother, Ms. Scoop!  Our first stop was the Madame Claude Cafe in Jersey City, NJ:

Disclaimer:  Above photograph taken by Runcible.  Please excuse the inferior quality when compared to what you have come to expect from the lens of Ms. Dish.

Madame Claude's is a real cozy joint featuring some excellent French cuisine.  In true Jersey City form it is B.Y.O.B.!  Spoon number 17 came along with some of the best French Onion Soup of all time:

Number 17 is marked "ADCRAFT MONTE CARLO S/S 8".  This is our first Adcraft spoon!  A little research tells us that "Adcraft" is short for Admiral Craft, "Serving the Food Service Industry Since 1952!".  Originally the company focused on "smallwares" (restaurant supply talk for utensils, pots, pans, et cetera), but now their range includes all sorts of commercial counter top equipment, such as meat grinders, mini pizza ovens, and hot dog rollers! 

Here is Spoon 17 in an Adcraft publicity shot:

Swapping Number 17 was relatively easy as none of the flatware at Madame Claude's seemed to match.  Perhaps this is a local hangout for all manner of spoon-, fork-, and knife-swappers, but it seems the kind of thing only a tiny French bistro can pull off. 

More to come on our French food double-whammy soon!