Restaurant Intel: Chez Ma Tante and Pretty Southern

We told you that Jimmy’s Diner had closed in Greenpoint. Sometime this Spring the space will host a new restaurant called Chez Ma Tante — which means At My Aunt’s:

Chef Aidan O’Neal has plans to turn the space into a new restaurant serving French and British food sometime in early spring…

O’Neal worked as head chef with fellow Canadians at the M. Wells restaurants, and late last year, he left a job at celebrated Cafe Altro Paradiso, where he’d been chef de cuisine since the restaurant opened in early 2016…

“It’s taking a reference point from humble French and English food and trying to elevate it a little bit.”

O’Neal, who is from Vancouver, tells Gothamist that as a nod to Canada “there’ll be maple syrup everywhere.”

Also in Greenpoint, Pretty Southern opened recently in a small space at 14 Bedford Avenue. They serve gluten-free Southern comfort food prepared by chef Sam Talbot:

The fried chicken and biscuits are available with or without gluten, as are the mac and cheese, potpies, several sandwiches and some of the desserts. He makes his own gluten-free flour, and cooks his grits in coconut milk, to accommodate dairy-free diets. The dozen or so sides are based mostly on organic vegetables, and there are also rotisserie chickens.

Pretty Southern
4 Bedford Avenue (at Lorimer)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
718-349-2967