Bergen Hill opened Friday at 387 Court Street in Carroll Gardens. It serves raw seafood in the form of crudos, carpaccios and tartares, alongside small plates of veggies and grains, according to a press release. Owners are Ravi DeRossi, who also owns Death & Co. and Proletariat in the East Village, and Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler. Top Chef and Le Cirque alum Andrew D’Ambrosi heads up the kitchen. Blue banquettes and blue-and-white-tile-topped tables were chosen for their Mediterranean seaside vibe. “Bergen Hill” refers to an early 19th-century name for a neighborhood centered at 1st Place and Court Streets where the restaurant is located. The restaurant replaces The Bourgeois Pig, a fondue and wine bar, also owned by DeRossi, which closed in January for renovations and never re-opened.

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  1. Raw fish? Of any quality or any sort?
    Naw. I worked in several very fine fish restaurants and saw firsthand the sorts of parasites that happily live in fish. You could not get me to eat raw fish for anything less than pots of money.
    Fine sashimi fish is not immune to these little critters. You just think because it’s expensive and beautifully cut that it’s magically free from parasites and toxins.
    Good luck with that.
    One additional bit of information: Acids such as lime and lemon juice do not cook fish or shellfish. The acids cause the protein in the flesh to coagulate, but this in no way cooks the food, or prevents the parasites from entering your system. This is one of many reasons why Cholera epidemics have spread so fast in countries where fish tartar and ceviche are popular; there is the silly but widespread belief that the acids sterilize the meat.
    Cooking is by definition the application of heat. If the internal temperature of the meat is above 140 degrees, the food is on its way becoming sterile. Fashionably undercooked meats carry hazards. Inspections significantly reduce the danger, but…
    Worldwide, Cholera will infect some 3–5 million people this year, and kill more than 100,000. But don’t worry, cholera is very rare in the US of A. Most rare but still occasionally present fish born parasites just cause discomfort, like the worms that lodge in the skin in your throat…
    Yum.
    Greg Hubbard

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