Elbow Room Brooklyn

I tried the Vegan Queso Fundido on a whim, and I must say, it was pretty amazing! I had small bites of the Old School Mac and the Mushroom Mac as well (both of which were very good), but I’d highly recommend trying the vegan mac if you want something a little different!
Morgan’s BBQ can get very loud and busy at its peak hours, but it’s definitely worth the wait for Elbow Room’s mac and cheese. Couple it with a beer and some salad and you have yourself a great meal!

Amazing food. Came here for the first time recently. Ordered old school Mac and pulled pork sandwich. I can’t get over how flavorful and satisfying the meal was. I’ll be back soon!

Great ribs and mac and cheese with spinach and mushrooms was fab! Pricier than I thought it would be!

The bright spot in a mediocre meal at Morgan’s.
I had the Chicken tinga mac and cheese. The flavors and textures worked very well together. It was a small container though. Decent, but not anything to go out of your way for.

I’ve been a fan of this place for a year and have had it several times. However, apparently you can’t simply order from the to go window anymore and must order inside. What really got me was the price hike. I used to pay $ 7 for a bowl of Mac and now it went to $ 11? It’s good Mac but not $ 11.98 w/​tax good.

Mushroom Mac & cheese– amazing! This made our meal when dining at Morgans BBQ, that this is a part of. The flavours really work. I would order just a pot of Mac & cheese to go!

My friend and I tried this place out after walking by many times. The basic mac n’ cheese was nothing special, and we both got food poisoning. Also, it’s awkward because you can’t order at their counter and then go sit down… the overlapping Morgan’s /​Elbow Room seating situation needs a rethink.

I love the idea of the joint mac and cheese/​BBQ restaurants, but they still need to work out some kinks. Both restaurants tried to serve us and take our orders, which got a little awkward.
I was already a fan of Elbow Room in Newark, so the food wasn’t a big shock for me. The Vegan Queso, as always, was brilliant. Try it!

Terrible service here on Memorial Day during dinner time. First we were told that they were sold out of a lot of things, which is fine. We were told that the Elbow room food was available so we sat down. A waitress came over to take our order and halfway in the middle someone else came over and told us that we had to leave now and the kitchen was closed. There was no apology and no attempt to make us happy.

We really like this place. The people that work here are very friendly. The ingredients are high quality. Some of the combos are better than others, but it’s a tough scale since some are just so good.
Jfyi — they will sell you Morgan’s tacos at the Mac and Cheese window.

Different location, but still some great Mac & Cheese.
This location is just a booth with very limited seating outside. Probably because it is getting cold out. It’s just a few blocks away from the Barclays Center.
I love eating Mac & Cheese!!!
My favorite Mac & Cheese to order from Elbow Room is the Mushroom Mac– Crimini mushroom, spinach, Vermont Gruyère, and Crispy shallots. I think this is the best Mac & Cheese that Elbow Room has. Everything in it goes well in the Mushroom Mac. Good amount of spinach and mushroom, but it doesn’t overpower the mac. Just the right amount of cheese. Crispy shallots on top really makes the mushroom Mac really good. Let’s just say I downed that pretty quickly.
Elbow Room only serves in one size now. I think they retain the medium size cup.
Elbow Room has added some new Mac & Cheese to the menu. They added the Meatball Mac and a Jamaican Jerk Mac. Their Mac of the day was a vegan Mac. Maybe I’ll try them one day.

Be aware that they don’t have anywhere close to the full menu that is posted online at this location. Once again, this place has thoroughly annoyed me.

I tried to give this chance. Save your time and go to S’Mac. When you go to S’Mac, get the nosh size with bread crumbs and bacon. You’ll be in heaven.

I’ve wanted to try this place forever but am never in Newark or the Barclays Center, so I was very excited to see that there is now a new walk-​up counter location right next to Morgan’s Barbecue in Prospect Heights.
I was going for some barbecue at Morgan’s, so when I spotted this, it helped me easily make my decision on a side for the delicious food there: the mac & cheese from here.
They have a choice of 8 different types of Mac & Cheese, ranging from the simple, classic kind, to the insanely overwhelming (e.g. Poutine Mac, which consists of short rib gravy, yukon french fries and cheese curds).
I went somewhere toward the latter category and tried the Cheeseburger Mac, which, just like it sounds, consists of the ingredients for a cheeseburger mixed in with mac & cheese: grass-​fed beef, dill pickles and American cheese. This is a really delicious combo. There is a bunch of unnecessary and healthy lettuce on top, to continue with the cheeseburger conceit, so once you get rid of that, the real fun begins — there is a ton of great ground beef under the thick top layer of American cheese. It’s piping hot and cheesy and delicious.
They have one size only for $ 7, which is a pretty massive tub of mac & cheese. It’s very overwhelming as a side, but is probably satisfying enough for a small meal. Still, the location of the counter is perfect, and it has shared seating with the benches outside of Morgan’s right next door. This is a great combo, and it makes me wonder if anybody every actually gets the mac & cheese from Morgan’s since the specialty flavors here are so much more interesting.
Given that I thoroughly enjoyed the excellent barbecue next door (
), I would definitely return and get a way too large side of another one of the great varieties of mac & cheese here to complement/​overwhelm my meal.