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Myrtle Street Eatery, Hudson Jane Adds a Little Beauty and Taste to Your Night

FORT GREENE/SPONSORED – Hudson Jane’s Myrtle Avenue storefront logo, a bottle of wine and some glasses sitting on a shelf with knives hanging below and their motto “Life’s too short to eat sh*tty food!” pretty much sum up the restaurant’s philosophy of cooking and hygge vibe.

Business

Olive Oil 101 at O Live Brooklyn

PARK SLOPE – On a recent evening on Fifth Avenue, I sat around a table noisily slurping a variety of amber colored liquids. The gurgling escaping our lips was an aeration technique, used by sommeliers and coffee tasters, to help us discern the delicate distinguishing notes of grass, green banana, and

Cobble Hill

An Evening On Atlantic Avenue: Yemen Café & Mocha Hookah

COBBLE HILL – Up until now, all the restaurants I’ve reviewed for BKLYNER have been places I didn’t know. They’d caught my eye, were newly opened, perhaps were recommended, whatever, so when I sat down in front of my plate of food, I was always in an unfamiliar

Events

Food, Cocktails And Rock & Roll: NYC’s Taste Of The Nation Event

GREENPOINT – Sex, drugs, and rock and roll: three words that have been going well together since at least the 1950s. However, this past Wednesday evening, at the Brooklyn Expo Center at 72 Noble Street in Greenpoint, it was more like food, cocktails, and rock and roll as the band X

Central Brooklyn

La Puerta Roja Opens On Cortelyou Road

DITMAS PARK – If you are curious about a tale of two restaurants, look no further than YellowBelly [https://www.yellowbellybk.com] whose opening date is anyone’s guess, and La Puerta Roja [https://www.facebook.com/LaPuertaRoja.Restaurant/] whose soft grand opening took place last Thursday evening, a short week

Bensonhurst

A Hearty Family Meal at Europa Pizzeria and Restaurant

Europa Pizzeria and Restaurant, 6421 20th Avenue (Photo: Dina Rabiner)You can tell Europa Pizzeria and Restaurant [http://www.europa-restaurant.com/home.aspx] , on the corner of 20th Avenue and 65th Street bordering Mapleton and Bensonhurst, is a family-friendly restaurant. This is apparent even from a passing car. The architecture

Food & Drink

Food For Thought – Support Bklyner So We Can Bring You More Food Reviews

A few months ago I was watching Ken Burns’s Vietnam documentary and when I got to episode 10 on PBS online, I was shut out, as the airtime for that film had expired by one day. I decided then and there to sign up for a THIRTEEN Passport membership

Food & Drink

Calling All Customers: 212 Burgers Opens In Brooklyn

Classic Burger at 212 Burgers (Photo by Dina Rabiner)When I was growing up in Manhattan in the 70s and early 80s, the area code 212 encompassed all five boroughs. I dialed it to reach my grandparents in the Bronx and continued to do so even after 1984 when 718

Food & Drink

The Wait Is Over: Camperdown Elm Opens Today In South Slope

Camperdown Elm, 441 Seventh Avenue at 15th St. (Photo by Carly Miller)South Slopers have been waiting for months during the extensive renovation of Thistle Hill Tavern [/thistle-hill-tavern-to-close-in-days-dale-talde-partners-continue-to-reshuffle-restaurants/] in preparation for the grand opening of Camperdown Elm, a new dinner restaurant named after a famous elm tree in Prospect Park.

Food & Drink

Friend Of A Farmer—Home-Cooking For Those Who Don’t, Or Can’t

Friend of a Farmer (Photo by Adam Rabiner)Before Whole Foods and organic food became mainstream, before “locavore” was anointed Oxford Word of the Year in 2007, before CSAs [Community Supported Agriculture] and starting my job as resident film reviewer for the Park Slope Food Coop’s Plow to Plate

Food & Drink

Nikkei: The ‘Latest Gastronomic Sensation’ Hits Park Slope

Hirame Usuzukuri at Kizuna Nikkei, 318 5th Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets (All photos by Dina Rabiner)The Nikkei is a stock market but the word also refers to the Japanese diaspora and a type of Peruvian cuisine which fuses ingredients, cooking styles, and cultural influences from both countries.

Food & Drink

The Best Of Mongolian Hot Pot At Sunset Park’s Little Lamb

Little Lamb Mongolian Hot Pot on 8th Avenue between 52nd & 53rd Streets. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)The Mongolian hot pot restaurant Little Lamb first caught my attention in the April 2014 ‘Table for Two’ column [http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/21/little-lamb] of the New Yorker. It was

Central Brooklyn

Where Everybody Knows Your Name: Italian Dining At Mamma Lucia’s

Step inside Mamma Lucia’s, 1701 Foster Avenue. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)There is a certain type of old-school Italian restaurant familiar to New Yorkers. It’s always small, cozy, intimate, and specializes in simple, unpretentious home cooking, just like mama used to make. Inside you’ll find a gallery

Central Brooklyn

Upside Craft Burgers Draws An Eclectic Kosher Crowd

Upside burger on 18th Avenue at East 4th Street. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Upside Craft Burgers, offering “fast-casual” quality kosher dining, opened only three weeks ago but judging by the crowd (fifty plus people on a recent Sunday evening), you’d think the joint was already an established neighborhood hangout.

Central Brooklyn

Far East Meets North & South Of The Border At Grill 7 Seoul

(Photo by Dina Rabiner)When the Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] was restored and re-opened in 2015, we predicted that it would boost local businesses and restaurants along that strip of Flatbush Avenue. And it’s already happening, with some new additions, too. Earlier this year, we reviewed the

fort greene

We Drank Our Way Through Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival To Imbibe Liquid Gold Of Local Brewers

Photo by Adam Rabiner / Park Slope StoopA beer festival, like an open bar, is inherently risky. You’ve laid out a decent sum in advance and now you have a window of opportunity and a seemingly limitless array of choices. The trick is to take maximum advantage while not ending

fort greene

The Mac Is Back: The Mac Shack’s Innovation Inspires

Things are not what they seem. (Courtesy Adam Rabiner)Clinton Hill’s Mac Shack [/?s=mac+shack] doesn’t really look like a shack, but this unassuming and cozy restaurant, at 901 Fulton Street between Clinton Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue, has found a faithful following and one of their owners

Central Brooklyn

Learning The Joys Of Indian Cooking At Mukti’s Kitchen

Learning to prepare food the Indian way in Mukti’s Kitchen.It’s not hard for those living in Ditmas Park and Kensington to satisfy their cravings for authentic South Asian food. Whether it’s at a fancier sit-down restaurant like Asya [http://asyany.com] on Cortelyou Road, Anarkali [http:

Central Brooklyn

Exploring The Tastes Of Guyana At Flatbush Avenue’s Island Express

Photo: Adam RabinerIsland Express, a Guyanese grill and bakery on Flatbush Avenue, is a very recent addition to our neighborhood. Located just off Regent Place, and across the street from the Kings Theatre, Island Express’s new home is the former location of the Golden Crust Caribbean Bakery. Although only

Central Brooklyn

Dining Out — Sampling Chicken Curry At Jamaican Eatery Exquisite Supreme

Exquisite Supreme (Photo: Dina Rabiner)Exquisite Supreme [http://www.yelp.com/biz/exquisite-supreme-east-flatbush] didn’t name itself after its décor which is modest. Located on Glenwood Road, off Flatbush Avenue, this Jamaican eatery hosts a food counter, an ATM machine, a large potted plant, and a few small tables that