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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
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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