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Ellie Plass

Ellie Plass

Ellie Plass is a food reporter for Bklyner. You can contact her, or send her tips at ellen@bklyner.com.
Jan
22
78 Brooklyn Restaurants Participate In Next Week’s NYC Restaurant Week To-Go

78 Brooklyn Restaurants Participate In Next Week’s NYC Restaurant Week To-Go

Pasta Louise’s outdoor setup. Courtesy of @pastalouise on Instagram.Like many things this year, New York City’s restaurant
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Jan
20
Openings and Closings: Branzino, Birria, and Burgers

Openings and Closings: Branzino, Birria, and Burgers

Saigon Spice’s new location on Church Avenue. Photo from @saigon_spice on Instagram.We say goodbye to a few
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Jan
19
Henry Goldberger, Park Slope Restaurateur, Dead at 95

Henry Goldberger, Park Slope Restaurateur, Dead at 95

Henry and his family outside of Snooky’s. Courtesy of the Goldberger family. Henry Joseph Goldberger, the restaurateur behind the
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Jan
11
New Grants For Restaurants Will Reimburse Expenses

New Grants For Restaurants Will Reimburse Expenses

A masked worker at Hole in the Wall. Photo from @holeinthewall on Instagram. Applications opened on Monday, January 11, for
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Jan
07
Openings and Closings: Cheese, Chicken, and Charro Beans

Openings and Closings: Cheese, Chicken, and Charro Beans

Welcome to a new year of openings and closings. We’ve got lots of exciting new options to start the
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Dec
30
The Year of Openings and Closings

The Year of Openings and Closings

Openings and Closings in Brooklyn are normally fun to compile. Not this year. This year almost every list was fraught
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Dec
30
Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo

Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo

Thomas Verdillo, the owner and founder of Tommaso Restaurant [https://tommasoinbrooklyn.com/] in  Bensonhurst, passed away on Sunday, December 27th,
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Dec
28
Baikal Mechanical Answers Hospitals’ Call: “Everything we do, it’s 100% built in Brooklyn”

Baikal Mechanical Answers Hospitals’ Call: “Everything we do, it’s 100% built in Brooklyn”

Baikal Mechanical in Brooklyn, owned by three brothers Rafic, Ruslan, and Rustam Galyanurov, has been in business since 2015. The
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Dec
22
Openings and Closings: Sabaya, Salami, and Soufflé

Openings and Closings: Sabaya, Salami, and Soufflé

Welcome back to yet another installment of Openings and Closings. This week we welcome a few new Greenpoint spots, a
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Dec
16
Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUp! Contest Awards Over $40,000 To Local Businesses

Brooklyn Public Library’s PowerUp! Contest Awards Over $40,000 To Local Businesses

Last night, the Brooklyn Public Library’s 17th annual PowerUp! [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/business/powerup] competition culminated in a
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