Central Brooklyn
Roscas de ReyesRosca de Los Reyes is a sweet bread which is a special food for Three Kings Day, known as “Día de los Reyes” in Spanish, and celebrated on January 6. The holiday is sometimes referred to as the Twelfth Night because it falls twelve days after Christmas, but
Food & Drink
Gio (with plates) holding court at at Luigi’s Pizza. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)5th Avenue. Between 20th and 21st Streets. Iconic pizza. Divine pastries. And three doors down from each other. “You’re gonna need seven, eight, nine operations to fix that skin, you’re gonna have fat
Business
Miguel, Sara, and Armando Lopez are three of nine siblings who opened Don Paco Lopez Panaderia 25 years ago. (Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice)Pretty much everyone who has spent regular time in Sunset Park has heard of and/or been to Don Paco López Panaderia [http://www.
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Mi PueblitaThere has been a blossoming [/blog/food/kensington-welcomes-la-loba-cantina/] of Mexican restaurants and food shopping options in our area over the last few years. And those options have just gotten a little sweeter. Mexican bakery, Mi Pueblita [https://www.facebook.com/Mi-Pueblita-Bakery-784807368259823/], a new addition [/blog/food/mi-puebla-bakery-opens-on-coney-island-avenue/] to
bakeries
Photo via tasteofhome [https://www.instagram.com/p/-KDaruqu1c/?tagged=thanksgivingpie]Thanksgiving is all about its savory eats, but what would that holiday meal be without a table full of delicious pies? If you’re running short on time, or got skipped over when the baking genes were handed out,
1972 86th st
Baku Bakery’s new storefront at 1903 Avenue U. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)More than two months after closing the 86th Street storefront [/after-21-years-of-business-baku-bakery-closes-doors-for-good/] where it operated for 21 years, renowned cake and pastry maker Baku Bakery will reopen at a new location on Avenue U within the next
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Corner Media’s managing editor Mary Bakija poses with the burger, photo by Bensonhurst BeanFood Stuffs: [/tag/food-stuffs/] Let’s be honest. We’ve all eyeballed Villabate Alba [http://villabate.com/]‘s second most distinctive dessert (the first, of course, being their famous orange- and cherry-garnished cannoli [/villabate-cannoli-eating-contest-slated-18th-avenues-columbus-day-festival/#.VcthwCxViko] ) with
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Looking to satisfy that craving for sweets? There will be more than a few options with The BITE 2015: Sheepshead [http://taste.sheepsheadbites.com/the-event/] coming up on Thursday, May 28, where more than 20 restaurants, cafes, bakeries, and markets will be serving up 50-plus dishes that showcase the wide
86 5th Avenue
Fifth Avenue is about to get another new bakery and cafe. The little storefront at 86 5th Avenue, between St Marks and Warren, will soon be getting a bakery called Delicias Urbanas, according to a banner posted outside. Tipster J pointed us to this quick change — car service company Arecibo
bakeries
Thanksgiving is all about its savory eats, but what would that holiday meal be without a table full of delicious pies? If you’re running short on time, or got skipped over when the baking genes were handed out, our neighborhood bakeries are ready to round out this year’s
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Trying to decide between sweets while waiting for our favorite local tacos [/blog/food/taste-test-who-makes-the-best-neighborhood-taco] at Girasol Bakery [http://www.yelp.com/biz/girasol-bakery-brooklyn]. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope
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Sad news for sweet tooths: Cupcake haven Butter Lane [http://butterlane.com/], located at 240 7th Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets, will be closing at the end of August. The shop, which opened in 2011 and has another location in the East Village, will close at the end of
bakeries
Easter Sunday is just around the corner, and John’s Bakery [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Johns-Bakery-Bagels/306531762728786] (1322 Cortelyou Road on the corner of Rugby Road) has all sorts of fun decorations up and yummy looking pastries in the window. Besides the standard cupcakes and chick-shaped cookies, the bakery
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One of the varieties of Russian black bread. (Photo by Bacon And Tofu / Flickr) THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Many things can be said about the Russian community of Brighton Beach and Sheepshead Bay, but you can’t take away their authenticity. If you don’t get hit by a stroller
1111 Church Avenue
This coming Monday, January 13 will be opening day for Nine Chains [/blog/business/sneak-peek-nine-chains] (1111 Church Avenue between Stratford and Westminster Roads), the long awaited bakery [/blog/business/the-farm-expands-with-storefront-on-church-avenue] from The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com/]‘s Tom Kearney and Matt Amberg. The bakery will be serving a
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And there goes another empty storefront! For anyone who’s noticed activity at 1111 Church Avenue (between Stratford and Westminster) lately, The Farm on Adderley [http://thefarmonadderley.com] crew has confirmed they plan to turn the space into a bakery/sandwich shop in the near future. The restaurant has used