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New Bushwick Joint Offers Gloves to Tackle Sloppy, Juicy Burgers

The Classic Burger at The Butcher’s Son. Photo by Rosanna La Carrubba.BUSHWICK — Don Karakas couldn’t imagine he’d be opening a burger and milkshake joint in Bushwick, when he jumped off a cargo ship in 1987 and landed his first job in the states at a gas

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Stocked Burger Is Opening in Prospect Heights

Renovations on the way of the new Stocked Burger. (Photo credit: Matthew Fulton)CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After an electrical fire in 2016 shuttered their Vanderbilt Avenue business for 14 months, owners of Stocked Cafe, Matthew Fulton and Lesley Covitz were filled with emotion over the overwhelming support from their

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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.

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Mullane’s Delivers In The Clutch

Avid sportsball fans. (Courtesy Instagram/MullanesBK)Sports are prone to cliché, so it’s fitting that sports bars are, too. Older pitchers invariably have guile, draft picks always have tremendous upside potential, and sports bars are a place to go for beer, wings, and burgers. Mullane’s Bar and Grill

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Sign Up For A&E’s Wahlburgers Eating Competition & Become A Reality TV Star

Have you ever dreamed of being a reality TV star? Or maybe you’re just bummed you didn’t qualify for the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest at Nathan’s Famous? Now’s your chance to check two items off your buck list! The Coney Island Wahlburgers — which

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BurgerFi Bringing Craft Beer & Gourmet Patties To 86th Street

Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThere’s a fancy new burger joint coming to Dyker Heights this summer. Signs for the Florida-based gourmet burger chain BurgerFi have cropped up at 719 86th Street, at the former location of pizza restaurant Bella Luna. Something between a Bareburger and a Shake Shack,

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Owner Replaces Mezini For A Second Time With Newly Opened La Royale Beer Burger House

La Royale Beer Burger House opened this week in the old Mezini space. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)The long shuttered on-again, off-again restaurant at 492 5th Avenue (between 11th and 12th Streets) now has a new name, a new menu, and newly opened doors. La Royale Beer Burger House

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After Three Year Delay, Checkers Opens In Coney Island

Checkers opened for Business Tuesday. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)After three years of waiting, and several false alarms about opening day being just around the corner, the Coney Island Checkers finally made its debut Tuesday on Surf Avenue. The Florida-based burger chain — known for its Baconzilla and Big Buford

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Get It While It’s Hot! Mill Basin’s Award-Nominated Burger Truck Is Moving On

The burger at the Hard Times Sundaes food truck. (Photo: Hard times sundaes / Facebook)Southern Brooklynites, if you love a gut-busting, drool-inducing burger, it’s time to make a pilgrimage to Mill Basin. The neighborhood’s highly-praised Hard Times Sundaes food truck will be wheeling out to a new location

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Brooklyn Burgers & Beer Is Now Open

Don’t mind the scaffolding, Brooklyn Burgers & Beer, which has taken over the space of A.O.C. Bistro at 259 5th Avenue at the corner of Garfield Place, is open. The new burger joint opened for dinner last Wednesday and according to their Facebook page, they plan to

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New Restaurant & Bar, Propellerhead, To Open In Visions’ Space On Coney Island Avenue This Summer

We have exciting news, neighbors! Visions Restaurant & Bar (752 Coney Island Avenue) has been sold, and a new café/restaurant/bar, named Propellerhead, will be making its debut this summer after the space undergoes renovations. The new eatery will be a family-friendly café/restaurant during the day and transform

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Max’s Chicken & Seafood Opens At 967 Coney Island Avenue

Max Raja, the owner of Max’s Chicken & Seafood at 967 Coney Island Avenue.Thanks to neighbor Brent Cox, we found out that Max’s Chicken & Seafood opened this past Friday at 967 Coney Island Avenue, by Newkirk Avenue, in the space that previously was Famous Pita. Last

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Coney Island To Get Taste Of Wahlburgers–And Reality TV!

Source: Wahlburgers/ FacebookJust what we need around here – another gourmet burger joint. Wahlburgers, the franchise owned by actor brothers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their chef brother Paul, will be opening several locations all over the city – including one in Coney Island, Page Six reports: John Cestare, from Big

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Five Guys Burgers And Fries Coming To Ceasar’s Bay!

A Five Guys Burger and Fries will be Bensonhurst’s newest neighbor. The popular food chain in under construction and is set to open at the Ceasar’s Bay Shopping Plaza. Standing at 1608 Shore Parkway, adjacent to the new Vitamin Shoppe, the venue will boast burgers, hot dogs, and

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Burger Village To Replace Cheeburger Cheeburger On 7th Avenue

We’re going from burgers to burgers on the corner of 7th Avenue and 3rd Street. Signage for Burger Village has gone up on the space at 222 7th Ave, which has been under construction pretty much since the day Cheeburger Cheeburger abruptly closed at the end of July. This

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My House, New Burger Joint, Opens On Sheepshead Bay Road

A new burger joint named My House is now serving up hot ground beef patties at 1650 Sheepshead Bay Road. Signage for the store went up last week, and they opened the doors to the public this week. The owner, a partner in Yooberry Frozen Yogurt at 1501 Sheepshead Bay

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Checkers Opens On 3rd Avenue And 15th Street

Have you been down to 3rd Avenue lately? Looks like Checkers (552 3rd Avenue, between 14th and 15th Street) is officially here. The sign out front says that the fast food joint is open seven days a week, from 10am to 3am, and the online menu appears to show just

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Checkers Burger Chain Coming to 3rd Avenue

3rd Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets is set to become our neighborhood’s chain restaurant mecca. Recently joining Subway and Dunkin Donuts is signage for a Checkers franchise. The fast food burger chain, based out of Tampa Florida, has more than 800 restaurants operating across the country, several of

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Five Guys on Flatbush Ave For Rent

The Five Guys Burgers and Fries location on Flatbush Ave near 7th is up for rent, as Here’s Park Slope first reported yesterday. They’re still open for now, but the signs are definitely in the windows of the year-old restaurant. If you’re looking to rent, contact 212-265-2280

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Root Hill Burger To Open Late Next Week (They Hope)

Root Hill, the once cozy, now sleek cafe on 4th Avenue at Carroll is expanding into new turf. According to signs in the window two doors over — there’s Bumblebee Daycare in between — Root Hill Burger is set to open “very soon.” Initially, they were scheduled for a September 14th

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Ox Cart Listed as One of Best Off-The-Radar Burgers

Lots of neighbors enjoy the burgers at Ox Cart, and we’ve read of people coming in from other places to check them out as well, but now Zagat agrees they’re worth the trip: Ox Cart Tavern would like to thank Abe Kirshenblat for sharing the article he spotted

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Burger King On Knapp Street Closed For Good!

Photo by Robert FernandezOh. My. Goodness. Isn’t this America? We thought this was America. We believe it is, and, yet, in less than six months two fast food chains – McDonald’s and Burger King – have shuttered in Sheepshead Bay. It must be a tough economy… We noticed it yesterday,

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Top Brgr Now Open On Emmons Avenue

Top Brgr, the new burger joint we told you back in March was coming to 2267 Emmons Avenue, officially began welcoming customers and serving up delicious dead cows this past Friday. With dozens of tables arranged outdoors, balloons lining the block, and an interior that was packed with prospective clientele