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Windsor Coffee, 144 East 4th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On Saturday, a quiet, residential Windsor Terrace street got a lot brighter with the debut of Windsor Coffee, a new cafe on East 4th Street near Fort Hamilton Parkway. And despite the gloomy rain on opening day, more than
Central Brooklyn
1501 Foster Avenue at Marlborough Road. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After months of construction [/three-new-restaurants-opening-foster-avenue-victorian-flatbush-counter-progress/] , Sunset Bagels cafe and grill could open in two weeks at 1501 Foster Avenue and Marlborough Road. The cafe, which has two other locations [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetbagels/] in Sunset Park and Bay
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Brooklyn Herborium, 1301 Prospect Avenue at Greenwood Avenue, near the Prospect side of the Ft. Hamilton Pkway F train. (Photo by Carly Miller)For business owners Molly Watman and Emma Graves, skin, the body’s largest organ, is the real window to your soul. “We see your skin as exhibiting
Food & Drink
(Photo by Liliya Bomme/BKLYNER)A popular Brighton Beach gourmet market is expanding to Sheepshead Bay, with a European artisan bakery opening soon on Gravesend Neck Road at East 17th Street. Gourmanoff Bakery [http://gourmanoffbakery.com], opening at 1601 Gravesend Neck Road, already has a tantalizing Facebook page featuring classy
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(Photo via booksaremagic/instagram [https://www.instagram.com/booksaremagicbk/]) After losing the beloved, 35-year-old BookCourt in December [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] , Cobble Hill readers can now look forward to springtime. “Books Are Magic” a new bookstore by Brooklyn-based author Emma Straub [/emma-straub-modern-love-ditmas-park-ditmas-park/], announced its official lease signing on Instagram ye
Central Brooklyn
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 Ditmas Park Corner)Three new businesses are opening up on Foster Avenue, and while they’re all still at preliminary stages — empty interiors, drywall construction, plumbing, and menu planning — we scoped out some preliminary details to match. 1. Restaurant at 1715 Foster Avenue A new restaurant is set
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Photo via citypointbklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BI5WyPDgF_r/?taken-by=citypointbklyn&hl=en]Downtown Brooklyn will have a longer wait to get another Trader Joe’s, according to their website which was quietly adjusted from Summer 2016 opening to an undisclosed date in 2017 [http://www.traderjoes.com/
Central Brooklyn
Freshly baked muffins galore. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)On a steaming, rainy Wednesday afternoon, we ventured into Prospect Lefferts Gardens’s Blue Sky Bakery [http://www.blueskybakery.org], for warm muffins and conversation with Erik Goetze — a.k.a. The Muffin Man. Blue Sky Bakery opened its second location
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Photo via LaRina Pastificio & Vino [https://www.facebook.com/larinabrooklyn/photos/a.767691309997077.1073741825.767386246694250/835576199875254/?type=3&theater] Enjoy a range of Italian dishes in their backyard or take home fresh pasta. Or do both at LaRina Pastificio & Vino [https://www.facebook.com/larinabrooklyn/] (387 Myrtle
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Our neighborhood is lucky to have fantastic and independently-owned places to eat, drink, celebrate, and relax. As we wish a farewell to 2015, we also have an opportunity to look back on food and drink places that have joined us this year, and which ones said goodbye. So here’s
business opening
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerGet your hands on juices from Cold Press’d [/blog/food/cold-pressd-is-now-serving-up-freshly-squeezed-juices-at-921-cortelyou-road-by-coney-island-avenue] (921 Cortelyou Road, by Coney Island Avenue) soon, folks — the business will be closing this Friday, August 7 “to do a bit of quick renovations and setup,” the owner, neighbor Teddy Mui, told us.
Alex's Shoe Repair
Coffee Z will move into the space previously held by Alex’s Shoe Repair. Photo by Ann SimkinsWe’ve got good news for all you coffee and pastry lovers! There will soon be another place to help feed our caffeine and baked goods needs in Newkirk Plaza — Coffee Z will
1016 Cortelyou Road
We’ve got good news for those of you who have been schlepping outside of the neighborhood for your manis and pedis: Element Beauty Lounge [/blog/business/element-beauty-lounge-to-open-on-cortelyou-in-august] will be opening at 1016 Cortelyou Road [/blog/real-estate/1016-cortelyou-road-is-now-for-rent] (between Stratford Road and Coney Island Avenue) this Thursday, September 25, the
1523 ave j
East 16th Street and Avenue J. (Source: 5301 Fishbowl via subchat.com)People looking for some cheap hot coffee while waiting in line for some Di Fara Pizza (1424 Avenue J) this winter have a new place to visit. A brand new 7-Eleven has opened at 1523 Avenue J at
1424 sheepshead bay rd
Bagels R Us, the newest bagel joint at 1424 Sheepshead Bay RoadThere’s a new bagel place in the ‘hood. Photo by Erica Sherman. Click to enlargeA couple of tipsters – okay, I was one of them – alerted us to the brand new sign installation of Bagels R Us, including an