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Photo by Park Slope StoopThe popular brunch spot and farm-to-table restaurant Juventino [http://www.juventinonyc.com/juventinonyc/HOME.html] (370 5th Avenue) has closed after eight years. Back in August, we reported the space was up for sale [/blog/business/popular-brunch-spot-juventino-for-sale/]. According to LoopNet [http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19349162/
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The Zig Zag Records sign now lives in a Williamsburg warehouse. (Photo: Corey Kanterman [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153792626488330&set=gm.10153668708590801&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Somehow Brooklyn’s cultural treasures always seem to find their way to Williamsburg — that hipster mecca where vintage
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Photo by Carly Miller/Ditmas Park CornerUpdate 1/18/2016 3:10pm: There is a partial stop work order [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/OverviewForComplaintServlet?requestid=2&vlcompdetlkey=0001939857] on the new restaurant for unlicensed electrical work. Propellerhead’s designer Brittany Echlin says they were unaware their electrician had
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Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org]. Crepe-tastic news! A new crepe place is coming and it is making its menu intentions clear with its name: Crepe House. Located at 475A Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Avenue and Hall Street, the new restaurant will open in February and
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San Remo Pizza. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Local pizza joint San Remo [http://www.sanremobrooklyn.com/], 1408 Cortelyou Road — and our pick for best delivery pizza back in 2013 [/blog/food/taste-test-who-delivers-the-best-pizza-in-ditmas-park/] — has been accused of underpaying some of their employees, according to a report in the Daily News
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Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerWe recently posted about a new bakery coming to Coney Island Avenue [/blog/food/new-bakery-coming-to-coney-island-avenue/] between Cortelyou and Dorchester roads, and it looks like it is now open! Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park CornerMi Pueblita Bakery, 781 Coney Island Avenue, opened its doors
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Homemade Irish soda bread with butter, salt, and a glass of Guinness. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Hartley’s [http://www.instagram.com/hartleysnyc] is the authentic Irish pub that Clinton Hill never knew it was missing. Open for a month (since mid-December) and owned by three friends
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A few holdouts on Surf Avenue. (Photo by Robin Michals)Coney Island is becoming more like its landlocked cousin, Times Square. We’ve barely entered the new year and already another franchisee is moving to add another fast food chain on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue. Amusing the Zillion [http:
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A few holdouts on Surf Avenue. (Photo by Robin Michals)Coney Island is becoming more like its landlocked cousin, Times Square. We’ve barely entered the new year and already another franchisee is moving to add another fast food chain on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue. Amusing the Zillion [http:
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Isabella’s Wedding Center at 2299 Coney Island Avenue. (Source: Google Maps) Customers at Isabella’s Wedding Center, the bridal store on Coney Island Avenue, described shady business practices years before the owners abruptly closed shop and vanished along with cash and dresses from several wedding parties. As we reported
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Life is about to get a little less sweet for over 300 employees of national sugar-substitute company Sweet ‘N Low, which is phasing out manufacturing and packing operations at its Flushing Avenue factory in order to save money. Instead, the company plans to shift manufacturing jobs to other locations around
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Cricket Wireless has opened a new outpost at Avenue U and East East 17th Street. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)A new player has entered the cellphone market on Avenue U. Cricket Wireless [https://www.cricketwireless.com/], the no-contract, wireless service provider, opened up in a corner storefront last month