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Welcome back to this week’s openings and closings. This week we have lots of hellos and only a few goodbyes— one sponsored by thousands in back taxes. Welcome new empanadas, several new coffee spots, and new cocktail bars. Openings Bay Ridge Aleli Cocina Mexicana [https://www.instagram.com/aleli_
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If there is one thing that is guaranteed – kids LOVE gifts! Sweet gifts, toys, clothing, books, arts and crafts, adventure gifts and more. Brooklyn is a kid capital and there are so many options no matter their age. Here are just a few. Aviator Sports Summer Day Camp [https://www.
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February is rushing by, and next week is Valentine’s Day. Don’t fret, we have you covered with 10 great places in Brooklyn to get your special someone a unique gift, custom cake or a shared experience you can enjoy together. Stems Brooklyn [https://www.stemsbrooklyn.com/valentines-day/] 639
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Brooklyn is synonymous with food so it was hard to limit the gift guide to just ten so we added one more but the list could be endless. Chocolate, who can resist chocolate in all shapes, types, and sizes. Olive oil gifts, the king of oils, wine, meat, Indian spices
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We promise you will master the art of giving this holiday season with this list of choices. No one returns chocolate, everyone loves a spa treatment, exercise and physical activity keep up our energy and who can resist the Russian bath experience. Li-Lac Chocolates [https://www.li-lacchocolates.com/] Sunset Park
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via Jacques TorresAll these folks based in Brooklyn make and sell their own chocolate. Some are small, some are large, some are new, and some battle for the title of the oldest in the borough. Of the many chocolatiers in Brooklyn, here are our favorites – for last minute orders tonight
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JoMart, located at 2917 Avenue R. (Photo: JoMart Chocolates / Facebook)JoMart [http://www.jomartchocolates.com/sweet-gifts-party-favors/], the family-owned sweet shop at the corner of Avenue R and Nostrand Avenue, will be pouring champagne and offering free samples Friday to celebrate their 70th Anniversary. “This is our way of celebrating what
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Photo via Tumbador Chocolate [https://www.facebook.com/143858700299/photos/a.10151457669545300.840709.143858700299/10155571007500300/?type=1&theater] What’s better than wine and chocolate? How about free wine and free chocolate? You can get both this Thursday, June 11, from 5-7pm, at the Brooklyn ARTery [https://www.facebook.
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With The Chocolate Room [/blog/food/the-chocolate-room-in-pop-up-space-until-move-up-5th-avenue] reopening soon, a Nutella-tastic shop coming [/blog/business/nutelleria-coming-to-5th-avenue] in the next few weeks, and now news that Nunu Chocolates [http://www.nunuchocolates.com/], the small-batch chocolatier with a flagship store on Atlantic Avenue, is taking over a storefront in the neighborhood, chocoholics
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A few of you around here have noticed our propensity for baked goods, but nothing satisfies our sweet tooth like a good hunk of chocolate. Here are some of our top cocoa-filled treats around the neighborhood, some discussed in previous posts and some totally new to the site–what are
2110 ave x
THE BITE [/tag/the-bite/]: Born out of last week’s heat and chef/owner Anthony Sette’s fertile mind, Anthony’s Place [/anthonys-place-the-bob-salad-the-bite/] (2110 Avenue X) has come up with a new dessert that screws with the rules – chocolate ravioli ($7), which just happened to debut the same day as
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Welcome back to The Bite [/tag/the-bite/], Sheepshead Bites’ weekly column where we explore the foodstuffs of Sheepshead Bay. Each week we check out a different offering from one of the many restaurants, delis, food carts, bakeries, butchers, fish mongers, or grocers in our neighborhood. If it’s edible, we’