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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerIt’s that time of year again. Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, is beginning in just a few days (Sunday, May 5 or Monday, May 6 depending on when the new moon is sighted). It is a time where Muslims fast every day from dawn to
Central Brooklyn
Hankering for a cool new spot to eat in Prospect Heights or Prospect Lefferts Gardens? Here’s a few relatively new restaurants—around long enough to both iron out opening issues and for the “if you’re not first you’re last” foodies to have come and gone—that are
Food & Drink
Camperdown Elm, 441 Seventh Avenue at 15th St. (Photo by Carly Miller)South Slopers have been waiting for months during the extensive renovation of Thistle Hill Tavern [/thistle-hill-tavern-to-close-in-days-dale-talde-partners-continue-to-reshuffle-restaurants/] in preparation for the grand opening of Camperdown Elm, a new dinner restaurant named after a famous elm tree in Prospect Park.
Central Brooklyn
Arts & Democracy and Adda Art at the Avenue C Plaza last summer. (Photo via Esther B Robinson)The month-long Muslim holy event Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/] is coming to an end. And during the final last days, community’s and families host iftar parties where people gather to break their fast.
Central Brooklyn
Hunger Pang’s steak and fries. (Photo by Anna Gustafson/Ditmas Park Corner)When family and friends come to visit Brooklyn, the first question on most people’s minds is: Where are we going to eat? There’s such an incredible — and overwhelmingly diverse — restaurant scene in Ditmas Park alone,
Business
The new logo of Dine In Brooklyn. (Courtesy the Brooklyn Borough President’s office.)The symbol of Brooklyn’s restaurant week will come from one of our own — a Pratt grad! Pratt Institute [/?s=pratt] alum and current Park Slope [http://bklyner.com] resident Jeffery Rosenkrantz won a contest to
fort greene
Raffles and revelry marked Mekelburg’s first anniversary (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)“We’re aggressively looking to expand,” said Alicia Mekelburg, co-owner of Mekelburg’s [/?s=mekelburgs], as her grocery/bar/restaurant celebrated its first anniversary over the weekend. Mekelburg’s opened in June of 2015 at 293
Central Brooklyn
A delicious smorgasborg at Purple YamShare photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmasparkon Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also, like us on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner], follow
Anchor and Plow
In the almost-a-month [/blog/2015/09/09/chez-oskar-owner-to-open-anchor-and-plow-in-former-lola-bklyn-space/] since Anchor and Plow [http://www.theanchorandplow.com/] debuted in the former Lola Bklyn space at 387 Myrtle Avenue, they have had a steady stream of returning regulars and new customers drawn by their Mediterranean-inspired, farm-to-sea-to-table menu, which combines a few Lola
1021 Church Avenue
The pulled pork poutineAfter several neighbors told us we had to try the new poutine at Hunger Pang [http://www.hungerpangnyc.com/], we decided to venture to the restaurant at 1021 Church Avenue last night to stuff ourselves with several relatively new menu items — including a glorious heap of pulled
dinner
After we wrote about the deliciousness at Flatbush Avenue’s Zen Vegetarian House [/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-dumplings-chicken-more-at-zen-vegetarian-house] last week, a neighbor told us about a relatively new restaurant at 310 Ditmas Avenue (between E. 3rd and E. 4th Streets), Ginger Vegetarian House [http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginger-house-brooklyn-2] — and, after recently
Asya
Ditmas Park, it’s time to get your eat on! From today through Saturday, March 14, you’ll be able to get your fill of a ton of prix fixe meals in our neighborhood. Thanks to the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/], we’ve learned what specials will be
416 church avenue
When Irma Pulido, one of the owners of the Church Café Wine Bar [https://www.facebook.com/churchcafewinebar?fref=ts] (416 Church Avenue between E 4th and E 5th Streets) told us that she and her husband, Mateo Pulido, had added a long list of cocktails and seafood to their
900 fulton street
SISTERS Restaurant [/blog/2014/10/01/a-glimpse-inside-sisters-restaurant/], the Flatbush Farm [http://www.flatbushfarm.com/] offshoot in the former Sister’s Community Hardware [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/05/sisters-hardware-no-more-on-fulton-street/] space at 900 Fulton Street (between Washington and Waverly Avenues), is set to open to the public this Saturday, November
Delivery
If you’re anything like us, you’re less likely to head to the club after a long week at work than you are to head to your stack of delivery menus. Now the Kensington-Windsor Terrace area has another option for ordering in, because Hamilton’s [http://hamiltonsbrooklyn.com] (2826
200 Fifth
Whether you’re looking for a place to bring the whole family or just looking for a spot to have a quiet, but still traditional, meal, several restaurants around Park Slope will be open and serving Thanksgiving dinners on Thursday, November 28. Here are some of the options – but remember,