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Brooklyn Restaurant Renaissance is Cooking, Poised to Overtake Manhattan as City’s Food Capital

Kim Meyer waits for customers in her new Cobble Hill restaurant, Kimpanadas. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYBy Ann Choi, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/economy/2021/5/19/22444882/brooklyn-restaurant-renaissance-cooking-manhattan] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] [https://www.thecity.nyc/economy/2021/5/

City Proposes Expanding Supermarket Zoning Incentive to More Neighborhoods, And It’s About More Than Just Fresh Food

The Lincoln Market supermarket in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, which was developed under the city’s FRESH zoning incentive program. (Image: Google Maps)Public review has begun on a proposal to expand the number of neighborhoods where developers can build bigger in exchange for providing ground-floor space for a supermarket. The Food

Openings and Closings: Tikka Masala, Tiered Cakes, and Tofu

Join us in welcoming a new birria truck, several new pizzerias, and a new Brooklyn home for a Manhattan favorite. Sadly, we say goodbye to two Park Slope spots this week. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHXqIQrTLCPeA3dvDaAHHsm5HeU8F7gfZnscBK337wqaY6Xg/viewform?

Brooklyn Gets 8 Michelin Starred Spots and 37 on the Bib Gourmand List, Williamsburg Dominates

Pierogies at Pierozek. Courtesy of STUNTMANpr.Earlier this week, the Michelin Guide announced their Bib Gourmand list, which this year includes 37 Brooklyn spots. Bib Gourmand is the group’s designation that recognizes restaurants that allow you to enjoy two courses and a drink or dessert for $40 or less.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at This Year’s Newest Spots

Tacos from Tiny’s Cantina. Photo by Food and City.In celebration of the coming of this year’s Cinco de Mayo, we’ve decided to round-up some of the amazing taquerias and restaurants that have opened so far this year. New businesses need your support now more than ever,

Openings and Closings: Espresso, Eggplant, and Egg Sandwiches

Greenpoint has two new coffee shops, there’s a new tlayuda spot in Prospect Heights, and lots of sweet treats across the borough. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHXqIQrTLCPeA3dvDaAHHsm5HeU8F7gfZnscBK337wqaY6Xg/viewform?usp=sf_link] , and stay safe. You can

Greenpoint Terminal Market Returns to the Greenpoint Waterfront this Sunday

Greenpoint Terminal Market during its inaugural season in 2020. Courtesy of Greenpoint Terminal Market.Greenpoint Terminal Market [https://greenpointterminalmarket.com/], the outdoor flea market that opened on the Greenpoint waterfront last summer, returns this weekend with around 100 vendors as well as live music, food, and ample room – over four

11-Story Mixed-Use Development Coming to Bed-Stuy Grocery Site

A rendering of the proposed development at 1100 Myrtle Avenue. (Image: Hill West Architects)A grocery on the border of the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick neighborhoods will be closed for two years before reopening in the ground floor of a new, 11-story mixed-use building. The site will also be subject to

South Slope Welcomes A New Grocery

Nasri Mujalli (center left) and Danny Hamdan (center right) cut the ribbon on their new South Slope grocery. Ellie Plass/ Bklyner.Park Slope’s 5th Avenue welcomed a brand-new grocery store this morning. By the time the ribbon at Key Food Urban Market [https://urbanmarketparkslope.com/] (509 5th Avenue between

Black-Owned Brooklyn Gets Grant Money And Exposure For 20 Local Businesses

Skal Cafe was also awarded the grant. Photo Courtesy of VH1 and Black-Owned Brooklyn.Black-Owned Brooklyn, run by the husband and wife duo Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa, has been featuring businesses on their Instagram and online publication since 2018 [/black-owned-brooklyn/]. The pandemic highlighted issues and inequalities that have