Food & Drink
The very first scoop of Matzo Project/Ample Hills Creamery Buttercrunch White Chocolate Cinnamon with chunks of matzo. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The Passover holiday is a fusion of bitter and sweet, as the story goes. And if you want to celebrate the holiday in the sweetest
Bensonhurst
Photo by Perry Boon/Carvel Ice CreamBensonhurst is one of the last New York City neighborhoods where Carvel Ice Cream shops don’t just survive, but they thrive [/bath-beach-carvel-owners-richie-and-rosa-stakofsky-honored-by-borough-president/#.VxpRwJMrLos] ! Just ask Sheepshead Bay-native brothers Perry and Evan Boon, 25 and 26, who held a grand opening party for their
Business
Mary’s (Courtesy Nicholas Mundy/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/7_ZFY-AOvO/].)Mary’s, a neighborhood institution, will be shuttering its doors on Sunday night after five years in business. The South Slope anchor, at 708 5th Ave since 2011, will be having a farewell party at 7pm on
Food & Drink
Photo via Park Asia Restaurant [http://www.instagram.com/parkasiarestaurant]. “Where should I go for good dim sum?” It’s a question that just about all of us southern Brooklynites have gotten from visiting friends from across the country (or just Manhattan or even north and downtown Brooklyn) and by
Business
The Wolf Cave, located at 3099 Emmons Avenue, has closed. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The storefront located at 3099 Emmons Avenue, near Batchelder Street, has claimed another victim. The Wolf Cave, an American barbecue restaurant, shut down after less than two years in business. The location has seen several
Business
Lark Cafe, Ditmas Park / Photo by Ditmas Park CornerEarly this morning, Kari Browne, proprietor of LARK Cafe [/business-overview/lark-brooklyn-ny-11218/26741320-31b6-4085-bf2b-ea7fd8d24ccd/] in Ditmas Park and ELK Cafe [/business-overview/elk-cafe-brooklyn-ny-11218/706c55af-5fca-4e04-80a9-084df870ee72/] in Windsor Terrace, posted to Facebook to inform her clients that while she’d like to continue running the much loved
Food & Drink
Shashlik at Cafe Dushanbe. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)THE BITE: [/tag/the-bite/] Spring is in full bloom, and that means we’re entering grilling season! Sheepshead Bay is full of cuisines from post-Soviet states that offer skewered grilled meats. However, there’s one restaurant that’s received surprisingly little
Central Brooklyn
The Bitter Bird at La Loba Cantina. (Photo: Sarah Crean)Spring is finally here — it’s time to enjoy the pleasure of a cool cocktail in the brilliant sunshine. This week I sampled a drink called the Bitter Bird, which has just been added to the Spring menu at Church
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of Blue Agave/FacebookFood Stuffs [/tag/food-stuffs/]: Blue Agave, even on a sleepy Sunday night, feels alive and immediately draws the hungry diner through its doors. The rustic wood and brick exterior can be hard to spot from the street, but the upscale Mexican restaurant located at 7201
Food & Drink
(People’s Pops is open!)Updated, December 11, 2016: Peoples Pops is no longer located at 808B Union Street; visit their site for other seasonal locations [http://www.peoplespops.com/ourpops/]. Trees are blooming, flowers are blossoming, and People’s Pops [http://www.peoplespops.com/ourpops/] are back on sale
Bensonhurst
(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
Food & Drink
(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What