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The exterior of the spot. Courtesy of Amor y Amargo.WILLIAMSBURG – Amor y Amargo has been serving the East Village for over eight years. They’ve built a reputation around their bitters-based cocktails, the tight quarters (only eight seats), and beverage director Sother Teague. Now, Teague and owner Ravi DeRossi
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GRAVESEND – Five years ago, there was the talk of shutting John Dewey High School down. Last Friday was a celebration of how much can be accomplished under the unwavering vision and leadership of a strong principal, Connie Hamilton, with a dedicated team and strong support from local education councils, to
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The Brooklyn Book Festival is back this week, [/full-lineup-announced-for-brooklyn-book-festival-sept-16-23/] just in time to ease your sadness about the dropping temperatures. Reading a book in public can be a rare pleasure- but it can also be easily ruined by blasted music, too-close quarters, and overly chatty bartenders. We’ve found seven
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This week’s openings and closings are full of new places from old standouts. A restaurant returns after a 15-year closure, Williamsburg gains a new beer garden, but loses a popular chocolate shop. Clinton Hill Cap’t Loui413 Myrtle Avenue between Vanderbilt and Clinton Avenues. > [https://www.instagram.com/
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] —the team behind the Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill [/thursday-carroll-gardens-cobble-hill-restaurant-crawl-2/], Gowanus [/save-the-date-first-annual-tastes-of-gowanus-food-drink-crawl-april-13/], Franklin Avenue [/tastes-of-franklin-festival-launches-in-crown-heights-this-sunday/], and Red Hook [/first-red-hook-food-drink-crawl/] Food & Drink Crawls—have added a new culinary destination for local gourmands—the Columbia
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The exterior of Gowanus Gardens. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.GOWANUS – The space at Gowanus Gardens is fairly large, with a big, rainbow-colored patio in the back. There are whimsical details aplenty – a jukebox, faux flowers on the ceiling, and eccentric light fixtures, with a goal of “something for everyone”. If all
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PARK SLOPE- Shari Call has been working as a baker for over 13 years. She’s been all around the country helping to open bakeries and perfecting her craft – California, Cape Cod, Key West, and now, Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue. She and her business partner, Julissa Escobedo, will introduce
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst is home to a uniquely wonderful pairing of cultures. These cultures, Chinese and Italian primarily, manifest themselves in a sweet, flaky, and delicious way at the bakeries that line the avenue. In honor of the Santa Rosalia festival, which is on until the first of
Brooklyn Heights
This week’s openings and closings bring lots of new finds to Williamsburg and food halls, and pizza (we aren’t complaining). Say goodbye to a favorite Bushwick vegan bar, and welcome new Latin spots. Park Slope Brooklyn Wine Co.205 Fifth Avenue, between Union Street and Berkeley Place. The
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Miss American Pie on 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Ellie Plass/BklynerMiss American Pie [http://missamericanpienyc.com]opened in Park Slope on Sunday, August 18th, and the second the door swings open you are enveloped in a huge wave of the buttery, sugary, doughy smell of freshly baked pies. “It’
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EAST FLATBUSH – On December 15th, 2018, Jamane Weekes needed a haircut. It was late, around 7:00 pm, his regular barber was closed, so he decided he’d visit his old neighborhood, East Flatbush, where the barbershops are sometimes 24-hour affairs. The barber he used to see wasn’t in
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You could see the truck from space. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.EAST NEW YORK/LINDEN MALL – The best lunch around Linden Mall is at Policano’s Italian Sausage [http://policanositaliansausages.com/index.html] truck. Doug Policano has been parking his truck on the north side of Linden Boulevard at 79th Street