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La Napa’s logo – A new tapas restaurant 656 Nostrand Avenue at Bergen St. (Photo: Courtesy of Francisco Anton)CROWN HEIGHTS — The owner of a tapas restaurant in Miami is taking over the shuttered bodega at the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Bergen Street. Francisco Anton is bringing his Latin
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CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Here’s a listing of what’s opening & closing in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. To start, here are some retail scoops: Good news for those on the CB9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] side of Franklin Avenue who were disappointed when Yoon’s closed a
Business
Babydudes at 715 Nostrand Ave. in Crown HeightsCROWN HEIGHTS — A Crown Heights couple is serving up coffee to residents in the nabe. Hannah Jacobs and Tali Petschek opened the coffee shop Babydudes [https://www.instagram.com/babydudes/?hl=en] last month after meeting at another commercial kitchen, ELEVEN36 [https://www.
Announcements
Photo by Eric [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sirira2000/15101827505]BEDFORD STUYVESANT/BUSHWICK — Chipotle is bringing their burritos and beer to the Bedford Stuyvesant area. The new location at 774 Broadway between Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Elery street will be their fifteenth Brooklyn location, but first in Bedford Stuyvesant and
Bed Stuy
FORT GREENE – Nearly a year after beloved South African restaurant Madiba shuttered [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/] for good, it appears another popular eatery will be moving into its vacant storefront. Saraghina will take over Madiba’s former space at 195 Dekalb Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The owners of Saraghina [http://www.saraghina.
Central Brooklyn
The Winter 2019 edition of NYC Restaurant Week [https://www.nycgo.com/restaurant-week] kicked off on Monday, January 21 with nearly 400 restaurants across the city offering special prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus. Participating eateries are featuring $26 two-course lunch menus and $42 three-course dinner menus until Friday, February 8.
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Piccoli [http://www.piccolitogo.com] To Go opens on 1/25 in Williamsburg @12noon (804 Grand Street) Restaurateur and chef Andres Rodas and Co-Owner Andres Whang are opening a fourth Piccoli location in Brooklyn, adding a take-out /delivery spot in Williamsburg. They currently have Piccoli Trattoria [https://www.piccoliny.com/
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT- Once considered a burgeoning foodie destination, Columbia Street has undergone some changes with the departure of Carla Hall’s Southern Kitchen [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/11/16131452/carla-hall-southern-kitchen-closed-nyc] , Toby’s Public House [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/], and Pok Pok [/restaurant-news-bakeries-bowls-bye-bye-pok-pok/]. However three restaurants may help bring the
Announcements
(Photo by Daniel Lewis)BROOKLYN — DAY 26: As the U.S. government heads into the fourth week of a partial government shutdown, some Brooklyn businesses are chipping in with free services, movie tickets and extended food pantry hours. Massage Williamsburg, [http://www.massagewilliamsburg.com/] Massage Greenpoint [http://www.massagegreenpoint.com/
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PARK SLOPE – “When we closed this place, many people cried. It was crazy,” Antonio Garcia said as he recalled Santa Fe Grill’s final night in September. “People came from everywhere. People were outside, they couldn’t come in.” L-R: Claudia, Maria, and Antonio Garcia, owners of Santa Fe Veracruzano
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Screamer’s Pizzeria in Crown Heights at 685 Franklin Ave. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The second installment of Screamer’s Pizzeria [http://www.screamerspizzeria.com/] opened in Crown Heights last month, fueling what they call a 1,500 slice-a-day [https://vegnews.com/2018/12/brooklyns-first-vegan-pizzeria-sells-1500-slices-every-day] craving for their
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Soda Bar at 629 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. (Screenshot: Google Maps) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Vanderbilt Avenue hot spot Soda Bar is looking to bring in a DJ on the weekends, but a couple of neighbors say, “Not so Fast.” Owner Galina Sokolova of Soda Bar [https://m.facebook.com/