Announcements
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies With A View, July 24, 2014 (Photo by Julienne Schaer)Movies With A View has been hosting film screenings by the Brooklyn waterfront for eighteen years. As if a free movie with a spectacular view wasn’t enough, this year the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy
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The shuttered Kettle & Thread at 1219 Church Avenue between Argyle and Westminster Roads. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)With a heavy heart, Kettle & Thread owner Beth Barraclough announced that she’s closing and selling the beloved Church Avenue cafe and craft hub, due to a family emergency. “Operating
Food & Drink
Pinsa Lab, 86 Fifth Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)It’s “pinsa” not “pizza!” Pinsa Lab, New York City’s first and only pinsa purveyor, officially opened for business on Tuesday, July 4, at 86 Fifth Avenue (the former Teaus space [/flushing-tea-shop-teaus-adding-park-slope-location-parkslopestoop/]) in Park Slope. A dish that originated
Food & Drink
Quintonile (formerly Tikka Grill), 54 7th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) The owners of Tikka Grill, the small Indian restaurant formerly located at 54 7th Seventh Avenue, have changed things up. As of Friday, June 30, the eatery is now called Quintonile and serves traditional Mexican food. John K.
Arts & Culture
The Vegas Diner on 86th Street opened their doors one last time. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Gravesend-born actor, director, and writer William DeMeo is back home, filming a TV show about realistic mobsters in 1980s southern Brooklyn. “It’s definitely the next hit mob street series, I have no
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Ovenly Park Slope, S’mores Cake (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The bake shop Ovenly [http://www.oven.ly/] is expanding—opening a third location in Park Slope (at 210 Flatbush Avenue between Dean & Bergen Streets ) on July 5 and two additional Brooklyn outposts in Fall 2017. Ovenly was
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Sycamore Bar & Flower Shop, 1118 Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) After a sudden and brief closure [/developing-sycamore-closed-temporarily-doh-inspection/] this week following their health inspection, Sycamore has reluctantly uncoupled with its dual projects — Stems Flower Shop and Flatbush Food Court, owners said. According to the Department of Heath’s
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Sycamore Bar and Flower shop, 1118 Cortelyou Road, June 27. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 6/28 at 4pm: Sycamore passed another DOH inspection today, according to owners and city officials. See our second story, published 6/30 here [/sycamore-re-opens-clean-bill-sans-flower-shop-food-court/]] Today, Ditmas Park’s favorite flower shop-bar had a
Arts & Culture
As if the selection of food options wasn’t enough of a draw, DeKalb Market Hall [/dekalb-market-hall-finally-opens-photos/] partnered with BRIC to showcase murals created by local artists at the popular, new food hall. BRIC announced last week [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/blog/bric-helps-bring-mural-art-dekalb-market-hall] that it had collaborated with City Point
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Park Slope’s iconic French-Hungarian cafe has officially — and quietly — closed, owners confirmed today. After the Sunday crowds shuffled out, owners of Cafe Dada at 57 7th Avenue between Lincoln Place & St Johns Place, put up a single ‘closed’ sign that remained during Monday
Bensonhurst
(Photo via Vegas Diner/Facebook)Today, an iconic Bensonhurst diner has shut its doors, and neighbors spent the weekend enjoying one last meal and reveling in memories. The Vegas Diner, a hallmark of old-school Brooklyn at the corner of 86th Street between Bay 13th Street & 16th Avenue, closed almost
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Brooklyn Eats (Photo by Paul Stremple)The Brooklyn Eats [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynEat/] food and beverage trade show took place last Friday, June 23, in downtown Brooklyn, with more than 100 exhibitors showcasing their wares in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (333