Food & Drink
The NY Mets are my favorite squadron. (Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)You know what’s great? The World Series (and also #trendpieces.) You know what else is great? Drinking beer and eating food while watching professional sports. I wanted a pub that had plenty of screens, decent grub, and wouldn’
Food & Drink
(Courtesy BKLYNER/Justin Fox)Lightning struck [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyRqdzF8swY] in my inbox last week. “Go to Dean’s”, said Corner Media’s Dina Rabiner. I’m not one to toss off a recommendation lightly, much less one half [/author/adam-rabiner/]of our resident gustatory power couple.
Food & Drink
The striking Sisters storefront (courtesy alliteration.) (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Everything about Sisters Restaurant [/?s=sisters] is memorable, and that includes its name. Sisters [http://www.sistersbklyn.com/](900 Fulton Street, between Washington Avenue and Waverly Avenue) has long been a staple of Clinton Hill, whether as a
Food & Drink
I did not get brunch, but I will next time. (Courtesy Instagram/goldenradish [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqcCX0hieP/?taken-by=goldenradish&hl=en])How much should expectations weigh on your impression of a restaurant? Is it fair to grade on a curve? I walked into Walter’s [/?s=walter%
Central Brooklyn
Crispy Deviled Eggs. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Brooklyn is home to more Southerners than you think. And it’s also home to folks who lived down South for dollops of their lives (yours truly is a former Atlantan and New Orleanian, dawlin’). Southerners love their home-cookin’, of
Food & Drink
Crispy Deviled Eggs. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Brooklyn is home to more Southerners than you think. And it’s also home to folks who lived down South for dollops of their lives (yours truly is a former Atlantan and New Orleanian, dawlin’). Southerners love their home-cookin’, of
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Yafa Deli has some great fried chicken. (Courtesy Justin Fox/Fort Greene Focus. Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and
Business
This is, in fact, fried chicken and not fresh whiting fish. Om nom nom.Last weekend, I asked [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus/posts/1124381770958369] you where I could find good fried chicken. You told me to go to Yafa Deli [https://www.yelp.com/biz/yafa-deli-and-grocery-brooklyn] and I was
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Popeyes is opening a new location at 709 Brighton Beach Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Popeyes [http://popeyes.com/], the Louisiana-style fried chicken franchise, is moving into Brighton Beach. The new location on Brighton Beach Avenue, between Coney Island Avenue and Brighton 7th Street, is currently under construction. A
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SoCo’s fried chicken and red velvet waffle (Photo by quay_flea [https://instagram.com/p/5nCFFaoJ44/])When it comes to comfort food, nothing gets our stomachs rumbling quite like the thought of perfectly crunchy, decadently juicy fried chicken. And lucky for us, we’ve got several amazing options in
967 Coney Island Avenue
Max Raja, the owner of Max’s Chicken & Seafood at 967 Coney Island Avenue.Thanks to neighbor Brent Cox, we found out that Max’s Chicken & Seafood [http://www.maxschickenandseafood.com/] opened this past Friday at 967 Coney Island Avenue, by Newkirk Avenue, in the space that previously
967 Coney Island Avenue
Photo by Daniel X MatzAfter the city Department of Health closed Famous Pita [/blog/food/doh-shuts-famous-pita-operating-expired-food-service-establishment-permit] , at the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Newkirk Avenue, for operating with an expired food service establishment permit earlier this month, neighbors noticed the windows were papered up – and now we’ve learned
crown
Crown, the fried-chicken-and-more [/blog/business/fried-chicken-coming-to-former-salon-on-cortelyou] spot that moved into the former Carmen 2002 Beauty Salon space [/blog/business/fried-chicken-coming-to-former-salon-on-cortelyou] at 1611 Cortelyou Rd. (between E 16th and E 17th Sts.) in January, will be opening this Friday, May 31. As you may remember, Crown plans to serve way more
fried chicken
Construction is underway at 1604B Newkirk Ave, which until September had most recently been occupied by a psychic [/blog/business/commercial-space-for-rent-on-newkirk-avenue]. We managed to speak with one of the men working on the space, who said they’re turning it into a take-out restaurant – specifically, one that will sell fried
1201 ave z
EXCLUSIVE: After more than 30 years in the local restaurant scene, Chicken Masters’ owner Vinnie Mazzone has served his last piece of fried chicken in New York City, and closed up his Avenue Z shop for good. But he’s not leaving because sales are slow or rent is high.
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Photo by Erica ShermanThe building at 1201 Avenue Z, which for several years has been the home of Chicken Masters – a.k.a. Eat My Chicken – has sold for just under the $1.295 million asking price, Sheepshead Bites has learned. The building went on the market in early January