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City Shuts Down 13 Hookah Bars, Weighs Ban On Sales

Source: eorus /FlickrThe city is cracking down on hookah sales, and they may be coming for Brooklyn next. As City Council proposes a bill to limit the sale of hookah supplies in stores, the city’s Health Department has moved to shut down a dozen hookah bars frequented by college

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Avenue U’s Shisha Lounge Closed For Good

Shisha Lounge at 2711 Avenue U has closed for good after less than a year in business. It looks like the business shuttered a month or so ago, and “For rent” signs are now up at the location. The Egyptian hookah lounge and restaurant opened in December 2013, promising “the

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Avenue Z’s Puff Caffe Rebrands As Love 69 Bar & Lounge

New signage went up over at 1307 Avenue Z, the former home of Puff Caffe, revealing a rebrand as Love 69 Bar & Lounge. The change happened within the last few weeks, though we’re told it’s the same owners as Puff, which came under new management about a

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Shisha Lounge Set To Open On Avenue U

A new hookah lounge and Mediterranean restaurant called Shisha Lounge is set to open at 2711 Avenue U. We passed by and noticed the new storefront, which is taking over for Alaskan Sun Tanning. A sign in the window is referring Alaskan Sun’s customers to its other locations at

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Gentile Wants To Ban Hookah Bar Expansion

Ban this? “The Hookah Lighter” by Jean-Leon Gerome via Wikimedia CommonsAre you an aspiring hookah fan who one day dreams of starting your own hookah bar in New York City? You might have to hurry up your plans if Councilman Vincent Gentile gets his way. Gentile is leading the effort

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Sababa Lounge, A New Hookah Joint, Opens On 86th Street

Hookah-loving residents of Bensonhurst, rejoice, for a new hookah lounge has opened up at 1412 86th Street. Between 14th Avenue and Bay 7th Street, Sababa Lounge has already racked up three five-star reviews on Yelp.com. Their website doesn’t offer much, except some music you can’t stop (business

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Puff Caffe Closed For Renovations

Puff Caffe, a hookah and fondue joint at 1307 Avenue Z is, uh, “close for renovation,” according to a sign on its roll-down gates. The sign tells passersby to call for information, but calls to the number given went to a disconnected line. It was about a year ago that

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Egyptian Community Center Opens In Bay Ridge

Photo credit: Denise Romano via Home ReporterBay Ridge is home to a plethora of different peoples from around the world. Perhaps that’s why the arrival last year of an Egyptian community center went largely unnoticed. According to the Home Reporter, the Egyptian American Community Foundation, which in the past