openings and closings

Openings and Closings: Espresso, Eggplant, and Egg Sandwiches

Greenpoint has two new coffee shops, there’s a new tlayuda spot in Prospect Heights, and lots of sweet treats across the borough. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything, and stay safe. You can find the last edition of this series here. Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop88

Bed Stuy

Openings and Closings: Tortillas, Tomato Butter, and Toast

Welcome back to another week’s openings and closings. This week we say hello to another (yes, another) crab restaurant, a new sandwich shop, and give a Manhattan bakery a new Brooklyn home. Our goodbyes are a mixed bag this week, with one extreme tragedy and one just a quick

Bushwick

Openings and Closings: Branzino, Birria, and Burgers

Saigon Spice’s new location on Church Avenue. Photo from @saigon_spice on Instagram.We say goodbye to a few good spots this round, which is always hard. Take time to mourn, and then make your way to one of the openings. We’ve got gold-foil lobster rolls, even more

Bay Ridge

Openings and Closings: Sabaya, Salami, and Soufflé

Welcome back to yet another installment of Openings and Closings. This week we welcome a few new Greenpoint spots, a coffee shop/woodworking parlor, and yet another seafood restaurant. As usual, the few goodbyes we have are hard, but there are mercifully only three. And as always, let us know

Business

Openings and Closings: Picnics, Prosciutto, and Pad Thai

This week we welcome a whole host of new spots, including several rooftops and places perfectly designed for outdoor dining. Try something new, like a tlayuda perhaps, or go back to old bar-food favorites. Sadly, we also say goodbye to a Brooklyn Institution. As always, let us know if we’

Bushwick

Openings and Closings

Welcome to another week of openings and closings around Brooklyn. This edition includes a new spot from a Michelin starred chef, the loss of a beloved pie shop, and new things to come for Park Slope’s 5th Avenue. Estuary 159 Bridge Park Drive, between Furman Street and Brooklyn

Bensonhurst

18th Avenue’s Annie Sez, Mandee Closing In January, Offering Half Off Everything

The windows are covered in wall to wall sale signs. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)The Annie Sez and Mandee retail branches that share a storefront at 6401 18th Avenue will be closing for good on Tuesday, January 31. Following the expiration of both business’s leases the building

Food & Drink

New Japanese Restaurant Blooms Swiftly, As Yami-Ichi Softly Opens

Photo by Park Slope StoopThe neighborhood boasts a brand new, authentic Japanese izakaya with this week’s soft opening of Yami-Ichi (206 Garfield Place). The opening happened surprisingly fast, since Chef/owner Saeri Yoo Park announced the closing of Moim on January 30. The Korean restaurant had been in business

Food & Drink

March 2016 Slope Eats & Drinks: What Opened, What Closed, And What’s Coming Soon

Applewood’s closure announcement saddened many. Their cauliflower gratin set over a carrot purée with pan roasted veggies was on their menu last summer. (Photo via Applewood)It may be just a few months into 2016, but there have been some changes when it comes to food and drink options

Business

Fusion Latino To Open Sunday In Previously Troubled Restaurant Space On 7th Avenue

Courtesy of Fusion LatinoA new Latin fusion restaurant serving up paella, pineapple-infused tequila, and more is about to have its grand opening next weekend. Fusion Latino (364 Prospect Avenue at 7th Avenue) will welcome in the neighborhood on February 21. Owner Harry Tavares describes his new creation as a “casual

Business

7th Avenue Culinary Spring Training: Sir D’s Lounge Opens (Soon), Moim Closes, And An Izakaya On Deck

Sir D’s Lounge is scheduled to have a soft opening by the end of this week. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) Coffee’s brewing. Tea’s steeping. Bi Bim Bop is out. Japanese whiskey is in. Just off of 7th Avenue, and a mere few blocks away

209 Prospect Park West

Get Ready To Growl: 209 Station Is Open

Photo by South Slope NewsOn Friday, October 2, owner James Roberts flipped around the “Come in, we’re open,” sign to officially launch 209 Station (209 Prospect Park West, between 16th Street and Bartel-Pritchard Square) to the community. We stopped by a few weeks back when Roberts was putting the

794 Union Street

Laytner’s Linen Is Closing This Month

Photo via JLaytner’s Linen and Home, the home goods store on 794 Union Street near 7th Avenue, which opened in 2008, will be closing for good on August 23. In preparation for the closing, there’s a big sale going on with 20 percent off everything in the store.

Eagle Provisions

Eagle Provisions To Close In June

The end is near for neighborhood staple Eagle Provisions. The building that houses the sausage and beer mecca, located at 626-630 5th Avenue on the corner of 18th Street, was put on the market last summer for $9 million, and according to public records, the building sold for $7.5

9th Street

Now Closed: Uncle Arthur’s Cafe

Seven months after opening on 9th Street, Uncle Arthur’s Cafe has closed for good. Despite a sign on the door of 237 9th Street, just off 4th Avenue, promising they’re closed for renovations, owner Richard Gussoff tells us the coffee shop and restaurant, which was named for his

7th Avenue

7th Ave’s Kim’s Grocery Soon To Be Mr. Lime Fruit & Vegetables

If the above sign is any indication, the neighborhood’s coolest produce will soon be found at Mr. Lime Fruit and Vegetables, which is currently setting up shop in the former Kim’s Grocery space at 313 7th Avenue, between 8th and 9th Streets. Kim’s closed their doors in