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Buttermilk Bakeshop at 339 7th Avenue has closed. You can still get the bakery’s sweets at their 5th Avenue location. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)A lump of coal appeared in 7th Avenue’s stocking as Buttermilk Bakeshop [http://buttermilkbakeshop.com/] closed one of its two Park Slope outposts.
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A sign outside of Thistle Hill Tavern this week. (Photo by Justin Fox / BKLYNER) It all started out with John Bush [http://ny.eater.com/2012/11/27/6516377/john-bush-looks-back-on-20-wild-years-behind-the-bar] , David Massoni [http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2015/02/restaurateur_david_massoni_hea.html] , and Fat Mike, lead
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Courtesy of Nargis CafePark Slope is about to get a taste of Uzbek food. The noted restaurant, Nargis Cafe [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/12/yelpers-place-nargis-cafe-list-brooklyns-top-100-eateries/] in Sheepshead Bay, will open another location at 155 5th Avenue [/quintet-of-new-restaurants-playing-soon-on-slopes-5th-avenue/] (Lincoln Place and St. John’s Place) in March 2017. It is
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Say goodbye to the cheese dog and more as Brooklyn Hot Dogs is no longer. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)November begins with a slim amount of openings. The one thing in common about the closed restaurants? All had been around for awhile. And the “coming soon” list continues to
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe trilogy of Dale Talde restaurants in Park Slope is shrinking fast. Pork Slope is the first to close its doors, which was first reported by the New York Post [http://nypost.com/2016/10/10/three-kings-restaurant-group-expands-across-boroughs/] . The “Americana bar food” restaurant opened in
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Wild is open, specializing in gluten-free pizza. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Ok, full disclosure: I don’t follow a gluten-free diet and certainly don’t understand all the intricacies necessary to do so. Having said that, I’m lucky to have friends who do. The Stoop worked
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ZuZu Ramen in July 2013. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)“All good things come to an end” was the short and simple Facebook post by ZuZu Ramen [https://www.facebook.com/zuzu.ramen.9], a noodle shop which has been at 173 4th Avenue at Degraw Street since May 2009.
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The interior of Blue Bottle is coming to life. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Right on the heels of our recent large mug of caffeine announcement [/blog/business/no-caffeine-withdrawal-for-park-slope-new-starbucks-everyman-espresso-and-uptown-roasters-coming-this-fall/] s, Blue Bottle Coffee [https://bluebottlecoffee.com/] is planning to join Park Slope this Fall. A spokesperson told us
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop“Here’s the legend,” says Joe Komforti, owner of the newly opened La Cerveteca Cafe and Juice Bar [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013245005816&fref=ts] (641 President Street between 4th and 5th Avenues). “Al Capone was slashed in the
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BBQ Tofu Banh Mi at HENRI’s Backyard. Their official opening was July 20. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Do we dare utter the words “back to school”? No, we couldn’t do that to you. After all, we’re in the heart of the lazy summer months,
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Courtesy of Sheep StationThe owner of the Gowanus Australian Pub Sheep Station [http://www.sheepstation.net/production/] (149 4th Avenue at Douglass Street) has announced they’ll be closing down for good at the end of this week. But no need to drink with the flies in sadness [http://www.
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Sign outside of Venticinque Cafe on July 18, 2016. (Photo by Alex Benn)An unwelcome sign has appeared in the window of the normally welcoming Venticinque [https://www.facebook.com/Venticinque-229957760468001/] (162 5th Avenue near Degraw Street). The pleasant, petit, and unassuming cafe “will be closed for the foreseeable future,