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Photo via gristmill [https://www.facebook.com/gristmillbk/photos/a.1646644238916907.1073741828.1585425128372152/1739214486326548/?type=3&theater] It’s hard to believe we’re half-way through the year. While summer has meant “slowdown” in the past, businesses are still coming and going at a steady clip. Believe it nor
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Chipotle plans to open on Thursday, June 30. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)At the beginning of each month, we provide an opportunity for our readers to view a list of restaurant and cafe openings and closings. In addition, we provide a “What’s Coming Soon” section [/blog/
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Coconut Jam Whoopie Pies at Hey Hey Canteen. (Photo via Hey Hey Canteen [https://www.facebook.com/heyheycanteen/photos/a.992161977546400.1073741828.987125654716699/1005870652842199/?type=3&theater] )With almost 26 weeks of the year behind us already, it’s time to take stock of the new restaurants that have
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Hong Kong Fried Chicken Sandwich with Veggie Dumplings hiding in the back. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)When owner Kay Ch’ien closed her Cantonese-style 2 Duck Goose [/blog/business/2-duck-goose-wont-be-it-for-time-being-plans-2016-re-opening/] last November, her goal was to “re-work the concept” of the restaurant. She spent early 2016 traveling
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Shrimp Tacos. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The line between what is considered Mexican cuisine and “Tex-Mex” cuisine has been blurred for some time now. If you’re not a culinary connoisseur of all things “South of the Border,” “Texan,” or “Southwestern” for that matter, you may not
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Photo via Hey Hey Canteen [https://www.facebook.com/heyheycanteen/photos/pb.987125654716699.-2207520000.1465320943./987136394715625/?type=3&theater] Owner Kay Ch’ien will open Hey Hey Canteen [http://www.heyheycanteen.com/] (440 4th Avenue at 6th Street) after closing 2 Duck Goose [/blog/business/2-duck-goose-wont-be-it-for-time-being-plans-2016-re-opening/], her former Cantonese-inspired
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Just when we thought we had the month of June figured out [/blog/food/june-2016-slope-eats-drinks-opened-closed-whats-coming-soon/], a trilogy of curiosities show up. And it all happened fast enough that we’re trying to follow the breadcrumb trails. From Windsor Terrace to the northern part of the Slope, we’ve come upon
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Pig Beach opened just before Memorial Day weekend. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The “Gowanus Riviera” is full of curiosities, so a BBQ joint shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The banks of the Superfund site [/blog/art-music/joseph-alexious-gowanus-canal-just-swim/] are becoming more and more of a
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Josephina Tacos opened as a pop-up at The Pines. (Photo via Twitter [https://twitter.com/brooklynmag/status/732982791479123969])The heat showed up quickly late last week, and we have some openings and “coming soons” that seem to have come out of nowhere as well. We’ve even seen some surprising
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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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Dak Galbi Set (top), a chicken dish, and Bulgolgi Set (bottom), thinly sliced steak. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)“Call me your darling darling toke sō na no, Sugar pop my lolly pop you’re my sweet heart,” sings Girl’s Day in their song “Darling.” [https://youtu.
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopFans of both gluten-free dishes and pizza are about to get both options in one. Construction is well under way at 148 5th Avenue (at Douglass Street) which will soon become Wild [http://eatdrinkwild.com/], a gluten-free, farm-to-table restaurant specializing in pizza. The new