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Booze & Books: NYC Lit Crawl Coming To Brooklyn For First Time May 19

By on May 12, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Bars, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Events, Hipsters, Literature, Uncategorized

The Brooklyn Lit Crawl beer-and-book festival, which stumbles through 13 Cobble Hill, Carroll Garden and Brooklyn Heights venues on Saturday May 19, 6-8 p.m., will comprise cocktails, trivia contests, book readings and special events along the way.

Venues include Zombie Hut (273 Smith Street), Knit Lit (253 Smith), People’s Republic of Brooklyn (247 Smith), BookCourt (163 Court Street), Last Exit (136 Atlantic Avenue) and the After Party at 8 p.m. at 61 Local (61 Bergen Street). Continue Reading →

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New Eatery ‘Pok Pok’ Brings Adult Slushies To Columbia Street Waterfront

By on May 3, 2012 in Bars, Columbia Street Waterfront, Hipsters

Imagine the childhood joy of a 7-Eleven slushie with the grown-up bliss of a little compulsory booze amid the concoction. A new restaurant on the Columbia Street waterfront, Pok Pok, run by James Beard award-winning chef Andy Ricker, is serving up the delectable beverages, courtesy of a barrel-shaped rapid-cooling contraption.

“It’s very unique,” manager Ryan Domingo tells the Brooklyn Paper. “People drink beer on ice in Thailand, but not like this.” The machine is reminiscent of those in wine stores that utilize a salt and ice solution around a bottle that chills it to perfection in about 4 minutes. Continue Reading →

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NU Hotel Opens New Café

By on May 2, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Food, News


Just as another season of alfresco dining and drinking in the neighborhood is getting underway, a new sidewalk café opened for business yesterday at the NU Hotel Brooklyn.

Encompassing 416 square feet, the outdoor space has seating capacity for 30 patrons. Current hours of operation are from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m., with food served until 11 p.m. Though it has yet to be officially named, the new establishment is already serving up a menu of tapas devised by Chef Jehangir Mehta Continue Reading →

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Saturday, May 12: ‘Families First Spring Carnival’ In Cobble Hill

By on May 2, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Cobble Hill, Events, Food

A petting zoo, rides, merry-go-round, dancing and plenty of eats will highlight the 2012 Families First Brooklyn Spring Carnival in Cobble Hill, Saturday, May 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event takes places on Baltic Street between Clinton and Court streets.

Rides are $2 apiece and an all-day pass is $25, benefitting the non-profit Families First organization Continue Reading →

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Carroll Gardens ‘Court Street Brooklyn Festival’ This Sunday, May 6!

By on May 2, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Carroll Gardens, Events, Food

The annual Court Street “Brooklyn” Festival takes place this Sunday, May 6, in Carroll Gardens, from Union Street to 9th Street, comprising about 200 vendors. The event includes kiddie rides, live entertainment, music and more street eats than there are kernels of corn on a cob. The Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Continue Reading →

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‘Serious Eats’ Returns To Cobble Hill, With High Marks For Spanish ‘La Vera’

By on April 19, 2012 in Cobble Hill, Food

Serious Eats seems to have some serious love for the ever-evolving restaurant scene in Cobble Hill. A week after serving up a loving review of intimate eatery Battersby (255 Smith Street), the webbie is licking its chops over La Vara, a new Spanish restaurant at 268 Clinton Street, which explores the Moorish and Jewish flavors of Spain.

According to the Serious Eats review, husband-and-wife chef duo Alex Raij and Eder Montero offer “a welcoming vibe for both family meals and date nights alike, with a menu ranging from snacky nibbles to bigger entrée plates.” Continue Reading →

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‘Serious Eats’ Sings Praises Of Cobble Hill Intimate Eatery Battersby

By on April 17, 2012 in Cobble Hill, Food

Foodie website Serious Eats tells it like it is… so when they like what they taste, there’s little higher praise. Last week, the New York site gave a shimmering review to Cobble Hill intimate eatery Bittersby at 255 Smith Street, titled “Good Food Comes in Small Spaces,” heralding co-owners and chefs Joseph Ogrodnek and Walker Stern.

Reviewer Carey Jones writes in an exhaustively detailed piece: “What did our meal at Battersby tell me? That these chefs have dead-on intuition for how people want to be eating. Continue Reading →

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New York Mag Cover Story Features Carroll Garden’s ‘By Brooklyn’

By on April 17, 2012 in Carroll Gardens, Food, Shopping

New York magazine’s April 23, 2012 issue covers “Artisanal Brooklyn,” with a generous 8-page spread about the borough’s movement toward locally made edibles. The subhead: “A step forward for food or a sign of the apocalypse? And does it matter when the stuff tastes so good?” (Read the full story here.)

A secondary piece showcases Brooklyn’s best “brewers, bakers and beef-jerky makers,” and includes Carroll Gardens’ own By Brooklyn, at 261 Smith Street near Degraw. Featured is its Binxgoods Genuine Vanilla, with the descriptor: “How to arrive at vanilla extract as fresh and pure as Binxgoods? First travel to India and befriend a bean farmer. Then let your imported beans steep for six weeks in your South Brooklyn kitchen.” The By Brooklyn website is here.
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Cobble Hill Resident Alan Cooper Launches New Restaurant In Fort Greene

By on April 5, 2012 in Cobble Hill, Food, Fort Greene

Two 2001 graduates from Brooklyn Heights’ Packer Collegiate Institute—one of whom grew up in Cobble Hill—are staying true to the borough by opening an American restaurant in nearby Fort Greene. Pals Alan Cooper and Stephen Cohen plan to launch Prospect Restaurant at 773 Fulton Street in July, in the space of recently closed Mediterranean Aqualis Grill.

The pair was interviewed April 5 in the New York Times blog “The Local,” after the eatery’s license was approved by the Community Board 2 Health Committee. The spot will offer 53 seats and a full bar, serving dinner seven days a week and brunch on weekends. Continue Reading →

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CBS New York Posts Bids For The Five Best Bars In Cobble Hill

By on March 16, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Bars

CBS New York has posted on its website bids for the five best watering holes in Cobble Hill. Sounds like a good reason for a bar crawl, huh?

The list—which you can see with full descriptors here—was compiled by Jonathan Pogash, a.k.a. The Cocktail Guru, a beverage consultant, writer and educator. He notes, “Cobble Hill, with its well-kept brownstones and vast dining selections, is also a hot-bed of activity in regards to beverages.”

Pogash’s top five are as follows: Continue Reading →

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