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Grand Central Bar
659 Grand St. b/w Manhattan & Leonard Ave.
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3.3
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Not much to say about this one. Seems like it wasn't meant to be a dive, but it's becoming one because it's not really drawing a lot of visitors... >
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Baci & Abbracci
204 Grand St. b/w Bedford & Driggs Ave.
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3.5
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Get me near a plate of complimentary biscotti, a brick oven, perfectly grilled seafood, and homemade torta della nonna, and I can't stay away. This weekend, a friend and I fell in .. >
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One Girl Cookies
68 Dean St. b/w Boerum Pl. & Smith St.
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3
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Saturday morning I headed out to Bar Tabac on Smith Street for brunch. This place seems to be a favorite with people from the neighborhood (it was crowded)... >
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EAT Records, Brooklyn
124 Meserole Ave. at Leonard St
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$$$$$
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Official Website MY COUSIN ADAM is getting confirmed tomorrow (think: Catholic version of a Bar Mitzvah, only without the big party or super-long ceremony), so I'm headed up to Con.. >
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Cafe Regular
318a 11th St. b/w 4th & 5th Ave.
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3
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Everyone has one. A place that whisks you away to another place (induced by caffeine). A place where you feel at once at home. If you're like me,exploring the nooks and crannies of.. >
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Zebulon
258 Wythe Ave. b/w N 3rd St. & Metropolitan Ave.
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I decided to head to Williamsburg today. It was nice and sunny and I wanted to take a peak at Duff’s, even though I knew it would be closed, at least until later than I planned on .. >
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The Blue Lady Lounge
769 Metropolitan Ave.
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I figured I would head back to Williamsburg again because I keep hearing about new places. I am still going to go back later in the day pretty soon because I saw two places that we.. >
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Oasis
161 N 7th St.
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3
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Mike King delivered the difference-making RBI double in the 3rd inning as the previously winless Karl Malone and the Mailmen finally delivered... >
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Larry Lawrence
295 Grand St. b/w Roebling & Havemeyer St.
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Not a dive at all (but that hasn't stopped us yet), this is a dark, high-ceilinged, brick-walled loungy sort of place. It's set back from the street by a long hallway and has no wi.. >
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Levee
212 Berry St. at N 3rd St.
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NYC Diver was very happy to be drawn to the place by a lit up Pabst sign at 4 in the morning. A bar in Williamsburg open late is a rare thing, and stumbling upon this one was an ex.. >
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Bahia Restaurant & Cafe
690 Grand St. b/w Manhattan Ave. & Avenue of Puerto Rico
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A pupusa is a magical entity of foodliness. Mention it to someone who knows of the tasty corn-based delight it brings and you'll get an enthusiastic, wide-eyed—teetering on t.. >
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Fatima
789 Franklin Ave.
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The list, the list. Sometimes I think Sietsema has paired two so vastly divergent entries consecutively that it’ll be a cold day in hell before the same person goes to both of the.. >
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Bubby's Brooklyn
1 Main St. b/w Water & Washington St.
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As a brunch destination, Bubby’s in DUMBO has a few things working in its favor. First is its location: right on the edge of the water overlooking Manhattan, Bubby’s sits in the ve.. >
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Last Exit
136 Atlantic Ave. b/w Clinton & Henry St.
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Bout time we started posting again. We were at Last Exit on a lazy Saturday afternoon, so cannot speak to its night vibe, however, the place was great. Good couches inside and an a.. >
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Amorina
624 Vanderbilt Ave. at Prospect Pl.
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4
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I found my one true love on Viale Trastevere a few years ago. She had all the main requirements — curvy, brunette, and holding a freshly baked pizza from the ancient brick oven bes.. >
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Nana
155 5th Ave. b/w Douglass & Degraw St.
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Monday is a dark day for sushi lovers in Park Slope. Blue Ribbon Sushi is closed, the door that leads to Gingko Leaf's Japanese garden paradise is locked (Closed as of 2004), and G.. >
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Sugarcane
238 Flatbush Ave. b/w Bergen St. and 6th Ave.
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Lately, I feel like dining is a lot like dating. No, not in that I eat my dates. As my Grandma Esther would say—“Get your mind out of the gutter!” Allow me to explain... >
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Tamari
201 5th Ave. b/w Union St. & Berkeley Pl.
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HI KIDDIES! I'm a-gonna write a blog post now, when the brain is so tired it's kinda like un-tired! You know the feeling! I keep using exclamation marks! That's how I keep up my pe.. >
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Bierkraft
191 5th Ave. b/w Union St. & Berkeley Pl.
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There is a story behind Oktoberfest—something about a grand wedding that took place in Bavaria two hundred years ago. But for us it’s just an excuse to drink a lot of good beer. On.. >
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Soda Bar
629 Vanderbilt Ave. b/w Prospect Pl. & St Marks Ave.
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Slightly hungover Saturday morning (or was it afternoon?), I was craving a burger to help cure me and a place that wasn't too bright. The light would hurt my eyes. When I got there.. >
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Faicco's Pork Store
6511 11th Ave.
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4.3
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I’ve been cheating on Alidoro lately – Faicco’s, on Bleecker Street next to Murray’s Cheese, makes an exceptional and quite cost-effective ($7) hero of their own. Unlike Walter’s,.. >
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Ocean Port Restaurant
6202 18th Ave.
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Doug and I hit the fabulous Ocean Port Restaurant, recently reviewed in the Times, for a little Saturday midday dim sum. We set out at about noon, just as the snowstorm started to.. >
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Fascati Pizzeria
80 Henry St.
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The other day, my pal Christine dropped by for a casual supper of pizza and vino, starring a fresh hand-tossed pie from my local-fave pizzeria, Fascati's. Our toppings - pepperoni .. >
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Lantern
101 Montague St. b/w Hicks & Henry St.
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I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood just to see what, if anything was new. I didn’t have to go too far before I found my first place... >
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Salty Dog
7509 3rd Ave.
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It was a chilly day but not all that bad because there wasn’t any wind. I have taken a few days off but made up for it today. On Sunday I went to a Jet’s game (they actually won fo.. >
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Chez Henry
60 Henry St.
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It was a lovely sunny day and late in the afternoon I got a hankering for a nice Belgium beer. I decided to head to Greenwich Village and hit a place that I had been thinking about.. >
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Quercy
242 Court St. b/w Kane & Baltic St.
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My nephew Charlie left yesterday after several days of intense sight seeing that took in Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Central Park, Times Square, Greenwich Village, Battery Park, .. >
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Cafe El Cubanito
50 Henry St. at Cranberry St.
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I continued with my walk around the neighborhood to see what was new and found another place that has only been open for a month or so. And this was a very pleasant find indeed... >
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360
360 Van Brunt St. b/w Sullivan & Wolcott St.
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There are times in life when you need to leave your comfort zone, to force yourself to step outside your self-imposed womb and dip a toe in unfamiliar waters: take a risk on a new .. >
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Gowanus Yacht Club
323 Smith St.
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Ooh, what a bad pun. I only went to one bar that counted today so it really was not a lot but it was a yacht, or at least a Yacht Club... >
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Mama Maria's
307 Court St.
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Decided to spend another day close to home and let me tell you, a walk up Court Street can be downright scary. Imagine, if you are a little kid, coming across this, almost as big a.. >
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Nascent Cafe
143 Nevins St. at Bergen St.
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3.2
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Normally I wouldn’t flip over a coffee shop, but this one’s too cool and conveniently-located (to me) not to give a shout out to: The Nascent, located at Bergen St. and Nevins St. .. >
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Kotobuki Corp
192 Columbia St. b/w Sackett & Degraw
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Well this turned out to be a much more productive day than I had envisioned. I wanted to check out this one bar not far from where I live on Columbia Street, across from the waterf.. >
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Chef Liu's
1869 Bath Ave.
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I spotted it outside a bakery in Chinatown on Bowery. WOO! ANATOMICALLY INCORRECT BEE CAKE! Incorrect because it has a tongue and it's 200000 times larger than a real bee. And it h.. >
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Pier 116
116 Smith St.
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I think it's fair to say that Smith Street is not exactly the Hamptons. There’s no sand, little sun, not many botoxed babes in Prada swimsuits, and hardly any surf to speak of, unl.. >
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St. Helen Cafe
150 Wythe Ave. b/w N 7th & N 8th St.
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Whenever I wander through Williamsburg, I always wonder what lies off Bedford Avenue? There's got to be more to all the hipster hype than this. In fact there is. Off the main avenu.. >
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Taco Chulo
318 Grand St. b/w Havemeyer & Marcy Ave.
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That hand right there is the appendage of Nick Lindauer, the man behind the best hot sauce site around. We met up for dinner so I could review Taco Chulo and he could review a bott.. >
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Chickenbone Cafe
177 South 4th St.
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2.8
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Wondering about the next hot cuisine? We’ve been through Asian, Italian, Indian, Thai, and a blend of all four, but we haven’t yet had the pleasure of Brooklyn Global. Until now. A.. >
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Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St. at Frost St.
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This place seems very popular, and I'm sure I'm the ten millionth person to review it on a blog, but here goes..... >
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Hurricane Hopeful
139 N 6th St. b/w Bedford Ave. & Berry St.
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Brought to my attention by that stand-off with Bobby Flay, the Hurricane Hopeful Surf Bar claims to have the best clam chowder in New York City. It was ninety degrees but that didn.. >
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Sanaa Restaurant
193 Atlantic Ave. b/w Court & Clinton St.
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Late night hunger pangs got you wondering if there’s an alternative to ordering from Bedouin Tent for the billionth time? That’s where I was last night, anyway. I love the Tent, .. >
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Memo Shishkebob
1821 Kings Hwy
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Those of you who read my first doner kebap article will recall how much I missed being able to walk to the nearest street corner and devour a lunch-sized portion of chicken or lamb.. >
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Chimu
482 Union Ave. Between Skillman & Conselyea St.
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Williamsburg, where S and I live, is a tricky place when it comes to food. The grocery stores suck (now that we have a car I drive 20 minutes to Long Island City, where I used to l.. >
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Damis
931 Manhattan Ave. b/w Kent & Java St.
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3.9
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The neon cocktail sign suggests Pigalle naughty. The flying gorilla and talking ghoul make for odd dining companions. And the disco ball? It fits the disco music. But why is there .. >
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Pirosmani
2222 Avenue U
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Hungryrabbi and I met for our LTH-New York excursion in Sheepshead Bay, out in South Brooklyn, at Pirosmani, a Georgian (Soviet-diaspora) restaurant. One of the treasures of living.. >
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Cafe Istanbul
1715 Emmons Ave.
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3.6
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On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, my girlfriend and I made our way to Sheepshead Bay, for what we thought was to be an interim stop on the way to an afternoon of sun on Manhattan or.. >
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Katina's Restaurant
390 7th Ave. at 12th St.
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Three slices of mushroom and sausage pizza, one slice of mushroom pizza, a bottle of IBC root beer, a bottle of Orange Crush, a can of Wild Cherry Pepsi.. >
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Rancho Alegre
204 Garfield Pl. at 7th Ave.
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Oye, donde esta comida mexicana buena en la barrio de Park Slope?? Or some other attempt at a spanish search for good Mexican food round here! Mezcal is ok, Miracle Grill has goo.. >
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Miracle Grill
222 7th Ave. b/w 3rd & 4 S
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It's so hard to be inspired to cook after work, right? Or is it just me? The other day after a drink with workmates, I figured my ambitions of going for a jog in Prospect Park were.. >
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Magnolia
486 6th Ave. at 12th St.
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I decided to start my 52 flavor experience with the restaurant nearest and dearest to my heart (and to my apartment-- it's right around the corner!), in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Yes I.. >
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NoNO Kitchen
293 7th Ave. b/w 7th & 8th St.
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"If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard." - Dorothy, Wizard of Oz Good point, Dorothy! And since I live in Park Slope it'.. >
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Bonnie's Grill
278 5th Ave. at 1st St.
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I used to make wings all the time. I stopped because of grease; not the theoretical grease people like to talk about when they talk about eating foods that have been fried, but rat.. >
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El Moderno
519 Metropolitan Ave. at Union Ave.
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I figured I would head back to Williamsburg again because I keep hearing about new places. I am still going to go back later in the day pretty soon because I saw two places that we.. >
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M Shanghai Bistro & Den
129 HAve.meyer St. b/w Grand St. & S 1st St.
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"I'm convinced there's something addictive in this sauce," said my friend as she dipped a plump seafood dumpling. "Unfortunately, we always seem to crave it on Mondays, when this p.. >
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Bonita Restaurant
338 Bedford Ave. b/w S 2nd & S 3rd St.
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Bonita, owned by the same folks that own Marlowe & Sons and Diner, had terrific fish tacos, a fine heritage pork burrito, and creamy, well-spiced guacamole. The chicken in the chic.. >
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Acqua Santa
556 Driggs Ave. b/w N 6th & N 7th St.
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From The Gowanus Lounge: "I've heard that Fornino on Bedford Ave (187 Bedford) has been called "the best pizza in New York." I'm not one to create hierarchies, especially when it c.. >
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Warsaw
261 Driggs Ave. b/w Leonard & Eckford St.
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A plate of potato-and-cheese and mushroom-and-sauerkraut pierogies and kielbasa, a bottle of Zywiec.. >
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Southside Lounge
41 Broadway at Wythe Ave.
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ecor: 3.5/5 ... small and cozy. i think there was a dj, but my memory is hazy... >
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Union Picnic
577 Union Ave. at N 11th St.
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When the world is cruel and people are mean, when the days swelter or sting, when the payroll department screws up your paycheck for the third time and the ATM rips you off and som.. >
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Kasia’s
146 Bedford Ave.
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In the 88th spot on the 2005 Voice list lies Kasia’s, a Polish diner on the corner of North 9th Street and Bedford Avenue. Yesterday, when I could only wish for a temperature as l.. >
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Juliette
135 N 5th St. b/w Bedford Ave. & Berry St.
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I'm no Romeo but I may have found my Juliet(te). It's about time Williamsburg got a real French bistro. Yes, there is Fada but to me, that's more out of the way country cafe than b.. >
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Casanova Restaurant
338 Mcguinness Blvd at Green St.
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I’ve never had that Puritan work ethic Americans so revere. If I don’t absolutely have to work, I don’t. I never saw the point in going to work for the sake of going to work. Th.. >
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Lamb & Jaffy
1073 Manhattan Ave. b/w Dupont & Eagle St.
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A group of us recently had dinner at Lamb & Jaffy, a neighborhood newbie from Michael De Prima (formerly of Oceana) and Tara Steilen. This surprisingly good Greenpoint bistro is a .. >
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Imperial Palace
748 Manhattan Ave. b/w Norman Ave. & Meserole St.
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Today we decided to walk to Chinatown and eat at the first Dim Sum place that looked decent. We found Imperial Palace. It was relativly busy, but had a few problems. Firstly, it sm.. >
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Sapporo Haru
622 Manhattan Ave. b/w Nassau & Driggs Ave.
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THREE REASONS WHY this topic is worth revisiting: First, the original MEF! post on Sapporo was anything but comprehensive. Second, there is now an over-abundance of sushi places in.. >
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Castro's
511 Myrtle Ave.
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Following up on a recommendation in New York Magazine's article about South Williamsburg, I ventured out to Lodge Saturday night. I was doing housework until 11pm. Lodge is open un.. >
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Noo Na
565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pacific St.
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I've been avoiding NooNa. The review were not the best when it first opened about a year and a half ago and so we've stayed away. Plus we've got a Korean place Sushi Okdol down t.. >
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Cherry Tree
65 4th Ave. b/w Bergen St. & St. Marks Pl.
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I had my birthday at Cherry Tree, a new bar on 4th Avenue between Bergen and St. Marks in Brooklyn (just south of Atlantic Center). They have a lovely rear deck which didn’t close.. >
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Biscuit BBQ
230 Fifth Ave. b/w President & Carroll St.
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Having worked my fingers to the bone cleaning toilets at the Park Slope Co-op last night, I was famished after my shift. A friend and I wanted to grab a seat at the bar at Union Ha.. >
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Brooklyn Bread Café
436 Court St. b/w 3rd & 4th Pl.
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There’s something comforting about a lunchtime visit to old school Carroll Gardens – where even the over-sausaged old men wear gold chains, ceramic Madonnas reside in nearly every .. >
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El Paisa
324 Suydam St.
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Bullet Bushwick.” At least, that’s what my friend Izzy used to call it. It was usually as a punch line to some kind of commentary about how his financial circumstances would lead.. >
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Royal Rib House
303 Halsey St.
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With the unofficial end of summer upon us, I try to cram every glorious summer moment into a weekend: beach, tomatoes, corn, melons and barbecue. Sometimes it just all gets to be t.. >
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Yola's Cafe
524 Metropolitan Ave. b/w Union & Lorimer St.
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Start off with some horchata Yola's Cafe "I'll take a horchata." I didn't plan on ordering horchata—I tend to stick with the flavorless and free tap water—but about hal.. >
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Lodge
318 Grand St. at Havemeyer St.
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Following up on a recommendation in New York Magazine's article about South Williamsburg, I ventured out to Lodge Saturday night. I was doing housework until 11pm. Lodge is open un.. >
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Bogart's Bar & Grill Incorporated
6124 5th Ave.
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I decided to hit a new area today and headed up to Bay Ridge. This area is south of downtown area and has more of a laid back ambience. The part that I visited seems to have escape.. >
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Taqueria DF
709 5th Ave. at 22nd St.
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I have disparaged the Mexican food of New York City for the last time, quite possibly. A visit to the recently-reviewed-in-the-Voice De Guerreros Taqueria, has put my qualms about .. >
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Two Boots of Brooklyn
514 2nd St. b/w 7th & 8th Ave.
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Lazy Sunday...hazy heat....zzzzzz! Oh yeah, wake up, it's blog time! What's with this heat anyway? Ok, yes I may be orig from Miami, but that does NOT make me immune to this sle.. >
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Cocoa Bar
228 7th Ave. b/w 3rd & 4th St.
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Remember about a decade ago when cigar bars were all the rage? They weren't just places to smoke cigars, but also to savor a digestif, brandy or wine. The concept was a glutton's d.. >
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Pane e Vino
174 Smith St. b/w Wyckoff & Warren St.
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Well, it really wasn’t too difficult. Even though I have gone to so many bars in my neighborhood, new ones open up all the time. I found two today and passed by another two that do.. >
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Sweet Melissa
175 7th Ave. b/w 1st & 2nd St.
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I hadn't gone to Sweet Melissa's in a long time when i wandered into Melissa Murphy's newest location in Park Slope. I had to have the butterscotch pudding, which still sets the st.. >
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Waterfront Ale House
155 Atlantic Ave. b/w Henry & Clinton St.
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Although the food in Costa Rica was delicious, I had built up a hankering for some good old ribs. Luckily, my old favorite, Pete's Waterfront Ale House, has some of the best in to.. >
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Jakes Barbeque
208 Columbia St.
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"Copyboy" recently admonished me for not including Jakes BBQ in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn in my "Vittles" wrap-up of barbecue spots in the Big Apple. And, so, I weaseled my way int.. >
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Henry Street Ale House
62 Henry St. b/w Orange & Cranbery St.
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It was a lovely sunny day and late in the afternoon I got a hankering for a nice Belgium beer. I decided to head to Greenwich Village and hit a place that I had been thinking about.. >
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Siam Garden
172 Ct St.
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Wow! Big day for the blog – we got a link from Gawker and our traffic shot through the roof! Thanks again, guys, and welcome to all our new readers... >
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Sam's Restaurant
238 Ct St.
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I went out to order a brisket to smoke for a family barbecue and walked by a place close by that I hadn’t visited yet but always wanted to pop into, Sam’s. I also saw a new place, .. >
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Eamonn Doran Restaurant
174 Montague St. b/w Clinton & Court St.
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Today I decided to go to three bars that are listed in one of my favorite guides, “Jimmy’s Best New York Irish Pub Guide” This has a couple of nice maps of Manhattan. One shows the.. >
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Giardini Pizzeria
363 Smith St. at 2nd St.
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Don't you love it when your expectations are exceeded? On a blistering hot summer Sunday afternoon, when the air is so clear and bright and everyone is sheltered indoors, and Brook.. >
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Soul Spot Restaurant
302 Atlantic Ave. b/w Hoyt & Smith St.
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The Boerum Hill/Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens area (I refuse to utter that silly, TriBeCa-inspired concatenation) is not exactly a cheap eaters’ paradise. Beyond Bedouin Tent, sever.. >
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Black Betty
366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer St.reet
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Black Betty is set up as a faux North African themed dive. Red walls, tattered seats, and other touches give the place a produced seedy decor, but one that is still a pleasure to s.. >
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Trash
256 Grand St. b/w Driggs & Roebling St.
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A bar set up to be a dive, but don't tell the bikers and sweaty rockers that. The highlight of a recent evening in the area, Trash offers seating in the form of old car seats (upst.. >
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Rocky's
351 Kent Ave. at S 5th St.
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The bartender told me this place was called Rocky's, but it seems to have a lot of names. you'll know it by the huge mermaid sculptures in the middle of the bar... >
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The Abbey
536 Driggs Ave. b/w 7th & 8th St.
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Well, I headed back to Williamsburg and made another minor dent in the numerous bars over there. I need to go a bit later in the day next time though because many of them don’t ope.. >
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Chai Home Kitchen
124 N 6th St. at Berry St.
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Williamsburg is brimming with Thai restaurants. First there was Planeat (née Planet) Thailand, then came SEA and now there's Tai Tai and Chai Home Kitchen and the asian fusion Rice.. >
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Lazy Catfish
593 Lorimer St. at Conselyea St.
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BRUCH IS BETTER with drinks. It's even better with "free" drinks. A Lower East Side staple for some years now, the "three free cocktails" hook is always sure to lure in a brunch cr.. >
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Pho Hoai
1906 Avenue U
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After a successful trip to Century 21 in Brooklyn for bed linens yesterday, I needed a ladies' lunch to sate the hunger I'd worked up after some hard shopping. Since there is no Ri.. >
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Park Slope Food Coop
782 Union St. b/w 6th & 7th Ave.
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Over at Simon's Brain he's rejoicing because he quit the Food Coop. I'm a member and I have to admit shopping there has become a nightmare. It's overcrowded to say the least. The l.. >
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Miriam
79 5th Ave. at Prospect Pl.
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Daylight savings time is so great! I had an extra hour to get to Brooklyn for brunch with Elizabeth. It took me no time at all to get to the Pacific stop on the N train. She wanted.. >
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Long Tan Restaurant
194 5th Ave. b/w Union St. & Berkley Pl.
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You know that episode of "Sex & The City" where Miranda gets upset that the woman at her Chinese delivery knows her order so well she finishes Miranda's sentence? Well, that may so.. >
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Locanda Vini & Olii
129 Gates Ave. b/w Cambridge Pl. & Grand Ave.
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Due to the transit strike and last minute holiday shopping, this will be a quick one. But I just wanted to get a word in on the wonderful experience I had at Locanda Vini & Olii in.. >
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Zaytoons
472 Myrtle Ave. b/w Washington & Hall
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[Firstly, I must thank you all for your feedback on the posters in the last entry, whether you commented here or on flickr. I didn't expect that much feedback! YOU ARE ALL TOO AWES.. >
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