Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
This coffee shop is just around the corner inside a hip hotel called the Dazzler. It's great for a quick caffeine fix or snack.
My Sweet and Only
85 Flatbush Avenue ExtensionThis coffee shop is just around the corner inside a hip hotel called the Dazzler. It's great for a quick caffeine fix or snack.
A well known restaurant serving “New American” cuisine, this is one of NYC’s best restaurants (in our opinion) and a great spot for a delicious, romantic meal. It’s in Vinegar Hill -- a sub-section of Dumbo that was once a Belgian-dominated port village serving the Navy Yard. The restaurant stays true to it’s roots and the ambiance is cozy and vintage. It’s a little on the pricey side, but we can’t recommend it highly enough. We also recommend making a reservation.
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Vinegar Hill House
72 Hudson AveA well known restaurant serving “New American” cuisine, this is one of NYC’s best restaurants (in our opinion) and a great spot for a delicious, romantic meal. It’s in Vinegar Hill -- a sub-section of Dumbo that was once a Belgian-dominated port village serving the Navy Yard. The restaurant stays true to it’s roots and the ambiance is cozy and vintage. It’s a little on the pricey side, but we can’t recommend it highly enough. We also recommend making a reservation.
This place is across from a much fancier taco establishment, but if you’re looking for fresh and delicious authentic Mexican food with no pretense (and a low price), check out the hole in the wall with the yellow awning. Despite its name, we recommend the tacos.
Fast and Fresh Burrito Deli
84 Hoyt StThis place is across from a much fancier taco establishment, but if you’re looking for fresh and delicious authentic Mexican food with no pretense (and a low price), check out the hole in the wall with the yellow awning. Despite its name, we recommend the tacos.
Is it a general store? Market? Bodega? We’re not sure what to call it, but if there’s an ingredient in a recipe and we don’t know where to get it, we check Sahadi’s. Worth walking through just to get inspired about what you might be able to find on Atlantic Avenue or Smith Street. This is a historically Middle Eastern part of Brooklyn, and one whiff of the fine foods served up at Sahadi’s will transport you halfway across the world. This is a great spot to pick up supplies for a picnic.
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Sahadi's
187 Atlantic AveIs it a general store? Market? Bodega? We’re not sure what to call it, but if there’s an ingredient in a recipe and we don’t know where to get it, we check Sahadi’s. Worth walking through just to get inspired about what you might be able to find on Atlantic Avenue or Smith Street. This is a historically Middle Eastern part of Brooklyn, and one whiff of the fine foods served up at Sahadi’s will transport you halfway across the world. This is a great spot to pick up supplies for a picnic.
While we haven’t made an exhausting search by any stretch, but this is the best straight up hamburger we’ve found in Brooklyn to date.
14 recommandé par les habitants
two8two Bar & Burger
282 Atlantic AveWhile we haven’t made an exhausting search by any stretch, but this is the best straight up hamburger we’ve found in Brooklyn to date.
Located on the far South-East corner of Fort Greene park, Walter’s is a great place for any meal but especially if you are looking for brunch. It’s typical of the “new” Brooklyn--hip and trendy, in a vintage-y way, serving up great American classics with a fresh twist.
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Walter's
166 Dekalb AveLocated on the far South-East corner of Fort Greene park, Walter’s is a great place for any meal but especially if you are looking for brunch. It’s typical of the “new” Brooklyn--hip and trendy, in a vintage-y way, serving up great American classics with a fresh twist.
A charming local restaurant that does tapas and mediterranean food. We can’t say enough about how delicious the food is or how charming the space is.
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Olea
171 Lafayette AveA charming local restaurant that does tapas and mediterranean food. We can’t say enough about how delicious the food is or how charming the space is.
Latin American food, but Latin American food done with grace and artistry in a beautifully designed venue.
92 recommandé par les habitants
Colonia Verde
219 Dekalb Ave Latin American food, but Latin American food done with grace and artistry in a beautifully designed venue.
A small, adorable Italian restaurant that manages to serve us delicious food in a casual but intimate setting. This is also really close to the Brooklyn Heights promenade - we’d recommend making an evening of it!
32 recommandé par les habitants
River Deli
32 Joralemon StA small, adorable Italian restaurant that manages to serve us delicious food in a casual but intimate setting. This is also really close to the Brooklyn Heights promenade - we’d recommend making an evening of it!
Good Mexican food served in a lively restaurant with killer drinks. It sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge and has a great back garden. Wait times can be long during prime dining hours, so we recommend either making a recommendation or being willing to hang and drink at the bar for a while.
41 recommandé par les habitants
GRAN ELÉCTRICA
5 Front StGood Mexican food served in a lively restaurant with killer drinks. It sits beneath the Brooklyn Bridge and has a great back garden. Wait times can be long during prime dining hours, so we recommend either making a recommendation or being willing to hang and drink at the bar for a while.
A new, swanky Italian restaurant right on the waterfront, with great outdoor seating and amazing views of Manhattan. Truth be told, we haven’t eaten here since it opened only recently. But we’ve heard good things (check out the NYTimes review).
39 recommandé par les habitants
Cecconi's Dumbo
55 Water StA new, swanky Italian restaurant right on the waterfront, with great outdoor seating and amazing views of Manhattan. Truth be told, we haven’t eaten here since it opened only recently. But we’ve heard good things (check out the NYTimes review).
Evelina
211 Dekalb AveAmazing ambiance and great New American food.
The best views in the city, and truly amazing food. This spot is really special, can't recommend highly enough! (But do get reservations if you can).
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Celestine
1 John StThe best views in the city, and truly amazing food. This spot is really special, can't recommend highly enough! (But do get reservations if you can).
Wood-burning stove-cooked everything. Beautiful interior and a great pan-American menu.
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METTĀ
197 Adelphi StWood-burning stove-cooked everything. Beautiful interior and a great pan-American menu.
Drinks & Nightlife
A few blocks from Concord Street is the tasting room for the King’s County distillery--the NYC's oldest continuously operating whiskey distillery. A beautiful space with a charming outdoor segment, they only serve whisky cocktails but the cocktails are really well made and the bar itself is something of an undiscovered gem. A perfect low-key hang out for groups, and a great way to enjoy the outside when the weather's nice. On the weekends, they have artisanal food trucks parked outside for snacks.
The Gatehouses
299 Sands StA few blocks from Concord Street is the tasting room for the King’s County distillery--the NYC's oldest continuously operating whiskey distillery. A beautiful space with a charming outdoor segment, they only serve whisky cocktails but the cocktails are really well made and the bar itself is something of an undiscovered gem. A perfect low-key hang out for groups, and a great way to enjoy the outside when the weather's nice. On the weekends, they have artisanal food trucks parked outside for snacks.
This is a speakeasy located behind a secret door in the back of Walter’s. Designed in a trendy izakaya style, this place is very cool. They also serve excellent cocktails and bar snacks. We recommend making a reservation.
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Karasu
166 Dekalb AveThis is a speakeasy located behind a secret door in the back of Walter’s. Designed in a trendy izakaya style, this place is very cool. They also serve excellent cocktails and bar snacks. We recommend making a reservation.
Calling this a brewpub with a rotating food selection sells this place short. It’s run by a master brewer and the beers they have on tap are some of the most interesting, diverse and delicious I’ve had. They also have a great outside garden.
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Threes Brewing
333 Douglass StCalling this a brewpub with a rotating food selection sells this place short. It’s run by a master brewer and the beers they have on tap are some of the most interesting, diverse and delicious I’ve had. They also have a great outside garden.
Essentials
A little food mart that has everything you need in a pinch.
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Gold Street Market
257 Gold StA little food mart that has everything you need in a pinch.
This is the closest full-sized grocery store to our apartment. It's a little on the fancier side, but you can find everything you'd need to cook a great meal.
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NYC Fresh Market
1660 Madison AveThis is the closest full-sized grocery store to our apartment. It's a little on the fancier side, but you can find everything you'd need to cook a great meal.
Parks & Nature
There are closer parks, but none quite as charming as Fort Greene park. There is a farmer’s market on Saturday and everyday features a mix of the different people that call Brooklyn home. Bring a blanket and watch young families, young hipsters, old families and old hipsters explore the New York version of the great outdoors.
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Fort Greene Park
South Portland AvenueThere are closer parks, but none quite as charming as Fort Greene park. There is a farmer’s market on Saturday and everyday features a mix of the different people that call Brooklyn home. Bring a blanket and watch young families, young hipsters, old families and old hipsters explore the New York version of the great outdoors.
Brooklyn’s version of Central Park, this is a massive green area you can find at the end of Flatbush Avenue. A great place to take a long walk and get some open air.
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Prospect Park
Brooklyn’s version of Central Park, this is a massive green area you can find at the end of Flatbush Avenue. A great place to take a long walk and get some open air.
Sightseeing
Former shipping piers have been turned into sports fields, green spaces and picnic areas in this beautiful park located right on the water. It features AMAZING views of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Statue of Liberty as well as a carousel! You can catch the ferry here and ride over to Manhattan, up to different neighborhoods in Brooklyn (like Williamsburg and Greenpoint), or over to Governor’s Island. This park is our favorite in all of Brooklyn, and is a real urban planning success story.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman StFormer shipping piers have been turned into sports fields, green spaces and picnic areas in this beautiful park located right on the water. It features AMAZING views of Manhattan, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Statue of Liberty as well as a carousel! You can catch the ferry here and ride over to Manhattan, up to different neighborhoods in Brooklyn (like Williamsburg and Greenpoint), or over to Governor’s Island. This park is our favorite in all of Brooklyn, and is a real urban planning success story.