Super Bowl Sunday is a bad day to be a chicken. For some, the Super Bowl is about watching two great football teams have at it in the culmination of a terrific season. And even though Grub Street loves football — go Giants! — the fact is: The Super Bow... »
See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dan MacLeodfor The Brooklyn PaperIt’s official: the Greenhouse Cafe is the happiest bar in Brooklyn. For the past two years, the Third Avenue watering hole has boasted having “the longest happy hour,” with hooch a... »
- 2012 Idiotarod: Has the city run out of idiots? Gothamist - Report: Despite economic conditions, gentrification keeps on progressing in Brownstone Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle - A 'Le Pain Quotidien' bakery is coming to Montague Street. BHB and Le Pain ... »
Earlier this afternoon, right on schedule, Kiku completed their move into the much-larger storefront a couple doors up Fifth Avenue, into the space that was last occupied by Moroccan restaurant Babouche. The newly-renovated space is bright and spacious... »
It only took a few days after 5 year old Moroccan restaurant Babouche closed for the owners of Kiku to snatch up the space, on the corner of Fifth and Lincoln, and it only took them 2 1/2 months to renovate it, develop a new menu, and to open. The Japa... »
When it comes to a satisfying treat, simple is almost always best. Alison Walla's small Brooklyn-based baking outfit Butter + Love exemplifies that ideal with her line of shortbread and gingerbread fruit- and herb-infused cookies made from spruced-up f... »
A couple months ago, when I spoke with neighborhood mega-landlord Michael Pintchik about his plans for the bunch of vacant storefronts (one of which has since been occupied by a Weight Watchers) on the south side of Flatbush Avenue, between Eighth Aven... »
What food goes best with beer and football—let alone the Super Bowl? There’s really no debate: Buffalo wings. So right at kick off I decided to make my mother’s recipe of finger-licking-good Buffalo wings. It was the best dish of the week by far, beati... »
