Brooklyn’s Newest Outdoor Drinking and Dining Destinations
Save for slip-on shoes and sunglasses, an outdoor drinking and dining guide is the ultimate accessory for spring. And we’ve got 14 exemplary spots to add to Brooklyn’s ever-expanding al fresco list, from Bushwick’s Martha’s Vineyard-emulating Cape House, to Bed Stuy’s tiki-inspired Diamond Reef.
Cape House: Thanks to tall walls erected along Bushwick’s Knickerbocker Avenue flatiron— shielding the neighborhood’s unforgiving industrial sprawl from view—Cape House is a convincing stand-in for a New England clam shack (the bowls of oyster cracker-garnished chowder and paper boats of deep-fried, lemon-spritzed bellies certainly don’t hurt).
2 Knickerbocker Ave., Bushwick
1057 Atlantic Ave., Bedford Stuyvesant
47 S 5th St., Williamsburg
905 Lorimer St., Greenpoint
706 Washington Ave., Crown Heights
195 Wyckoff Ave., Bushwick
111 N 12th St., Williamsburg
387 Myrtle Ave., Fort Greene
659 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights
606 Vanderbilt Ave., Prospect Heights
1013 Bedford Ave., Bed Stuy
348 Wythe Ave., Williamsburg
289 5th Ave., Park Slope
1 Bedford Ave., Greenpoint
Photos by Jane Bruce, Chris Trigaux, Nicole Fara Silver, Maggie Shannon, and Kelsey Mitchell.