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The life and rhymes of Rozanne Gold

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By Jessica Robinson

The pioneering chef and restaurateur is adding a new line to her impressive resume: Published poet.

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Masalawala and Sons brings stellar, rarely seen regional fare to Park Slope 

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By Scott Lynch

The “Unapologetically Indian” team opens a ridiculously good Bengali restaurant In Brooklyn.

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Slutty Vegan brings its fast food, ‘burgers’ and high energy vibe to Fort Greene

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By Scott Lynch

The all-vegan chain from Atlanta is drawing big crowds to the Biggie building.

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The Zaab Zaab team is serving up boatloads of fiery Isaan Thai seafood to Williamsburg

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By Scott Lynch

Tiger Prawn on Grand Street is now Zaab Zaab Talay.

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Inside the Brooklyn Museum’s 10-year gut-renovation of its Asian and Islamic art galleries

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By Vittoria Benzine

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Inside the Brooklyn Museum’s 10-year gut-renovation of its Asian and Islamic art galleries

Diana Mora: The patron saint of New York nightlife

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By Brian Braiker

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A Moment of Venn: A little sticky

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By Draeger Gillespie

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Sake shots, disco dancing and the Atlantic Antic: 14 things to do this weekend

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By Ethan Jakob Craft

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Sake shots, disco dancing and the Atlantic Antic: 14 things to do this weekend

Do or dink: Will pickleball survive the hype?

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By Greg Bruce

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Do or dink: Will pickleball survive the hype?

James Austin Johnson: New kid at the Rock

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By Joshua Encinias

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James Austin Johnson: New kid at the Rock

Scenes from BagelFest (where the best bagel In Brooklyn is once again from Connecticut)  

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By Scott Lynch

For the second year in a row PopUp Bagels took home the prize for Best Overall at the two-day event.

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Beers, BagelFest and a Bushwick block party: 14 things to do this weekend

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By Ethan Jakob Craft

There’s also a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in Sunset Park and a Southern culture-fueled rockabilly concert in Gowanus.

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Nathan’s Famous has teamed up with Coney Island Brewery to release its first-ever beer

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The lager has a “floral hop flavor” and, we’re pretty sure, no hot dog water.

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Gus's Chop House is a stellar new spot with old school flair in Carroll Gardens

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By Scott Lynch

The team behind Popina is now slinging steaks, chops, chicken, seafood, and lots and lots of wine at Gus’s on Union Street.

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One of Brooklyn's only Afghan restaurants is slinging lots of kabab In Kensington

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By Scott Lynch

Dunya Kabab House opened last spring just off Cortelyou on Coney Island Avenue.

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Sushi on Me, a rowdy, all-you-can-drink, omakase spot is coming to Willamsburg

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Its original Jackson Heights location has garnered fans for its rather unique dining experience.

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'Me, the menu ... or both?' Behind the scenes at Leland Eating and Drinking House

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By Brian Braiker

Randi Lee and Jeannette Zinno open up about their popular Prospect Heights eatery — and their recent reality TV experience.

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A Moment of Venn: Summer Fridays

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By Draeger Gillespie

Our guide to those moments where Brooklyn overlaps, interacts and connects.

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10 of the city's best restaurants are coming together in 'drive-thru' event next month

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Sofreh, Red Hook Tavern and Bonnie’s are some of the Brooklyn restaurants featured in the two-night event, organized by Resy.

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Oma Grassa is a terrific new pizza spot in Fort Greene 

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By Scott Lynch

The full-service restaurant started slinging its pies about a month ago on Fulton Street.

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Run The Jewels and Brooklyn Brewery debut their 36" Chain beer  

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By Scott Lynch

Killer Mike and El-P partied in Williamsburg last night to celebrate their new brew that ‘tastes like Brooklyn.’

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A combined Syrian-Korean counter opens in Windsor Terrace

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By Scott Lynch

Each cuisine gets about half the menu at SYKO (get it?), a family-owned fast casual spot.

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Cool World is a new bistro from the team behind Celestine and Grand Army

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By Scott Lynch

The Greenpoint brasserie opened last week with a restaurant dream-team pedigree that also stars two Wildair alums in the kitchen.

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Red Hook favorite The Good Fork has reopened as The Good Fork Pub

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By Scott Lynch

After a long pandemic-shutdown, the new menu stars Sohui Kim’s Korean-ish takes on traditional pub fare.

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Bed-Stuy ceramics studio Artshack opens an eclectic, plastic-free cafe

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By Scott Lynch

The appealing menu features pastries, onigiri, sandwiches, and even house made soft serve ice cream.

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Locals Only: A visit to Emily’s Pork Store and Gennaro 'Jerry' Aliperti

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By Adrian Savino

In the first of a series of mini-profiles of local institutions and mom-and-pops, we stop by a nearly 50-year-old Williamsburg essential.

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New Smith Street spot features dim sum, dumplings — and a robot cat server  

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By Scott Lynch

Dimmer and Summer officially opened Saturday in Cobble Hill, but the real star isn’t the food.

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Arden opens on Franklin Avenue with a global menu and local vibes

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By Scott Lynch

The co-owners of the new place, where Glady’s used to be, worked together for years at Mermaid Inn.

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These are the 55 Brooklyn restaurants participating in Restaurant Week

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The 2022 summer edition of NYC Restaurant Week actually lasts a month. Here are the participating Brooklyn eateries — bon appétit!

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Mission Chinese is closing its Bushwick location after four years

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The trailblazing and troubled restaurant is closing up shop in Bushwick, marking the infamous eatery’s total exit from the city.

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Local Roots founder reflects on year one of her cafe (and 11 years as a CSA)

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By Brian Braiker

‘I wanted to create a virtuous cycle,’ says Wen-Jay Ying of her innovative (and kinda punk) community supported agriculture operation.

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Scenes from Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest 

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By Scott Lynch

The annual event returned to Surf and Stillwell, where thousands came to witness Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo down dozens of dogs.

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The Farm on Adderley is closing after 16 years

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The Ditmas Park restaurant ushered in a new type of dining in the neighborhood.

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Ice cream, booze, and killer sandwiches now available in McCarren Park

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By Scott Lynch

The completely reconstructed McCarren Park House has finally opened, with food, drinks, and a bunch of new bathrooms.

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Fleishers Craft Butchery has permanently closed its doors

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The closure puts an end to a 19-year run that ultimately couldn’t recover from a controversy around stifling staff expression.

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Brooklyn's 50 Most Fascinating People 2022

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By Brooklyn Magazine

For the second year in a row, Brooklyn Magazine is paying tribute to the most captivating people in the borough right now.

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Behind the scenes of our second annual list of Brooklyn's 50 Most Fascinating People

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By Brian Braiker

A bit of background about our second annual list of the 50 Brooklynites we’re captivated by now.

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Here are the 12 new vendors coming to Smorgasburg

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By Brooklyn Magazine

New additions next weekend include pho, cupcakes and, well, weird ass cookies.

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Nabila's brings lebanese home cooking to Cobble Hill

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By Scott Lynch

Owner Michael Farah seeks to recreate the legendary dinner parties of his mother, Nabila, on the corner of Court and Kane Streets.

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Fan Fried Rice Bar has officially moved from Bed-Stuy to Williamsburg

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By Scott Lynch

Paul Chen has relocated his beloved Taipei-style fried rice spot into bigger digs on Driggs Avenue.

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Guadalajara's legendary hangover cure, the torta ahogada, arrives in Prospect Heights  

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By Scott Lynch

Newly-opened Cruz del Sur on Washington Avenue also has some terrific tacos and an amazing beef marrow stew.

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A beef over beef: Wendy's and McDonald's are being sued in a Brooklyn court

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The proposed class action suit seeks a whopping $50 million in damages over allegations of false advertising.

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A private tour through the cheese caves of Crown Heights

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By Jessica Robinson

In Crown Finish Caves on Bergen Street, 26,000 pounds of cheese is aging right under your nose.

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Flatbush food, Fifth Ave fair and farmers’ markets: 13 things to do this weekend

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By Ethan Jakob Craft

Plus, a national day of action for abortion rights.

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Now you can enjoy a bottomless brunch while you watch the Cyclones

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By Brooklyn Magazine

At just $49 per person, this rooftop brunch might be the best deal in town.

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The shop that invented the rainbow bagel has closed

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Turns out there’s not a pot of gold at the other side of this doughy rainbow.

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Getting sauced with the guys from Pig Beach

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By Brian Braiker

A podcast interview with Shane McBride and Matt Adboo, the chefs behind the BBQ restaurant Pig Beach and authors of a new cookbook.

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East Village beerhall Zum Schneider is back … and in Brooklyn

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By Laurenz Busch

The beloved Alphabet City German restaurant shut down permanently in 2020, but has been resurrected for pop-ups and events.

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Sending noods: Cafe Spaghetti in Carol Gardens offers a satisfying list of crowd pleasers

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By Scott Lynch

Brooklyn-to-the-bone Sal Lamboglia, formerly of Locanda Verde and Bar Primi, brings a menu of classics to his charming new eatery.

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Introducing the inaugural Brooklyn Magazine Festival, June 15-18

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Four nights of club shows and fireside chats, culminating in a two-day music fest at LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Prospect Park.

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Mission Sandwich Social is serving up seriously metal subs In Williamsburg 

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By Scott Lynch

Brian Tsao, formerly of Beauty and Essex and ‘Beat Bobby Flay,’ is opening an inspired new sandwich stand this week.

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Superb West African food, dished out of a tiny takeout window in Bed-Stuy 

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By Scott Lynch

Suya and grilled salmon are the stars at Rodo Foods, and so is a heaping serving of community.

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Moroccan food and lots of mezcal at Kensington's new Café Fés 

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By Scott Lynch

The Church Avenue spot is run by Raduone and Fatima Eljaouhari.

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Views, vibes, and Mexican munchies at brand new Xolo and Bar Milagro

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By Scott Lynch

The team behind Zona Rosa and Mesa Coyoacan opens another Williamsburg eatery with modern twists and a funky DIY flare.

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Philly's Laser Wolf is opening a Brooklyn outpost

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By Gabe Friedman

Acclaimed Israeli chef Michael Solomonov is returning to NYC with his first-ever Brooklyn restaurant.

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Noma, one of the world's best restaurants, is coming to Brooklyn

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The Danish eatery is hosting a five-night series in Dumbo next month with American Express. Tickets for will set you back $700.

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The team behind Michelin-starred Oxalis opens a lively wine-bar in Clinton Hill

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By Scott Lynch

Place des Fêtes features fish, legumes, natural wines, and maybe the best pork chop you’ll ever eat.

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The glorious ‘garbage plates’ of Rochester have landed in Clinton Hill

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By Scott Lynch

Brooklyn Hots, a new restaurant from Radicle Wine owner Brian Heiss, has got the goods.

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Here's what's new at Smorgsasburg in Prospect Park this year

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The mobile food market returns Sunday. Someone get us the Pepto Bismol because we’ll be feastin’.

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Sixpoint Brewery is opening its first-ever taproom

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Launched in Red Hook in 2004, Sixpoint Brewery will open its first taproom in Downtown Brooklyn.

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Fleishers Craft Butchery reopens eight months after employee walkout

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The butcher chain was forced to close after employees walked out in protest over forced removal of BLM and pro-LGBTQ+ signs.

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Queen Majesty brings the heat ... and the beat

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By Jessica Lipsky

How a graphic designer from Buffalo carved out a following as a hot sauce maven and reggae deejay.

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Greenberg's Bagels owner Julian Cavin opens a classic NYC pizzeria in Bed-Stuy (again)

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By Scott Lynch

The new Valentine’s Pizza replaces short-lived Frankie and Vali’s, and is co-owned by chef Joey Scalabrino of Leo in Williamsburg.

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Bringing sake down to earth—by way of Bushwick

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By Andrew Tobia

Shinobu Kato’s flagship Brooklyn taproom demystifies Japan’s rice alcohol one craft pour at a time.

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Wenwen in Greenpoint is serving up good times and great Taiwanese food

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By Scott Lynch

The crew behind the rowdy East Village spot 886 brings the party to Manhattan Avenue.

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Carroll Gardens staple Bar Bruno to take over former Enid’s spot in Greenpoint

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By Gabe Friedman

A family-friendly Mexican bistro will move in where an iconic brunch and party institution was once a neighborhood pioneer.

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Domenico 'Dom' De Marco, founder of legendary Di Fara Pizza, has died

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By Brooklyn Magazine

A Brooklyn icon and master pizzaiolo who slung some of the best pies in the city has passed away at 85.

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Inside Brooklyn's last lesbian bar

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By Arielle Silver-Willner

Ginger’s Bar in Park Slope reopened after months of uncertainty, providing a safe space for a community that’s running out of them.

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Friday night is 'Lazagna' night in Cobble Hill—for now

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By Scott Lynch

There are only three more Zaza Fridays left this season (they’ll be back in summer) so get your orders in now.

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Red Hook Tavern is asking for donations after a fire forced it to close

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The restaurant, best known for its burger, is asking for donations.

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New Mexican spot opens in Williamsburg serving mariscos y mezcals

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By Scott Lynch

Ensenada is bringing a bit of Baja to Brooklyn with ceviches, aguachiles, and other seafood delights.

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5 great Brooklyn-based ice cream brands (that aren't Van Leeuwen) at a bodega near you

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By Gabe Friedman

Scoop local! Here’s a handy roundup of Brooklyn-born pints (and cones) that are currently available at your neighborhood market.

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Van Leeuwen pioneered the artisanal ice cream boom. It’s finally ready to go big

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By Gabe Friedman

Can it avoid the pitfalls that ensnared other brands?

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Smorgasburg is expanding to (where else?) Miami

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The open-air food market is opening a new outpost near hip Wynwood Walls, marking its latest expansion outside of New York.

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Run the Jewels is asking for fans to help design a custom beer can

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By Brooklyn Magazine

In a ‘match made in Brooklyn,’ the group is asking for art submissions to adorn cans of ’36” Chain’ by Brooklyn Brewery

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Roberta's is opening an outpost in Montauk

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The beloved Bushwick pizzeria is acting like any well-heeled New Yorker and heading east this summer.

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The Dept. Of Culture serves up authentic Nigerian food—and folksy fare—in Bed-Stuy

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By Scott Lynch

Ayo Balogun hosts a rambunctious West African feast at his new restaurant on Nostrand Avenue.  

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Bottoms up! Hochul stops in Brooklyn to push for permanent to-go cocktails

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Calling it a ‘critical revenue stream,’ Hochul said to-go drinks ‘kept people afloat during those dark, dark months.’

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Threes Brewing CEO is stepping down following controversial Covid-19 comments

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By Brooklyn Magazine

Josh Stylman has been with the company since its founding but faced backlash for calling vaccine mandates a ‘crime against humanity.’

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Lore, a lovely new neighborhood spot, lands in Park Slope

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By Scott Lynch

Chefs Jay Kumar and John Kim cook up a global menu with a South Asian bent in the space that used to be Camperdown Elm.

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One of the 'world's 50 best bars' is now serving drinks at Barclays Center

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The West Village bar Dante is the latest Manhattan staple to open an outpost in Brooklyn’s biggest arena.

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Gage & Tollner's restoration to be honored with prestigious award

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The historic chophouse is one of 14 projects to be honored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy—and the only in Brooklyn.

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Roll-N-Roaster switches up its famous fries to the dismay of vocal locals

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By Brooklyn Magazine

The classic Sheepshead Bay beef sandwich spot is updating its French fries, which have been a menu mainstay for 50 years.

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