Ellie Plass
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Openings and Closings: Pork Katsu, Pistachio Tart, and Pide
This week we welcome back a spot we thought was gone for good, as well as a crowd-funded Crown Heights newbie, several coffee shops, and a new pub. → Read More
Openings and Closings: Bibimbap, Branzino, and Beef Yaroa –
This week we welcome a new Italian eatery with a great happy hour, a coffee shop with a cause, and a pop-up at a gone-but-not-forgotten favorite. We say goodbye to Crown Height’s Associate Supermarket after a long road, which you can read more about here. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything, and stay safe. You can find the last edition of this series here. Antojitos BK 412 45th St,… → Read More
The Bagel Debate: Our Favorites in Brooklyn
Bagels. They’re among our fair city’s most controversial foods, right up there with pizza and pastrami, so it’s no surprise... → Read More
The Bagel Debate: Our Favorites in Brooklyn
Bagels. They’re among our fair city’s most controversial foods, right up there with pizza and pastrami, so it’s no surprise... → Read More
Henry Goldberger, Park Slope Restaurateur, Dead at 95
Henry Joseph Goldberger, the restaurateur behind the late Snooky’s Pub in Park Slope and numerous other Brooklyn businesses, passed away... → Read More
New Grants For Restaurants Will Reimburse Expenses
Applications opened on Monday, January 11, for the Empire State Development (ESD) “Raising the NYS Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund,” a... → Read More
Openings and Closings: Cheese, Chicken, and Charro Beans
Welcome to a new year of openings and closings. We’ve got lots of exciting new options to start the year... → Read More
Remembering Tommaso Restaurant’s Thomas Verdillo
Thomas Verdillo, the owner and founder of Tommaso Restaurant in Bensonhurst, passed away on Sunday, December 27th, due to complications... → Read More
Where to Order Christmas Dinner
With indoor dining closed and snow advisories upon us, Christmas Dinner delivered sounds pretty good right about now. Luckily, these... → Read More
Openings and Closings: Thai, Taquerias, and Trials
Borsalia 79 Grand Street, between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Borsalia... → Read More
Brooklyn Businesses Worry They Won't Make It Through Another Shutdown Without More Help
“We will close for good. I’ve been here 50 years and we will close for good,” the owner of Canarsie’s Arch Diner, Louis Leonidou, said. → Read More
Openings and Closings: Seafood Boil, Szechuan Slaw, and Samosas
It’s a seafood boil takeover, as we welcome three new spots all serving the dish. If crab legs aren’t your thing, we’ve also got a new tea house, lots of coffee spots, and a natural wine bar. → Read More
Park Slope BID Launches Local Gift Cards
The gift cards can be used at any participating business in Park Slope & Gowanus to keep holiday shopping local. → Read More
A Tale of Two Avenues: Avenue U Deals With Split Cluster Regulations
Red Zone split Avenue U down the middle, shuttering similar businesses on one side, keeping them open on the other. → Read More
Openings and Closings: Cookies, Coffee, and Chicken
Hello to lots of exciting new spots, including gooey cookies just in time for Halloween, a new Palestinian spot, and lots of interesting new sweets. → Read More
Openings and Closings: Life Must Go On Edition
Things continue to change very quickly here in Brooklyn. Small businesses, as we all know, are struggling under the weight... → Read More
Students at Brooklyn Middle School Sent Home With Insensitive Problem
On Thursday, July 9th, summer school rising 7th grade students at Achievement First (AF) Endeavor school in Brooklyn went home... → Read More
Indoor Dining Postponed Indefinitely
This morning Mayor Bill de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced their decision to hold off on reopening indoor dining... → Read More
Local Restaurants: Open For Outdoor Dining, Hopeful For Return Of Customers
Phase Two of New York City’s reopening plan began on Monday, and with it came the new permissions for outdoor... → Read More
Juneteenth in Brooklyn: Activism, Education, And Other Ways To Participate
This year June 19th – Juneteenth – is marking the 155th years since the last proclamation of the end of... → Read More