The owner of the Dokebi dynasty, Chul Kim, has opened a new Korean store in Greenpoint called Kimchee Market. But this isn’t your mom’s traditional Korean greengrocer. Kimchee Market offers freshly-made […]
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Dakota Kim is a writer and event producer. You can often find her buying wines at Dandelion, biking to Smorgasburg, shopping the farmers market in McGolrick, eating Van Leeuwen ice cream, and swimming in McCarren Pool.
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New York Burlesque Festival Dazzled at Brooklyn Bowl
The New York Burlesque Festival is always a highly-anticipated event full of talented hosts and performers, and this year’s fest brought hilarious, intelligent and sexy acts to Brooklyn Bowl’s stage in […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Events
Brooklyn Pour Brought Local and Far-Flung Brews to Greenpoint
The Village Voice’s Fifth Annual Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival last weekend filled the Brooklyn Expo Center with over 60 breweries and their fans. Amid a melee of Frisbee, games, balloons, […]
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Drunkpointers: Visit God Bless Deli for 4:00 a.m. Curly Fries and Bacon Cheeseburgers
Sometimes nothing else matters in your life besides an all-encompassing need for curly fries at 4:00 a.m. You can get regular french fries almost anywhere. But curly fries? Especially spicy curly fries? […]
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Taste Talks Takes Over Wythe Avenue
Taste Talks knows the way to every hungover food-loving Brooklynite’s heart is through a drumstick on a waffle. That’s how the third annual Taste Talks, a food and discussion festival […]
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Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint Battled Rain with Booze & Cupcakes and Won
This weekend, every outdoor NYC event, from the 90s Fest to the Taste Talks Barbeque, battled the kind of wicked New York rain that really unleashes its full furor when you’ve closed your […]
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Pinball Galore, Live Music and a Century-Old Bar: Here Comes the New Sunshine Laundromat
Before, it served two purposes. You came to Sunshine Laundromat and Pinball because you either wanted to do your laundry, or you wanted to play a machine from the incredible […]
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Drunkpointers: Greenpoint Heights After Midnight
From 11:30 p.m. until close, Greenpoint Heights, with its spacious, summery backyard, has got you covered for greasy late night bar food snacks. When you’re hungry late at night, drunkenly consult your […]
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Drunkpointers: Jimmy’s Diner
This week, we’re introducing you to a new food series called Drunkpointers, which highlights the after-ten p.m. eats you can get in Greenpoint when you’re drunk and hungry. First stop: Jimmy’s […]
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Broad City Burlesque Comes to Matchless Tonight! (7/10)
Tonight, Broad City leaves the comfy environs of Abbi’s couch (or should we say Bevers’ couch?) in Astoria and comes to Greenpoint. Marinara Stardust and Bambi Galore will bring your favorite […]