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Posts by Author Archives: Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner

Vinnie’s Delivering “Comforting Words” For A Dollar

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner October 2, 2020October 7, 2020

Ordering a pizza may be a New Yorker’s ultimate form of self-care, but one Brooklyn pizzeria is taking it up a notch. Vinnie’s Pizzeria (148 Bedford Ave.), known for their […]

Williamsburg’s Gertie Relaunches With Focus on Jewish Comfort Food

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner October 1, 2020October 1, 2020

We’re all in need of a little extra comfort these days (okay, a lot) and local businesses are catching on. Gertie (357 Grand St.), the one-year-old Williamsburg restaurant known for […]

Bathhouse Kitchen Relaunches With Indoor Dining

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 29, 2020September 29, 2020

Everyone’s in need of a little extra relaxation amidst the pandemic, and Bathhouse (103 North 10th St.) is here to provide some de-stressing. Williamsburg’s luxe spa-style bathhouse has been operating […]

Espresso Paloma Opens Coffee Window in Greenpoint

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 24, 2020September 28, 2020

A new small business is serving socially distant coffee with a concept that was brewed up amidst the pandemic. Espresso Paloma (117 Meserole Ave.), opened in a tiny storefront just […]

Pop Up Grocer Is Opening in Williamsburg

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 24, 2020September 28, 2020

North Brooklyn has no shortage of specialty grocery stores and markets that have kept neighbors well-fed during the pandemic, and yet another will open this fall. Pop Up Grocer, the […]

Brooklyn Label Relaunches With Focus on Takeout

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 21, 2020September 25, 2020

The ominous newspaper covered windows at Brooklyn Label’s (180 Franklin St.) corner space may have worried regular diners earlier this month, but the beloved restaurant was merely remodeling and prepping […]

Citlali Cocina Cooks Up Guadalajaran Takeout in Greenpoint

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 21, 2020October 7, 2020

Juan Sanchez hadn’t found the chilaquiles and traditional Guadalajaran food he grew up with in Greenpoint, so like many immigrants in a new place, he recreated it himself. Still, he wished […]

Other Half Brewing Opening at Domino Park This October

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 17, 2020September 21, 2020

Williamsburg is getting another brewery! Other Half Brewing, the Brooklyn-based craft brewery that has since expanded to Washington D.C. and the Finger Lakes since opening in 2014, is opening a […]

Midriff Hole Serves Socially Distanced Gelato in Williamsburg

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 15, 2020September 19, 2020

Joshua Schwartz missed the old Williamsburg. That is, the neighborhood he remembers from living in North Brooklyn for the past 15 years, where experiences were more crucial to the area’s […]

Magazine Bar To Close At End Of September

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner September 15, 2020September 19, 2020

The pandemic’s ongoing devastation is taking its toll on local and independently-owned businesses, including popular spots that seemed to rebound when New York reopened in June. Franklin Street’s latest casualty, […]

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