Esme, the newest restaurant to open on Manhattan Avenue, is named after the female protagonist in J.D. Salinger’s ‘For Esmé – with Love and Squalor’. Happily, the new bistro reflects […]
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Rosie de Belgeonne is a video editor and specializes in movie trailers. Her days in a dark edit suite are balanced with sunny runs around McCarren Park track and weekends spent discovering Greenpoint's finest eateries.
If you have any local foody news or tip-offs you can email her at [email protected], or tweet @Rosie_de_B
Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews
12 Top Treats from Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint
The fifth annual Taste Williamsburg Greenpoint event happened on Sunday and it could not have been a better day for it.Brilliant sunshine, smiling faces, great music, totally manageable lines (mostly […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Events
Garden to Table Dinner at Franklin Street Community Garden (09/12)
The lovely folk at Franklin Street Community Garden invite you to join them for a ‘Garden to Table’ dinner this week to benefit the The Greenpoint Reformed Church Soup Kitchen. […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Love Bites
Greenpoint Love Bites: Blind Date #2
Since our first Love Bites in Greenpoint date proved such a smoking-hot success, we are thrilled to announce that we recently paired up a second gorgeous couple for a blind […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Events
TASTE Williamsburg Greenpoint This Sunday (09/07)
There’s a trillion great places to eat and drink in the area, but rarely enough time (or stomach space) to give everywhere a try. That’s why this Sunday’s Taste Williamsburg […]
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Grilled Cheese ‘Jafflechutes’ will be Bombarding Greenpoint this Week!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s grilled cheese!! And you could be catching one for your lunch this week… Earlier this year there was a miniature […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Vivi Bubble Tea Moves into Old Enla Photo Space
For some weeks now, Manhattan Avenue has been illuminated by a cutesy bubblegum-pink storefront promising Vivi Bubble Tea. When I passed by at the weekend, staff were hard at work […]
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Mr. Curry at Achilles Heel (08/28)
From time to time, every couple of months, I get a severe craving for an outrageously good curry. Unfortunately I’m yet to find a really awesome local curry house but, […]
Posted inCommunity, Eat & Drink
Can you Solve the Mystery of the Disappearing Tamales?
This week we received a touching missive from a reader in distress, bringing to our attention a curious Greenpoint mystery. It wasn’t something we were able to solve, so we […]
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Summer Twilight Cocktail Party at Franklin St Community Garden (08/21)
You know that cute community garden on Franklin Street? Well, they’re hosting a summer cocktail party and it sounds like a super lovely opportunity to hang on to the fading evenings […]