Shopping for groceries during a pandemic can be a fraught experience while trying to maintain social distancing, and some grocery stores in Greenpoint are adjusting their procedures to protect customers and […]
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Gertie to Launch Hospitality Workers Relief Center With Free Meals
The Williamsburg restaurant Gertie (357 Grand St.) will offer free meals for laid off hospitality workers as a result of mass closures from the coronavirus crisis. Starting on Thursday at 4 […]
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How To Support Local Restaurants and Bars During The Covid Crisis
Very quickly this week, the air has been sucked out of the heart and soul of Greenpoint, along with the rest of New York City. So we’ve made a list of local restaurants and their current status.
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Greenpoint Asian Restaurant Baoburg Launches $5 Takeout ‘Survivor Meals’
The southeast Asian restaurant Baoburg (614 Manhattan Ave.) will launch a reduced-price ‘Survival Meal’ menu available for takeout on Thursday. $5 meals will be available for pickup everyday at Baoburg […]
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Esme’s ‘Family Meal’ to Support NYC Hunger Programs
The neighborhood restaurant Esme (999 Manhattan Ave.) is offering meals to-go for a suggested donation today with proceeds helping to provide food for the hungry. “As devastating as this shutdown […]
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Greenpoint Restauranteurs Battle Food Insecurity With Pay-What-You-Can Meals
Greenpoint restauranteurs and married couple Blair Papagni and Josh Cohen are offering pay-what-you-can hot meals for those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, as the issue of food insecurity worries […]
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Rule of Thirds Brings Innovative Japanese Cuisine to a/d/o Space
A new 85-seat restaurant inside of the a/d/o co-working space is already drawing large crowds and captures the innovative energy of the neighborhood with sharable Japanese-inspired dishes that are surprisingly […]
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Paulie Gee’s to Celebrate 10th Anniversary at Original Greenpoint Pizzeria With Throwback Menu, Pricing and Staff
Paulie Gee’s (50 Greenpoint Ave.) will mark a decade in the neighborhood next week with a throwback celebration featuring the original menu and many of the opening night staff to […]
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Greenpoint Ice Cream Innovators Van Leeuwen Raise $18.7 Million
In a homegrown success story, Van Leeuwen announced a major expansion after raising $18.7 million in funding from the private equity firm NextWorld Evergreen. The beloved local ice cream brand has gone bi-coastal […]
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Greenpoint Original Pizza Opening at Former Carmine’s Original Pizza This Saturday
A new pizzeria is scheduled to open this Saturday morning in a cozy Norman Avenue storefront that was formerly home to Carmine’s Original Pizza. Greenpoint Original Pizza (93 Norman Ave.) […]