Living in NYC allows us to sample cuisine from all over the world, right? Well, largely, yes, but when it comes to Burmese food there is actually only one dedicated […]
Category: Eat & Drink
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Boulevard Tavern to Close its Doors for the Final Time this Weekend
Sad news: Boulevard Tavern will be pulling its final pint this weekend, after 10 years of serving the neighborhood. Owner Harold Kramer and his wife Ria started running the bar in 2005. They reclaimed […]
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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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Sweetleaf Coffee: New Cafe and Roastery Opens in North Greenpoint
You know those times when you don’t set out to do something, but somehow it just happens anyway? Well, this is pretty much how Sweetleaf, Greenpoint’s newest coffee shop, came […]
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GIVEAWAY!! Tickets to Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival!! (9/26)
Featuring over 100+ craft brews from New York & beyond, The Village Voice is hosting the fifth annual Brooklyn Pour Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, September 26th from 3:00PM–6:00PM at Brooklyn […]
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Bottoms Up! Here’s to One Year of In-House Brewing at Keg & Lantern
It turns out Greenpoint is becoming a bit of a mecca for craft beer. Whilst the likes of Brouwerij Lane, Tørst and Dirck the Norseman have really put us on the […]
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Happy 7th Birthday, Richardson! Celebrate this Sat (8/15)!!
The Richardson, home of local boozehound J.P. Grace’s favorite Old Fashioneds, is celebrating its 7th Birthday this Saturday (8/15). Forget the cake! They will do it big boy Brooklyn style […]
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Greenpoint Food & Drink: Summer News Round-up
There’s been a whole lot of comings and goings amongst Greenpoint’s bars and restaurants recently. Here’s a round-up of a few changes that are on our radar… Brooklyn Barge Bar (3 […]
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Party Like It’s 1999: F.A.M. Shindig Hits North Brooklyn Tomorrow (8/9) at The Paper Box
“Do you remember what it was like? There was garbage everywhere.” AB and I are talking about New York City in the 80s, when he used to ride along with […]
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French-Catalonian Restaurant to Open on Franklin Street this September
A lot of local places describe themselves as ‘neighborhood restaurants’. But, aside from location, what does this actually mean? That a place is affordable? Has good food? Friendly service? Lots of […]