As a native Kentuckian living in Brooklyn, Derby Day, that oh-so-special and festive first Saturday in May each year, has always been a pretty sweet deal for me. It’s not […]
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We wanted to know: What’s the wildest thing you’ve ever eaten?
On behalf of Greenpointers Recipes Gone Wild, I spent last Saturday at the Food Book Fair Foodieodicals asking attendees to share with me the wildest thing they had ever eaten. […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Duke’s Spring Cocktail, Le Rana
Happy Friday! Have you looked at your superfluous (but super cool-looking) wall of international clocks lately? Because it’s 5 o’ clock in Paris, comprenez-vous? The Manhattan Cocktail Classic, NYC’s celebration […]
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Open! Bakeri on Freeman Street
Before moving in with my boyfriend, I lived on the second floor of a house on Huron Street with a group of amazing Norwegian roommates. I have a lot of […]
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Coco Launch their Brunch Menu (and it’s Awesome!)
In January, the space next door to Coco 66 reopened under Manhattan restaurateur Michael Callahan. The new restaurant, Coco (68 Greenpoint Ave), wowed us with a fresh and delicious dinner menu that […]
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Greenpoint Cheap Eats Diaries Volume III: God Bless/USA Deli
This week, Rosie and I set out to try the famous falafel at God Bless Deli, which is somewhat of a Greenpoint legend among the broke, the inebriated, and the […]
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American Bistro ‘Esmé’ to Open on Site of Papacitos
When Mexican restaurant Papacitos abruptly closed its shutters at 999 Manhattan Avenue last summer it was unclear what had happened and what, if anything, would be taking its place. Now, happily, […]
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Five Leaves Crate Opens at Rough Trade
It’s been a busy year for Five Leaves owner Jud Mongell. In January his ever-popular Greenpoint eatery went bicoastal with the launch of L.A. Chapter, a Five Leaves-inspired restaurant at […]
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Recipes Gone Wild: Adina Grigore’s “It’s Spring So Let Your Skin Know It” Mask
Yesterday morning I decided to go for a run along the river, and I thought to myself Oh hey! I think it’s warm enough to don my shorts today! After […]
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Food Book Fair and Pop-Up Bookstore at the Wythe Hotel
It’s almost time to welcome the return of the popular Food Book Fair to Brooklyn. Now in its third year, the event will run at the Wythe Hotel between 25th-27th […]