“With this finger, I tasted the world.” Massimiliano Nanni raises his right pointer finger while recounting his childhood in Rimini, Italy, where his mother, Lella Alimentari’s namesake, ran a popular […]
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Greenpoint Solo Dining: Fill Up on Productivity
Editors’ Note: This is our second post in a series about solo dining. Here’s our first post. Perhaps the most obvious spot that comes to mind when one thinks of restaurants most suitable to […]
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SoHo’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Comes to Greenpoint
Maman’s original SoHo cafe opened in early Fall 2014 without much fanfare. That is, until people tasted their Nutty Chocolate Chunk Cookie and that cookie alone should make you want […]
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At Home at Polka Dot
I remember the time that I first noticed Polka Dot. I was walking down Manhattan Avenue, undoubtedly heading toward Peter Pan to satisfy my apple crumb donut addiction. Thankfully, I […]
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Recently Shuttered Champion Coffee will Reopen at Two New Locations
Champion Coffee may have recently shuttered at 1108 Manhattan Avenue (due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’), but caffeine addicts have no reason to be be sad. Two new Champions are soon to […]
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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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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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Rise and Shine with “Early”, Greenpoint’s Newest Coffee Shop
There’s no shortage of top-notch coffee in Greenpoint, but it’s always fun to have options and, as of last week, we just got one more, courtesy of a new cafe […]
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Five Leaves to Expand into Former Sharkey’s Driving School Space
As I strolled past Sharkey’s Driving School at the top of Bedford Avenue on Sunday evening, I noticed it was NO LONGER a driving school but instead some kind of […]
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Say Bonjour to Delicious French Pastries at Sweet Fox Café
Ooh la la! There’s a new cafe in the neighborhood and oui, vraiment, c’est Français! Recently opened on Nassau Ave, Sweet Fox Café is run by French chef Jean-Marc Hardy, […]