Greenpoint’s most popular bagels aren’t going away with the scheduled end of Edith’s (60 Greenpoint Ave.) pop-up. The team behind the sourdough wood-fired bagels, which pay homage the Polish origin […]
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Vinnie’s Delivering “Comforting Words” For A Dollar
Ordering a pizza may be a New Yorker’s ultimate form of self-care, but one Brooklyn pizzeria is taking it up a notch. Vinnie’s Pizzeria (148 Bedford Ave.), known for their […]
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Williamsburg’s Gertie Relaunches With Focus on Jewish Comfort Food
We’re all in need of a little extra comfort these days (okay, a lot) and local businesses are catching on. Gertie (357 Grand St.), the one-year-old Williamsburg restaurant known for […]
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Kellogg’s Diner Faces Closure Ahead of Reopening for Indoor Dining
Williamsburg’s classic 24-hour eatery Kellogg’s Diner (518 Metropolitan Ave.), which dates back to the 1940s, is on the brink of closure as a result of the coronavirus pandemic while welcoming […]
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Espresso Paloma Opens Coffee Window in Greenpoint
A new small business is serving socially distant coffee with a concept that was brewed up amidst the pandemic. Espresso Paloma (117 Meserole Ave.), opened in a tiny storefront just […]
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Thursday Spotlight: La Merced, Greenpoint’s New ‘Immigrant-Owned’ Juice Bar
La Merced, the delicious new juice bar at 1008 Manhattan Ave., opened two weeks ago, and the smoothies are as rich and colorful as the vibrant colors seen on the […]
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Citlali Cocina Cooks Up Guadalajaran Takeout in Greenpoint
Juan Sanchez hadn’t found the chilaquiles and traditional Guadalajaran food he grew up with in Greenpoint, so like many immigrants in a new place, he recreated it himself. Still, he wished […]
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Other Half Brewing Opening at Domino Park This October
Williamsburg is getting another brewery! Other Half Brewing, the Brooklyn-based craft brewery that has since expanded to Washington D.C. and the Finger Lakes since opening in 2014, is opening a […]
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Midriff Hole Serves Socially Distanced Gelato in Williamsburg
Joshua Schwartz missed the old Williamsburg. That is, the neighborhood he remembers from living in North Brooklyn for the past 15 years, where experiences were more crucial to the area’s […]
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Magazine Bar To Close At End Of September
The pandemic’s ongoing devastation is taking its toll on local and independently-owned businesses, including popular spots that seemed to rebound when New York reopened in June. Franklin Street’s latest casualty, […]