North Brooklyn has become synonymous with a certain type of restaurant: venues with unassuming frontage, pared back interiors, single-sheet menus of small plates and cocktails served in jam jars. Fushimi […]
Tag: Driggs Avenue
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Greenpoint Cheese + Meat: Making Summer More Delicious!
Picnic season is here! And, just in the nick of time, brand new store Greenpoint Cheese + Meat (192 Driggs Ave) has flung open its doors to provide us with […]
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Greenpoint Cheese + Meat Opening Soon on Driggs!
It’s almost time to haul out that blanket from the back of the closet and indulge in the first picnic of the year. And although picnicking is my absolute favorite […]
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Little Dokebi: A Delicious Taste of Korea in Greenpoint
Little Dokebi (85 Driggs Ave) has been open for just over a month and already it’s a huge hit. Â So popular, in fact, that when we recently tried to go […]
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Pie Corps is coming to town!
We all wanted Piecorps to have a retail location, and great news: we can look forward to amazing pies come this June in Greenpoint! Piecorps needed to raise funds to […]
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A Real Flea Market in Greenpoint
Justine posted about this last year, but it’s worth another mention along with photos. At St. Stan’s over on Driggs, there is an amazing flea market on weekends, a real […]
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Bust Out Your Old Bras
I am SO into cleaning out my closets lately. It’s the preparation for moving – getting rid of the old and unused that I’ve been holding onto for far too […]
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El Toro Taqueria
A few weeks ago, reader Caius emailed me about a new Mexican joint on Driggs. At that time, it was called Tres Toros Taqueria… It seems now the place has […]
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Tres Toros Taqueria
Update 7/21/11: The space has opened under the name El Toro Taqueria. Got a tip from reader Caius about a possible new restaurant opening up on Driggs & McGuinness: A […]
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Homeless Shelter Part Deux
In case you haven’t heard, another group has their eye on the 400 McGuinness Blvd location to be used as a homeless shelter. Not even two months after HELP USA’s […]