It was big news earlier this year when our neighborhood whole-animal butcher, The Meat Hook, left their space in the back of the Brooklyn Kitchen and moved a little further […]
Tag: Williamsburg
Late Nite Cocktails and Dreams at The Regal
When conjuring images of legendary bartenders, you might be reminded of Tom Cruise doing the Hippy Hippy Shake in Cocktail. While their scene is more chic and the cocktails are more […]
Going Home For Brunch at The Four Horsemen
Admittedly, when I first had dinner at The Four Horsemen in Williamsburg several months ago, I went there because I’d heard about a certain lead singer of a well-known New York […]
Land of Barbers’ Old World Vibe In New School Brooklyn
The idea for local haircutting shave and haircut joint The Land of Barbers was born from the owner, Enrico Mariotti’s desire to return to his Italian roots. Here in the states, […]
Trading Waste For Abundance with Stevie Van Horn
“I love the trees in Greenpoint!” says Stevie Han Horn, 28, who moved to Brooklyn from Colorado in 2012. “Part of it makes me feel as though I’m in a small […]
Italian Pizza & Paninis Just Around The Corner
“Sotto casa” is an Italian idiom that translates roughly to something like, “below the house” or “on your doorstep”; in English the closest phrase we have might be something like […]
Where To Celebrate Derby Day In North Brooklyn
Yes, today may be Cinco de Meow-o, but this Saturday it’s Derby Day, and some of our finest neighborhood establishments are inviting you to dress in your most splendid Derby attire, celebrate and […]
An Inside-Out Pickup Joint: Soccer At The Pitch
Ughhhh, is it iced coffee weather yet? It’s no secret that we New Yorkers aren’t blessed with a great climate. Winter = grey snow piles for days. Spring = rain, like […]
The Sketchbook Project Is A Garden Of Artistic Goodness
If you spent your childhood lusting after the library in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” there’s a place in Williamsburg you have to visit. It’s called the Brooklyn Art Library […]
Walter Robinson at Owen James Gallery
Currently on exhibition at the Owen James Gallery is a unique “collaboration” between Charles Bukowski and the painter Walter Robinson. Working with Bukowski’s poem “The Bluebird,” Robinson has crafted a series […]