Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Saraghina
350 Lewis Ave Cool low key pizza / Italian fare in Bed Stuy.
New Yorkers are very serious about their pizza and this hip & trendy pizza joint is extremely popular among locals.
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Roberta's
261 Moore StNew Yorkers are very serious about their pizza and this hip & trendy pizza joint is extremely popular among locals.
Salud Bar & Grill
1413 Bushwick AveSincerely Burger
41 Wilson AvenueMiles
101 Wilson AvenueL'Antagoniste
238 Malcolm X BlvdLittle Mo
1158 Myrtle AveLe Barricou
533 Grand StCasual restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that serves chicken and honey biscuits. Equally popular and tiny - be prepared to wait.
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Pies 'n' Thighs
166 S 4th StCasual restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that serves chicken and honey biscuits. Equally popular and tiny - be prepared to wait.
Meatballs executed deliciously! The menu is in the form of a checklist that allows you to choose how you want to your meatballs prepared, the type of meat you'd like, and how you want to compliment it. TMS is one of the only restaurants in this town where you can have a proper sit down dinner for cheap.
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The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich AveMeatballs executed deliciously! The menu is in the form of a checklist that allows you to choose how you want to your meatballs prepared, the type of meat you'd like, and how you want to compliment it. TMS is one of the only restaurants in this town where you can have a proper sit down dinner for cheap.
Popular for their chicken and waffles set to hip hop music, the bacon and cheddar waffle is the very best.
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Sweet Chick
178 Ludlow StPopular for their chicken and waffles set to hip hop music, the bacon and cheddar waffle is the very best.
Peter Luger is a Brooklyn steak house institution. Zagat rated. Consistent. Locally famous.
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Peter Luger Steak House
178 BroadwayPeter Luger is a Brooklyn steak house institution. Zagat rated. Consistent. Locally famous.
Fette Sau is how Brooklyn does BBQ - dry rubbed smoked meats by the pound with the bbq sauce on the side. Stylishly industrial look and feel with a hip crowd.
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Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan AveFette Sau is how Brooklyn does BBQ - dry rubbed smoked meats by the pound with the bbq sauce on the side. Stylishly industrial look and feel with a hip crowd.
Maison Premiere
298 Bedford AveNortheast Kingdom
18 Wyckoff AvenueWe love unpretentious diners. Paphos will never impress you aesthetically - the seats and tables are run down but the food is great. This is the type of classic diner that would appear on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives where locals enjoy cheap eats.
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Paphos Diner
2501 Fulton StWe love unpretentious diners. Paphos will never impress you aesthetically - the seats and tables are run down but the food is great. This is the type of classic diner that would appear on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives where locals enjoy cheap eats.
Equally great food experience for brunch or dinner. Aesthetically super cool - it's styled as a gritty pawn shop storefront and a uber glamorous restaurant in the back.
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Beauty & Essex
146 Essex StEqually great food experience for brunch or dinner. Aesthetically super cool - it's styled as a gritty pawn shop storefront and a uber glamorous restaurant in the back.
Super cool rooftop live jazz brunch on the weekends with $1 drinks.
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Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow StSuper cool rooftop live jazz brunch on the weekends with $1 drinks.
Italian food for the LES cool kids who are "in-the-know"
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Lil Charlie's NYC
19 Kenmare StItalian food for the LES cool kids who are "in-the-know"
Chic, trendy and popular upscale Italian restaurant juxtaposed with hip hop music in Soho.
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Charlie Bird
5 King StChic, trendy and popular upscale Italian restaurant juxtaposed with hip hop music in Soho.
Aesthetically this is our favorite restaurant in the entire city. It's perfectly hidden in the back of an alley called 'freeman's alley'.
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Freemans
Freeman AlleyAesthetically this is our favorite restaurant in the entire city. It's perfectly hidden in the back of an alley called 'freeman's alley'.
Austrian food done right. Also, it appears as though all the beautiful and refined New Yorkers gather here.
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Edi & The Wolf
Austrian food done right. Also, it appears as though all the beautiful and refined New Yorkers gather here.
Parks & Nature
Beautiful serene park with a lovely scenic run / wall trail.
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Highland Park
Jackie Robinson Parkway Beautiful serene park with a lovely scenic run / wall trail.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Evergreen
109 Moffat StAndalucia Bar Lounge
1336 Bushwick AveBridge and Tunnel Brewery
15-35 Decatur StMy favorite bar in Brooklyn the drinks are delicious and the vibe is perfect.
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Casablanca Cocktail Lounge
300 Malcolm X BlvdMy favorite bar in Brooklyn the drinks are delicious and the vibe is perfect.
Bizarre
12 Jefferson StGoodbye Blue Monday
1087 BroadwayLone Wolf
1089 BroadwayUnion Pool
484 Union AveHotel Delmano
82 Berry StIf you've got an appreciation for nostalgic arcade décor you'll enjoy this place. Trendy hipster bar with old-school pac-man / pinball-esque machines.
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Barcade
388 Union AveIf you've got an appreciation for nostalgic arcade décor you'll enjoy this place. Trendy hipster bar with old-school pac-man / pinball-esque machines.
This is not your average bowling alley, in fact, bowling is just a pleasant aside to the awesome food and music with a decent sized dance floor. Think: nightclub meets restaurant meets bowling alley.
Bonus: ?uestlove (The Roots / Jimmy Fallon fame) plays a resident DJ set on Thursdays.
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Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe AveThis is not your average bowling alley, in fact, bowling is just a pleasant aside to the awesome food and music with a decent sized dance floor. Think: nightclub meets restaurant meets bowling alley.
Bonus: ?uestlove (The Roots / Jimmy Fallon fame) plays a resident DJ set on Thursdays.
Output
74 Wythe AveKinfolk 90
90 Wythe Ave Great parties where people actually DANCE.
Secret hidden bar with a prohibition era type décor - drinks prepared by "mixologists" served in tea cups. Bookcase in the back turns into a hidden-hidden back room where the celebs hang.
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The Back Room
102 Norfolk StSecret hidden bar with a prohibition era type décor - drinks prepared by "mixologists" served in tea cups. Bookcase in the back turns into a hidden-hidden back room where the celebs hang.
Tiny secret bar frequented by celebs who want to remain incognito.
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Cabin Down Below
Tiny secret bar frequented by celebs who want to remain incognito.
Entertainment & Activities
Night Hawk Entertainment Corporation
401 Broadway Cocktails, craft beer and outdoor movies.
Hip dinner & a movie theater / bar plays the classics for $3-$5 (i.e. Jaws, Speed, My Girl, Friday, Eddie Murphy's Raw etc...)
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Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen
40 Bogart StHip dinner & a movie theater / bar plays the classics for $3-$5 (i.e. Jaws, Speed, My Girl, Friday, Eddie Murphy's Raw etc...)
Shopping
THE best flea market in Brooklyn - find jewelry, antiques, cool vintage-y furniture / clothes and several food vendors
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Smorgasburg
90 Kent AveTHE best flea market in Brooklyn - find jewelry, antiques, cool vintage-y furniture / clothes and several food vendors