Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
Donna
7 BroadwayDJ nights. Great cocktails!
Fun bar that allows you to bring your pet. Great backyard space and shuffleboard table.
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Lucky Dog
303 Bedford AveFun bar that allows you to bring your pet. Great backyard space and shuffleboard table.
Live jazz, great cocktails and atmosphere. My favorite cocktail is the Mexican Firing Squad.
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St. Mazie Bar & Supper Club
345 Grand StLive jazz, great cocktails and atmosphere. My favorite cocktail is the Mexican Firing Squad.
Best cocktails in New York, hands down. Get the Blind Lemon Jefferson or pretty much anything they recommend.
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Maison Premiere
298 Bedford AveBest cocktails in New York, hands down. Get the Blind Lemon Jefferson or pretty much anything they recommend.
Skee ball bar with a good selection of beers. Free skee ball on Thursday & Sundays.
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Full Circle Bar
318 Grand StSkee ball bar with a good selection of beers. Free skee ball on Thursday & Sundays.
Arts & Culture
Great happy hour grub & drinks. Fantastic venue for up and coming artists.
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This n' That
108 N 6th StGreat happy hour grub & drinks. Fantastic venue for up and coming artists.
Essentials
Convenient for groceries -- huge market with a cheesemonger, deli, etc. Great beer selection.
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City Acres Market
11 BroadwayConvenient for groceries -- huge market with a cheesemonger, deli, etc. Great beer selection.
Food Scene
Get the cragel -- hybrid croissant & bagel.
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The Bagel Store Original Rainbow Bagel
69 5th AvenueGet the cragel -- hybrid croissant & bagel.
Great brunch in a dining car. Daily specials based on whatever is in season. Decent bloody mary!
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Diner
85 BroadwayGreat brunch in a dining car. Daily specials based on whatever is in season. Decent bloody mary!
Most beautiful coffee shop we've ever been to. Also, great Colombian coffee.
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Devoción
69 Grand StMost beautiful coffee shop we've ever been to. Also, great Colombian coffee.
Great Aussie coffee shop with a fantastic design aesthetic. Get a flat white and a jaffle!
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Sweatshop
232 Metropolitan AveGreat Aussie coffee shop with a fantastic design aesthetic. Get a flat white and a jaffle!
Shopping
Unique store with butcher and artisanal groceries and farmer's market veggies/fruits.
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Marlow & Daughters
95 BroadwayUnique store with butcher and artisanal groceries and farmer's market veggies/fruits.
Catbird
108 Bedford AveGorgeous jewelry store.
Great bookstore in Williamsburg. Love their selection of magazines (Lucky Peach, Kinfolk, etc.)
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Spoonbill & Sugartown Books
218 Bedford AveGreat bookstore in Williamsburg. Love their selection of magazines (Lucky Peach, Kinfolk, etc.)
Men's & women's clothing. Great style on a big! budget.
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L.A.B Brooklyn
144 Driggs AveMen's & women's clothing. Great style on a big! budget.
Sightseeing
Food fair in North Williamsburg. Tons of stalls with some of the best food from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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Smorgasburg
90 Kent AveFood fair in North Williamsburg. Tons of stalls with some of the best food from Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Take the East River Ferry from Greenpoint, North Williamsburg, or down the street from our apartment in South Williamsburg to DUMBO (Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass). You'll see gorgeous views of the bridges (Williamsburg, Manhattan, Brooklyn) and of lower Manhattan.
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East River Ferry
Take the East River Ferry from Greenpoint, North Williamsburg, or down the street from our apartment in South Williamsburg to DUMBO (Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass). You'll see gorgeous views of the bridges (Williamsburg, Manhattan, Brooklyn) and of lower Manhattan.
Parks & Nature
Great for picnics and the dog run. Farmers markets on Saturday mornings until noon.
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McCarren Park
776 Lorimer StGreat for picnics and the dog run. Farmers markets on Saturday mornings until noon.
Go for a run across the Williamsburg bridge in the morning. The entrance is on Bedford Ave. between S. 6th and S. 5th. Great to walk across into the Lower East Side if the weather is pleasant! Less crowded than walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.
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IWilliamsburg Bridge
70 Williamsburg Bridge Bicycle PathGo for a run across the Williamsburg bridge in the morning. The entrance is on Bedford Ave. between S. 6th and S. 5th. Great to walk across into the Lower East Side if the weather is pleasant! Less crowded than walking across the Brooklyn Bridge.