Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Hard to describe but worth the wait. Try to go early.
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Talde
8 Erie St
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Hard to describe but worth the wait. Try to go early.
Could be best restaurant in all of Brooklyn. Need a reservation.
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Rose Water
787 Union St
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Could be best restaurant in all of Brooklyn. Need a reservation.
Usually voted best pizza in all of NYC. Usually very crowded but not touristy.
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franny's
348 Flatbush Avenue
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Usually voted best pizza in all of NYC. Usually very crowded but not touristy.
Good wood fired pizza. Lively and very Brooklyn crowd. I like sitting at the bar.
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La Villa Pizzeria
261 5th Ave
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Good wood fired pizza. Lively and very Brooklyn crowd. I like sitting at the bar.
Great muffins/coffee etc.
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Root Hill Cafe
262 4th Ave
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Great muffins/coffee etc.
My personal fave.
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Kos Kaffe A Roasting House
251 5th Ave
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My personal fave.
Another winner.
Java Joe Coffee Tea & Spice Merchant
414 8th St
Another winner.
Great Italian food and cool bar.
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Provini
1302 8th Ave
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Great Italian food and cool bar.
Awesome Mediterranean/Israeli food.
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Miriam
79 5th Ave
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Awesome Mediterranean/Israeli food.
Amazing pancakes. Must go here.
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Dizzy's
511 9th St
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Amazing pancakes. Must go here.
Another one of my faves. Good vibe,
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12th street Bar&Grill
1123 8th Avenue
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Another one of my faves. Good vibe,
Best pie on the planet. Homemade soda too.
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Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd Ave
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Best pie on the planet. Homemade soda too.
Greek restaurant. Another fave.
Faros
84 7th Avenue
Greek restaurant. Another fave.
Lunch and dinner and great coffee.
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Cafe Dada
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Lunch and dinner and great coffee.
Never buy anything here. Just sit outside and watch people go by. Quite entertaining.
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Connecticut Muffin
1106 Cortelyou Rd
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Never buy anything here. Just sit outside and watch people go by. Quite entertaining.
The best. Nuff said.
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Sushi Katsuei
210 7th Ave
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The best. Nuff said.
On Bergen street too. Check it out.
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Gorilla Coffee
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On Bergen street too. Check it out.
Brewery in Gowanus. Pretty cool.
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Threes Brewing
333 Douglass St
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Brewery in Gowanus. Pretty cool.
Good place and Brooklyn crowd.
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Blue Ribbon
280 5th Ave
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Good place and Brooklyn crowd.
Love this place. Nice walk over to Vanderbilt Ave. Great block to stroll in Prospect hts. Ample Hills Ice Cream is on Vanderbilt too.
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606 R&D
606 Vanderbilt Ave
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Love this place. Nice walk over to Vanderbilt Ave. Great block to stroll in Prospect hts. Ample Hills Ice Cream is on Vanderbilt too.
Awesome bakery.
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Colson Patisserie
374 9th St
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Awesome bakery.
Yes. More coffee.
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Konditori
240 7th Avenue
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Yes. More coffee.
Yep. And even more coffee.
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Cafe Martin
355 5th Ave
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Yep. And even more coffee.
Reason to go to Gowanus.
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The PINES
284 3rd Ave
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Reason to go to Gowanus.
Another good pizza joint.
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Table 87 Gowanus
473 3rd Avenue
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Another good pizza joint.
Been there since the 30's. you gotta go.
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Tom’s
782 Washington Ave
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Been there since the 30's. you gotta go.
There is one on every corner but if you must there it is.
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Starbucks
405-409 Union Ave
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There is one on every corner but if you must there it is.
When in Brooklyn Hts a must go to.
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Henry's End
72 Henry St
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When in Brooklyn Hts a must go to.
Very popular Italian. Get there early. No reservations taken.
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al di la Trattoria
248 5th Ave
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Very popular Italian. Get there early. No reservations taken.
Pretty good burgs.
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The Burger Bistro
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Pretty good burgs.
Organic. Good place.
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Bareburger
33-21 31st Ave
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Organic. Good place.
Love the atmosphere and burgers. A trip back in time.
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Bonnie's Grill
278 5th Ave
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Love the atmosphere and burgers. A trip back in time.

Shopping

Great beer store in Park Slope.
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Bierkraft
191 5th Avenue
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Great beer store in Park Slope.
Because I can't stand Barnes and Noble.
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Community Bookstore
143 7th Ave
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Because I can't stand Barnes and Noble.
Ice cream to die for.
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Ample Hills Creamery
623 Vanderbilt Ave
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Ice cream to die for.
Good bike store.
Dixon's Bicycle
792 Union St
Good bike store.
Can rent if you insist on riding a bike.
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9th Street Cycles
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Can rent if you insist on riding a bike.
Yep. More beer.
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Prospect Heights Beer Works
648 Washington Avenue
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Yep. More beer.
Good ice cream.
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Häagen-Dazs®
109 7th Ave
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Good ice cream.
Cool clothes and best t-shirts on planet earth.
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Brooklyn Industries
206 5th Ave
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Cool clothes and best t-shirts on planet earth.

Essentials

Place to buy great stuff and hang for lunch or dinner.
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Whole Foods Market
214 3rd St
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Place to buy great stuff and hang for lunch or dinner.
Organic butcher shop. Nice people too.
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Fleishers Craft Butchery
192 5th Ave
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Organic butcher shop. Nice people too.
Gourmet store. Please go there. You won't be sorry.
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Union Market
240 E Houston St
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Gourmet store. Please go there. You won't be sorry.
Basic stuff. Better off checking yourself out. Staff is a bit angry. Go to Associated on 5th ave. but longer walk.
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Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton St
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Basic stuff. Better off checking yourself out. Staff is a bit angry. Go to Associated on 5th ave. but longer walk.
Good grocery store.
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Associated Supermarkets
216 5th Ave
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Good grocery store.
All natural.
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Back To the Land Natural Foods
142 7th Avenue
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All natural.
Killer stuff.
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Hiller & Moon
814 Union St
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Killer stuff.
Homemade bread to die for.
D'Vine Taste
150 7th Ave
Homemade bread to die for.
Good gourmet store.
Valley Shepherd
211 7th Ave
Good gourmet store.
Go there. Now!
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Russo's Mozzarella & Pasta
363 7th Ave
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Go there. Now!

Drinks & Nightlife

Same guy that owns Talde and Thistle Hill.
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Pork Slope
247 5th Avenue
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Same guy that owns Talde and Thistle Hill.
Bar and shuffleboard.
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The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union St
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Bar and shuffleboard.
Lavender Lake is old name for Gowanus Canal and yes it was purple. Great bar.
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Lavender Lake Bar
53 Carroll St
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Lavender Lake is old name for Gowanus Canal and yes it was purple. Great bar.
Good bar.
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Parish Cocktail Bar
223 7th Ave
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Good bar.
Good bar. worth checking out.
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Union Hall
702 Union St
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Good bar. worth checking out.

Everything Else

You're across the street from it.
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Ipharki yeProspect
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You're across the street from it.
Where I get all my reading material.
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen St
Where I get all my reading material.
Curious? Worth checking out. Cafe too.
The Morbid Anatomy Library
421 36th Street
Curious? Worth checking out. Cafe too.
Wall climbing. Huge fun with or without the kids.
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Brooklyn Boulders Gowanus
575 Degraw St
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Wall climbing. Huge fun with or without the kids.
Another good bike store.
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Ride Brooklyn
468 Bergen St
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Another good bike store.
The best!
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Imuziyam yaseBrooklyn
200 Eastern Pkwy
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The best!
Cool library.
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Brooklyn Public Library
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Cool library.
2/3 train is gotten here.
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Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
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2/3 train is gotten here.
Another good farmer's market.
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Down to Earth Park Slope Farmers Market
5th Avenue
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Another good farmer's market.
Open 24 hours
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Neergaard Pharmacy
454 5th Ave
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Open 24 hours
this is the one I go to but not open 24hours.
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Neergaard Pharmacy
454 5th Ave
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this is the one I go to but not open 24hours.
Bagels. Of course.
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La Bagel Delight
73 Lafayette Ave
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Bagels. Of course.
More bagels.
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Bagel Hole
400 7th Ave
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More bagels.
A walk back in time. Check it out.
Park Slope Pharmacy
1018 8th Ave
A walk back in time. Check it out.
Good salon, bit pricey.
Medusa Salon
177 5th Ave
Good salon, bit pricey.
You gotta go.
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Iparke ye-Brooklyn Bridge
334 Furman St
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You gotta go.
Awesome views.
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Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Pierrepont Place
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Awesome views.

Arts & Culture

Cool concert place.
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The Bell House
149 7th St
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Cool concert place.
Movies
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The Pavilion Theater
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Movies
Just opened after renovation. Second only to Radio City Music Hall.
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Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush Ave
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Just opened after renovation. Second only to Radio City Music Hall.