Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Parkette
4022 5th AveGreat espresso and coffee.
Parlay
4024 8th AveRelaxed cafe with good breakfast, sandwiches, and coffee.
Kofte Piyaz
881 5th AveVery cozy Turkish restaurant with a sweet owner.
Tacos El Bronco
4324 4th AveThe most beloved taco truck.
This place has an incredible brunch and the best Irish coffee in the city. Hard to get to, but worth it.
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Fort Defiance
347 Van Brunt StThis place has an incredible brunch and the best Irish coffee in the city. Hard to get to, but worth it.
Pok Pok NY
117 Columbia StreetThe most delicious Thai food you'll ever have.
This is a delicious, family-owned Italian restaurant that's a Brooklyn favorite.
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Frankies 457 Spuntino
457 Court StThis is a delicious, family-owned Italian restaurant that's a Brooklyn favorite.
This is a Vietnamese restaurant with a great backyard--everything on the menu is outstanding and authentic.
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Bricolage
162 5th AveThis is a Vietnamese restaurant with a great backyard--everything on the menu is outstanding and authentic.
Everything Else
Key Food Supermarkets
492 Myrtle AveGood, basic grocery store.
Melody Lanes NY
461 37th StVery fun bowling alley!
The incredibly popular flea market with tons of artisanal handmade goods, vintage finds, and great food. Open every Saturday and Sunday in the winter months.
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Brooklyn Flea
51 N 6th StThe incredibly popular flea market with tons of artisanal handmade goods, vintage finds, and great food. Open every Saturday and Sunday in the winter months.
Drinks & Nightlife
Sunny's is hard to get to but an incredible place that doesn't feel like New York--it's got a cozy, honky-tonk dive vibe, and Fridays and Saturdays people come out with their instruments and have a folk music jam in the back room. Highly recommended.
91 abantu bendawo batusa
Sunny's
253 Conover StSunny's is hard to get to but an incredible place that doesn't feel like New York--it's got a cozy, honky-tonk dive vibe, and Fridays and Saturdays people come out with their instruments and have a folk music jam in the back room. Highly recommended.
Arts & Culture
I-Museum yaseBrooklyn
200 Eastern Pkwy