Guidebook for Brooklyn
Essentials
Decent selection of fresh and packaged foods. They have Seventh Generation products - even diapers!
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Ideal Food Basket
631 Gates AveDecent selection of fresh and packaged foods. They have Seventh Generation products - even diapers!
Largest, best grocery store in Brooklyn! They have everything! Except a subway stop... Busses only - or a taxi?
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Fairway Market Red Hook
480-500 Van Brunt StLargest, best grocery store in Brooklyn! They have everything! Except a subway stop... Busses only - or a taxi?
Food Scene
Delicious, quality, fast-food - amazing fried chicken that comes with great sides. Walking distance! They have more amazing dishes, like fried green tomatoes, etc.
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Peaches HotHouse
415 Tompkins AveDelicious, quality, fast-food - amazing fried chicken that comes with great sides. Walking distance! They have more amazing dishes, like fried green tomatoes, etc.
Nice Jamaican food! Very close to the house, fresh/bottled fruit juices...
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Rowe's
310 Tompkins AveNice Jamaican food! Very close to the house, fresh/bottled fruit juices...
Farm to table restaurant, we are excited to have this new addition to the neighborhood!
397 Tompkins Ave
397 Tompkins AvenueFarm to table restaurant, we are excited to have this new addition to the neighborhood!
It's new and cute! I heard they have good coffee...
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Crocus Cafe Juice Bar & Grill
328 Tompkins AveIt's new and cute! I heard they have good coffee...
Sud Vino & Cucina
1102 Bedford AvenueYummy pasta.
Great Gastro Pub. I go here for the All-you-can-eat Mussels night on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM.
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Black Swan
Great Gastro Pub. I go here for the All-you-can-eat Mussels night on Tuesdays from 6-8 PM.
Pictures on Yelp look amazing... They look like bread buns with various fillings like meat and cheese.
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Brooklyn Kolache Co.
520 Dekalb AvePictures on Yelp look amazing... They look like bread buns with various fillings like meat and cheese.
Best udon and gyoza in Brooklyn, in my humble (Japanese-American) opinion. You can catch the subway there or hop in a cab. They just opened up another restaurant walking distance from us! Samurai Papa. It's in the guide.
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Samurai Mama
205 Grand StBest udon and gyoza in Brooklyn, in my humble (Japanese-American) opinion. You can catch the subway there or hop in a cab. They just opened up another restaurant walking distance from us! Samurai Papa. It's in the guide.
Chuko
565 Vanderbilt AveBest ramen in Brooklyn, well, one of the best... Go early!
Best soup dumplings in NYC - better than Joe's Shanghai! Try their Spicy Veggie Wontons!
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M Shanghai
292 Grand StBest soup dumplings in NYC - better than Joe's Shanghai! Try their Spicy Veggie Wontons!
Some of the BEST doughnuts in NYC... they cater to a lot of restaurants. Go early to avoid the line out the door, well, it's not always like that... They also have coffee.
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Dough Doughnuts
5th AvenueSome of the BEST doughnuts in NYC... they cater to a lot of restaurants. Go early to avoid the line out the door, well, it's not always like that... They also have coffee.
Fun neighborhood restaurant. Ginger Chicken is great. American food fused with a little bit of asian food.
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Fancy Nancy
1038 Bedford AveFun neighborhood restaurant. Ginger Chicken is great. American food fused with a little bit of asian food.
Wow! 5 Star cafe! Vegan delights, mind blowing grain salads (budda bowl), great coffee and tea but the best is the Avocado Smash with Egg sandwich. You've never tasted anything so amazing!
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Stonefruit Espresso + Kitchen
1058 Bedford AveWow! 5 Star cafe! Vegan delights, mind blowing grain salads (budda bowl), great coffee and tea but the best is the Avocado Smash with Egg sandwich. You've never tasted anything so amazing!
Pork Belly Sandwich? Yes please!!! It may take about 10-15 minutes to make your sandwich but its well worth the wait and its just around the corner!
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Maya Congee Cafe
563 Gates AvePork Belly Sandwich? Yes please!!! It may take about 10-15 minutes to make your sandwich but its well worth the wait and its just around the corner!
Amazing Ramen just a short walk away. Standing at the bar service only but totally worth it. Eat here! You don't know how lucky you are to be so close to this place!
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Samurai Papa
594 Lafayette AveAmazing Ramen just a short walk away. Standing at the bar service only but totally worth it. Eat here! You don't know how lucky you are to be so close to this place!
Lucha Lucha
283 Nostrand Ave.Great mexican food. Get the California Burrito!
When you go to Williamsburg (which you should do), save an hour to eat here. It's great and beautiful.
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Cafe Mogador
133 Wythe AveWhen you go to Williamsburg (which you should do), save an hour to eat here. It's great and beautiful.
Want super secret hole in the wall street food that's ethnic and famous? Try A and A Doubles bakery for what the local Trinidadian population says is the best place to get a double (which is a fried bread and chick pea street snack) in all of NYC. Careful because you'll walk right past this place without ever knowing how famous and how good it is! We didn't know it was here for years!
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A&A Bake Doubles and Roti
1337 Fulton StWant super secret hole in the wall street food that's ethnic and famous? Try A and A Doubles bakery for what the local Trinidadian population says is the best place to get a double (which is a fried bread and chick pea street snack) in all of NYC. Careful because you'll walk right past this place without ever knowing how famous and how good it is! We didn't know it was here for years!
Hands down the best restaurant in Bed Stuy and quickly becoming world famous! I get inquiries from France asking if we are near that pizza place called Saraghina so there must be a television program about it there. Seriously, it's amazing! Get the cappacola pizza or anything else on the menu. EAT HERE!
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Saraghina
350 Lewis AveHands down the best restaurant in Bed Stuy and quickly becoming world famous! I get inquiries from France asking if we are near that pizza place called Saraghina so there must be a television program about it there. Seriously, it's amazing! Get the cappacola pizza or anything else on the menu. EAT HERE!
Swell Dive
1013 Bedford AveFun bar and delicious tacos with a Filipino and Texas twist.
Pilar Cuban Eatery
397 Greene AveCuban food and sometimes live music!
Great sandwiches, healthy foods, fresh squeezed and pressed juices and all in the direction of the G train. Worth checking out!
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BKLYN Blend
194 Tompkins AveGreat sandwiches, healthy foods, fresh squeezed and pressed juices and all in the direction of the G train. Worth checking out!
If you are in Park Slope and want a lobster roll this place does our favorite buttery seafood sandwiches!
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Luke's Lobster Upper East Side
242 E 81st StIf you are in Park Slope and want a lobster roll this place does our favorite buttery seafood sandwiches!
Drinks & Nightlife
Bed-Vyne Brew
370 Tompkins AveGreat bar around the corner and down a few blocks!
Fun bar with good bar food. Catch a snapshot of the neighborhood here. You might get served by a girl with a mohawk.
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Cpt. Dan's Good Time Tavern
497 Greene AveFun bar with good bar food. Catch a snapshot of the neighborhood here. You might get served by a girl with a mohawk.
Shopping
Next door to the bar there is a wine store with weekly wine tastings.
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Bed-Vyne Wine & Spirits
385 Tompkins AveNext door to the bar there is a wine store with weekly wine tastings.
Everything Else
If you are feeling sick, they have amazing warm ginger/almond milk/chai drinks and I love their Get Your Green On, kale/pineapple, etc. juice.
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Juice Generation
210 Bedford AveIf you are feeling sick, they have amazing warm ginger/almond milk/chai drinks and I love their Get Your Green On, kale/pineapple, etc. juice.
Small but well curated mini mart. You can get high end and specialty products here like vegan baked goods or a great bagel.
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Cinnamon Girl
277 Nostrand Ave.Small but well curated mini mart. You can get high end and specialty products here like vegan baked goods or a great bagel.
Fun gift store within walking distance. You can get some very unusual and cool stuff here.
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peace & RIOT
401-403 Tompkins AveFun gift store within walking distance. You can get some very unusual and cool stuff here.
Entertainment & Activities
Bowling and drinking are done best together and maybe while a great band is playing! This place is sooooo cool and a ton of fun! Adults only.
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Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe AveBowling and drinking are done best together and maybe while a great band is playing! This place is sooooo cool and a ton of fun! Adults only.
A giant facility in Park Slope where you can drink and play full sized shuffle board. I went here for a bachelor party and was amazed at how much fun it was! They will show you how to play so novices are welcome!
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The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union StA giant facility in Park Slope where you can drink and play full sized shuffle board. I went here for a bachelor party and was amazed at how much fun it was! They will show you how to play so novices are welcome!
Parks & Nature
This park is named after the famous community activist by the same name and who's descendants are neighbors of ours. It was formerly named Tompkins Park which you may have heard of, if you are an art aficionado, because of William Merritt Chase's paintings. Chase lived by the park and created several famous paintings depicting our park! Today the park is a lively and safe place to enjoy some nice weather or some music in the amphitheater. Look closely and you may see the location in some of your favorite TV shows like The American's final scenes and many more!
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Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette AveThis park is named after the famous community activist by the same name and who's descendants are neighbors of ours. It was formerly named Tompkins Park which you may have heard of, if you are an art aficionado, because of William Merritt Chase's paintings. Chase lived by the park and created several famous paintings depicting our park! Today the park is a lively and safe place to enjoy some nice weather or some music in the amphitheater. Look closely and you may see the location in some of your favorite TV shows like The American's final scenes and many more!