Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Chile Pepper Fiesta

Saturday, October 3, 2009 | Noon–6:30 p.m.
Rain or Shine | Free with Admission

Join in New York’s hottest fall tradition, where the grooves are smokin’ and the chile peppers are scorchin’. Enjoy a full afternoon of music and dance from chile-loving regions around the world. Indulge at the Chocolate Chile Cabana, where you can sample goodies, [...]

Eating Manhattan is Now Live

eating manhattan, the sister-site to eating brooklyn is now live. We’ve crossed the Brooklyn Bridge to bring you some of the best reviews, events and happenings on the other side of the East River. If you live, work or play in the NYC area, this will be your go to guide. Please pass the info [...]

A Taste of Red Hook

A Fundraiser to Benefit the Red Hook Initiative
The Third Annual
A TASTE OF RED HOOK 2009
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
6 – 9pm at Kidd Yellin Gallery
133 Imlay Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Join us for dinner, enjoy food from the best restaurants in Brooklyn and raise money for a great cause! A silent auction will feature gift certificates to [...]

Upcoming Event: 2009 Park Slope Restaurant Tour (September 17, 2009)

On September 17, 2009, the second annual Park Slope Restaurant Tour will be taking place in Park Slope. Of the many participating restaurants, many will be offering free goodies from 7-9pm. If you’ve been looking to try a restaurant that is on the list, this is surely the night to do so.

Sweet Summer’s End

Sweet Melissa Patisserie / Sweet Melissa Cremerie
276 Court St
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 855-3410
www.sweetmelissapatisserie.com
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer.  The real end follows about two weeks later, but for some reason people feel they can’t continue to wear shorts, swim, or eat ice cream after that day.  I am not of this belief system.  [...]

No Souffle For You!

Update 9/18/09 – Provence en Boite has reopened!
Provence en Boite, a small French Bistro on the corner of Smith Street and DeGraw is closed.  Whether this is a temporary or permanent closure is to be determined.  Today the doors are locked, and there is a sign in the window stating that they have been closed [...]

Georgian On My Mind

Restaurant Tblisi
811 King’s Highway
Brooklyn, NY 11223
718-382-6485
www.tblisiny.com
We almost missed this Georgian restaurant along King’s Highway, a neighborhood heavily populated by Orthodox Jews. A white tulle curtain made it look like a pricey nail salon offering utmost privacy. There are no photos of food, no menus posted by the door. We walked almost 20 minutes looking for [...]

Anchors Aweigh!

Hope & Anchor Diner
347 Van Brunt St @ Wolcott
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-237-0276
www.hopeandanchordiner.com
Last Saturday a trip to the Brooklyn Ikea left me yearning for classic, rustic, hand-made, solid wood, American furniture.  And anyone who knows the maze that is Ikea knows it takes a good two hours to navigate towards the inevitable exit, and in those two [...]

A Pizza Named Sal

Sal’s Pizzeria (aka. Sal’s Pizza Store)
305 Court Street @ DeGraw
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-852-6890
Sal’s has been a Court Street fixture for long enough to be considered a relic.  This was actually the first place I ever ate in Brooklyn right before I moved to the neighborhood.  It’s small inside and kind of dusty looking – like a [...]