Archive for Downtown
Dine in Brooklyn is Here!
Hide the children and pack up the valuables, kids. Dine-In Brooklyn has arrived. In what promises to be the most current Restaurant Week on record (see what I did there?), the old standbys along with some new blood are coming to the party. Some people think of March and get excited for silly things like [...]
Read moreSaigon’s Beloved Banh Mi Now A Borough Staple
Along the cascading stretch of Atlantic Avenue, Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches is a can’t-miss hole in the wall; it’s right next to the massive cube of a building that is the Brooklyn Detention Complex.
Office workers, students, men from construction sites and an assortment of walk-ins stream in and out with their brown-bagged orders. Others wait their turn [...]
Life on a Chain
For foodies, “chain” is the five-letter word that’s really a four-letter word — and for good reason. After all, why would anyone choose a cardboard-tasting Domino’s Pizza when they could grab a fresh, handmade pie from their longstanding neighborhood pizzeria? Or eat a lightweight, meatless Subway sub when there’s always the corner deli, doling out [...]
Read moreThis Is NOT Your Run of the Mill Starbucks
On the stretch of Atlantic Avenue that starts at Henry Street and works its way to around Nevins you will find a variety of antique shops, clothing, furniture, and knick-knack stores, a jail, and numerous restaurants and bars.
Among this eclectic mix is a fledgling cafe Clover’s Art Gallery and Coffee House. I’ve been walking past [...]
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