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 | Trapiche

Bon Appetit Magazine has teamed up with Trapiche wines from Argentina to bring you the Trapiche Grill Off Recipe Competition.  You can read about it by clicking here, or you may enter the contest by clicking on the image at the left.
Good luck and enjoy!

Eating Brooklyn Now on Twitter!

Eating Brooklyn is now updating in real time via Twitter!  Click on the icon to follow our updates!
Keep eating…
~Sam

Vox Pop in Ditmas Park Closed (Temporarily?)

When we wrote about Vox Pop a couple of months ago, we weren’t aware of the debt that they had incurred as part of a “legacy debt.”  Well, the city was aware of it and the Department of Taxation and Finance has shut down this great cafe / restaurant / bar for back taxes.  We [...]

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 [...]

TODAY! Bastille Day Festivities on Smith Street

Michael Arenella graphic treatment.
Originally uploaded by lensjockey

Today marks the annual Bastille Day celebration sponsored by Bar Tabac on Smith Street.
Festivities feature competitive Petanque games (the French version of Bocce), live music by Michael Arenella and his Dreamland Orchestra (pictured), and food and drink concoctions from neighborhood restaurants including Bar Tabac, Apartment 138, Coco Roco, Raga, [...]

Good Clean Mexican Fun

Mesa Coyoacan
372 Graham Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 782-8171
http://mesacoyoacan.com
On a recent, rather balmy Thursday night, things were looking a little bit different on Graham Avenue. Used to walking by the all but always empty, (and now defunct) Pampa Grill and the nearly perpetually shuttered Odara, imagine my surprise to see the former Odara (now Sel De [...]

Did I Speak Too Soon?

Sirens, construction vehicles, and the blogosphere all gave Cobble Hill residents a clear picture of what happened on Court Street the other night – 217, the building next to Joya partially collapsed, and will need to be fully demolished.
The good news is neither Joya, nor any local residents or passerby were damaged or injured.  The [...]

Dine In Brooklyn

Next Monday, March 23rd marks the start of Brooklyn Restaurant Week known as Dine In Brooklyn. 
For a mere $23 you get a three course meal (not including alcohol, tax, or tip) at any of the participating restaurants.  Dine In Brooklyn lasts only through April 2nd, so no dilly dallying.
Check out www.visitbrooklyn.org or click the link here [...]