After more than 16 years in Williamsburg, bookseller Spoonbill & Sugartown is opening a second store in not-so-distant East Williamsburg. The new location, in the front half of the…
Howl’Ya Honor Ginsberg? By Going to This Beat Poetry Fest
If Allen Ginsberg were still croaking around today, he would’ve just celebrated his 90th birthday. I can see it now– the old man and his expansive beard,…
Win Son, Lose Some: Taiwanese Resto Arrives in East Williamsburg
Behind an old-school bodega-like awning Josh Ku and Trigg Brown are putting the finishing touches on Win Son, their brand new Taiwanese-American restaurant, officially opening…
Gents, You Can Now Slip Into Some Custom Boots With Chilean Rodeo Roots
If you had to spend a day stopping in at every shop in Brooklyn that hawks bespoke menswear, by sunset you’d need a very tall…
Bagel Belly Doesn’t Make Rainbow Bagels, But It Does Have Rainbow Cream Cheese
East Villagers have a new place to score rainbow-sprinkle cream cheese for when they just can’t with the lines at Tompkins Square Bagels. Newcomer Bagel Belly opened Saturday and serves…
Metrograph Opens, Offering ‘Prestigious Moviegoing’ on the LES
Metrograph officially joined the ranks of New York’s great independent cinemas when it opened its doors to a line of eager filmgoers today. With a…
New French-Algerian Spot, Bar Omar, Has Legendary Family Back in Paris
Bar Omar, a new addition to Williamsburg’s bubbling culinary landscape, is a French-Algerian restaurant that forgoes the stereotypical Moroccan-style lamps and ornamental plates in favor…
Bedford Ave’s Verb Cafe Now in G’point, Serving Hot Coffee Sans ‘Cold Interactions’
It was one of the last vestiges of a bygone Williamsburg– a grungy, cavernous little coffee shop with worn-down wood floors and a lifetime of…
At Ruffian, a Tiny East Village Wine Bar, You’ll Have a Front-Row View of the Kitchen
You’re going to have to suck in and ruffle a few feathers to squeeze into this tiny new wine bar-resto — Ruffian‘s space is snug. But…
Sottocasa Serving Up The Real Deal Neapolitan Pizza Near McCarren Park
It’s not like we need more pizza in North Brooklyn, we’ll admit that. We’ve got a healthy mix (well, at least we like to tell ourselves that…