Guidebook for Brooklyn
Drinks & Nightlife
Nostrand Avenue Pub
658 Nostrand Ave.Favorite neighborhood bar, great back garden
Mayfield
688 Franklin AveDelicious farm to table restaurant.
Fun bar with nice outdoor space. Can be a bit of a meet-market at times.
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The Crown Inn
724 Franklin AveFun bar with nice outdoor space. Can be a bit of a meet-market at times.
Food Scene
Fantastic slow cooked Italian food, great back garden for summer. Try their Burrata!
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Cent'Anni
742 Franklin AveFantastic slow cooked Italian food, great back garden for summer. Try their Burrata!
Amazingly tasty and innovative Mexican food. They have a Tequila tasting flight where you can taste the same bottle aged different amounts of time.
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Chavela's
736 Franklin AveAmazingly tasty and innovative Mexican food. They have a Tequila tasting flight where you can taste the same bottle aged different amounts of time.
Gen
659 Washington AveTruly outstanding and authentic Japanese food.
Best coffee shop for working. As of recently they have food too.
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Crosby Coffee
667 Classon AvenueBest coffee shop for working. As of recently they have food too.
Fun and trendy coffee shop on the border of Bedstuy. They also have beer and food. The best part is the huge outdoor space out back.
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Outpost
1014 Fulton StFun and trendy coffee shop on the border of Bedstuy. They also have beer and food. The best part is the huge outdoor space out back.
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford AveGreat for dessert or a last drink on a night out.
Great pizza by the slice or pie. I'm particularly partial to the pies with whole cloves of garlic on them. They also have beer on tap and delicious root beer. There's some outside seating.
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Rosco's Pizza
685 Franklin AvenueGreat pizza by the slice or pie. I'm particularly partial to the pies with whole cloves of garlic on them. They also have beer on tap and delicious root beer. There's some outside seating.
Best jerk chicken in the neighborhood. The map is wrong though, they've moved just around the corner onto Prospect on the west side of Nostrand.
Exquisite Restaurant
710 Nostrand Ave.Best jerk chicken in the neighborhood. The map is wrong though, they've moved just around the corner onto Prospect on the west side of Nostrand.
Take the bus or bike down Ocean Parkway to Brighton beach, go for a swim, and sit here on the boardwalk. Drink a beer, and have some fish with lemon.
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Tatiana
3152 Brighton 6th StTake the bus or bike down Ocean Parkway to Brighton beach, go for a swim, and sit here on the boardwalk. Drink a beer, and have some fish with lemon.
Old place from before Washington Av. got trendy, this place has the most amazing West Indian food for take out, or you can eat-in at their small counter. Try the goat curry and oxtail!
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The Islands
671 Washington AveOld place from before Washington Av. got trendy, this place has the most amazing West Indian food for take out, or you can eat-in at their small counter. Try the goat curry and oxtail!
Everything Else
Jardim Botânico do Brooklyn
990 Washington AveAlways worth a visit
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush AvenueFarmers market here on Saturday mornings
Prospect Park
Explore it!
Favorite place to buy wine in the neighborhood. They have free tastings Thursday from 6:30 - 8.
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Wino(t)
796 Franklin AveFavorite place to buy wine in the neighborhood. They have free tastings Thursday from 6:30 - 8.
Trinidad Golden Place
788 Nostrand Ave.Great rotis and other Caribbean food.
Great space for theatre, very good performances but not too stuffy. Saw a fantastic Midsummer Night's Dream here.
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Theatre for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
262 Ashland PlGreat space for theatre, very good performances but not too stuffy. Saw a fantastic Midsummer Night's Dream here.
Bike down here in the summer, buy some Papusas for lunch from the trucks, and watch the very skilled and organized soccer teams play with real-looking uniforms and refs.
Red Hook Recreation Center
155 Bay StBike down here in the summer, buy some Papusas for lunch from the trucks, and watch the very skilled and organized soccer teams play with real-looking uniforms and refs.
Closest supermarket. Was previously run down but now full of trendy and healthy food.
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Met Foodmarkets
131 Driggs AveClosest supermarket. Was previously run down but now full of trendy and healthy food.
Urban Market by Key Food
651 Nostrand Ave.A step up from Met for food shopping.