Bright, BedStuy Gem Guidebook

Nicole Lavonne
Nicole Lavonne
Bright, BedStuy Gem Guidebook

Food Scene

Great authentic Italian and brick oven pizza + cool vibe inside!
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Saraghina
350 Lewis Ave
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Great authentic Italian and brick oven pizza + cool vibe inside!
Great soul food! Awesome family-friendly environment! There's also the smaller Peaches Hothouse on Thompkins.
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Peaches
393 Lewis Ave
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Great soul food! Awesome family-friendly environment! There's also the smaller Peaches Hothouse on Thompkins.
Great food - try the chicken and waffles!
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Black Swan
505 moradores locais recomendam
Great food - try the chicken and waffles!
Because everybody loves tacos! Haven't actually been yet, but they have great reviews on Yelp!
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Lucha Lucha
283 Nostrand Ave.
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Because everybody loves tacos! Haven't actually been yet, but they have great reviews on Yelp!
Another taqueria with decent Yelp reviews!
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Oaxaca Taqueria
1116 Bedford Ave
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Another taqueria with decent Yelp reviews!
Great place to get fresh, healthy juices and snacks.
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The Bush Doctor Juice Bar
307 Tompkins Ave
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Great place to get fresh, healthy juices and snacks.
If you're a coffee-drinker, they seem to have a nice selection.
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rabbit moon
334 Marcus Garvey Blvd
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If you're a coffee-drinker, they seem to have a nice selection.
Authentic Mexican, lots of options, healthy ingredients!
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Tepache
361 Halsey St
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Authentic Mexican, lots of options, healthy ingredients!
I haven't been yet, but the Yelp reviews are decent, especially if you're a beer-drinker.
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Cpt. Dan's Good Time Tavern
497 Greene Ave
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I haven't been yet, but the Yelp reviews are decent, especially if you're a beer-drinker.
Ice Cream House
873 Bedford Ave
Just deliciousness! Haitian cuisine at its best, great environment, good service, and inexpensive!
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Grandchamps
197 Patchen Ave
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Just deliciousness! Haitian cuisine at its best, great environment, good service, and inexpensive!
Healthy juice bar - because sometimes you just need to detox!
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Juices For Life
277 Malcolm X Blvd
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Healthy juice bar - because sometimes you just need to detox!
Nice environment to hang out with friends and grab a drink, and get into some karaoke on weekends.
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Brooklyn Beso
370 Lewis Ave
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Nice environment to hang out with friends and grab a drink, and get into some karaoke on weekends.
Mexican food and drinks in a quaint space.
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Calaca
139 Putnam Ave
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Mexican food and drinks in a quaint space.
We've had take-out from here. The food was decent, but saltier than what we normally eat, fyi. It's very popular though!
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Pilar Cuban Eatery
397 Greene Ave
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We've had take-out from here. The food was decent, but saltier than what we normally eat, fyi. It's very popular though!
About 20 min from the house by car, but worth the travel if you're looking for a cool vibe and great, healthy food. They have good drinks, too, and there's typically a DJ playing a greta mixture of mix.
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Risbo
701 Flatbush Ave
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About 20 min from the house by car, but worth the travel if you're looking for a cool vibe and great, healthy food. They have good drinks, too, and there's typically a DJ playing a greta mixture of mix.
We're looking forward to trying this highly-rated French-Senegalese restaurant! And the owners own the eclectic little shop next door to the restaurant, too.
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Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
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We're looking forward to trying this highly-rated French-Senegalese restaurant! And the owners own the eclectic little shop next door to the restaurant, too.
Because the variety of empanadas is just hard to pass up! :) The shrimp empanada...delicious. Great for a tasty snack.
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Empanada City
363 Lincoln Rd
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Because the variety of empanadas is just hard to pass up! :) The shrimp empanada...delicious. Great for a tasty snack.
Food, drinks, desserts - lots of variety on this strip once you pass Atlantic Avenue (heading away from BedStuy).
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Franklin Avenue
Franklin Avenue
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Food, drinks, desserts - lots of variety on this strip once you pass Atlantic Avenue (heading away from BedStuy).
Hole in the wall, but some of the best dang roti in BK!
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Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop
1267 Fulton St
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Hole in the wall, but some of the best dang roti in BK!
One of our favorite pizza deliveries! Not too heavy, so fresh, thin, crispy crust - just delicious!
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Nice Pizza
340 Franklin Ave
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One of our favorite pizza deliveries! Not too heavy, so fresh, thin, crispy crust - just delicious!
New Cajun spot right around the corner! Sounds delicious!
Biyou
198 Lewis Ave
New Cajun spot right around the corner! Sounds delicious!
A nice tea shop with fabulous owners and a beautiful selection of teas. And they have the Biggie cookie!
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Brooklyn Eats
474 Myrtle Ave
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A nice tea shop with fabulous owners and a beautiful selection of teas. And they have the Biggie cookie!
delicious food in cool, laid-back environment
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MAMA FOX
327 Stuyvesant Ave
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delicious food in cool, laid-back environment
juice bar, cafe and health food restaurant (also right next door to Rocco's delicious pizza!)
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BKLYN Blend
194 Tompkins Ave
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juice bar, cafe and health food restaurant (also right next door to Rocco's delicious pizza!)
magical little place with good community vibes for healthy juices, food and trinkets
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Stonehome Wine Bar & Restaurant
87 Lafayette Ave
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magical little place with good community vibes for healthy juices, food and trinkets
Delicious pizza!
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Rocco Pizza
765 Dekalb Ave
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Delicious pizza!
more of Rocco's delicious pizza!
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Rocco Pizza III
330 Halsey St
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more of Rocco's delicious pizza!
Opened May '22 - great option for groceries, with deli counter, organic options, and friendly staff.
Met Fresh of Bed-Stuy
410 Tompkins Avenue
Opened May '22 - great option for groceries, with deli counter, organic options, and friendly staff.
New bodega (corner store) with great, healthy options + salad bar/deli items!
Marcus Garvey Boulevard & Greene Avenue
New bodega (corner store) with great, healthy options + salad bar/deli items!

Entertainment & Activities

If you're gonna be here for a while and wanna get your workout on, this is a great option! Also, access to the Citibikes is here!
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Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA
1121 Bedford Ave
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If you're gonna be here for a while and wanna get your workout on, this is a great option! Also, access to the Citibikes is here!

Essentials

The closest grocery store, though not the best selection. Good if you just want to get something simple, but check the times because they tend to close 30 minutes before they're supposed to.
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NSA Food Markets
830 Lafayette Ave
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The closest grocery store, though not the best selection. Good if you just want to get something simple, but check the times because they tend to close 30 minutes before they're supposed to.
Small market/upscale bodega that has a great fresh juice bar, tasty/organic snack options, fruit and veggies and a variety of beer. Also conveniently right across from the J train and grocery store!
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Mr. Kiwi's
957 Broadway
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Small market/upscale bodega that has a great fresh juice bar, tasty/organic snack options, fruit and veggies and a variety of beer. Also conveniently right across from the J train and grocery store!
Decent, large grocery store with good selection of fruit, veggies, seafood and necessities. Right next to the J train, lots of fast food options, Mr. Kiwi organic shop, etc.
1102 Myrtle Ave
1102 Myrtle Avenue
Decent, large grocery store with good selection of fruit, veggies, seafood and necessities. Right next to the J train, lots of fast food options, Mr. Kiwi organic shop, etc.
Awesome health and wellness center with a variety of classes/workshops (yoga, meditation, nutrition, spiritual cleansing, etc). Namaste and get your life right!
HealHaus
1082 Fulton St
Awesome health and wellness center with a variety of classes/workshops (yoga, meditation, nutrition, spiritual cleansing, etc). Namaste and get your life right!

Drinks & Nightlife

Dive bar, sometimes live music, eclectic crowd http://www.yelp.com/biz/lone-wolf-brooklyn
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Lone Wolf
1089 Broadway
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Dive bar, sometimes live music, eclectic crowd http://www.yelp.com/biz/lone-wolf-brooklyn
Hip lounge, burlesque shows, weird shows: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bizarre-brooklyn
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12 Jefferson St
12 Jefferson Street
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Hip lounge, burlesque shows, weird shows: http://www.yelp.com/biz/bizarre-brooklyn
Great drinks, nice folk, good music! Just note that the music can be very loud, so you'll have to shout over it to hear your friends!
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Vodou Bar
95 Halsey Street
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Great drinks, nice folk, good music! Just note that the music can be very loud, so you'll have to shout over it to hear your friends!
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Casablanca Cocktail Lounge
300 Malcolm X Blvd
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Cool wine shops that sometimes hosts a live dj and cool events.
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Bed-Vyne Brew
370 Tompkins Ave
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Cool wine shops that sometimes hosts a live dj and cool events.
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Therapy Wine Bar Re-opening Late Spring 2018 @
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Craft beer bar with small food menu.
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The Wilky
108 Patchen Ave
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Craft beer bar with small food menu.
Bar, lounge, live music venue, small plates...haven't been yet but our last guests said they love this place! http://www.barlunatico.com/#welcome
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LunÀtico
486 Halsey St
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Bar, lounge, live music venue, small plates...haven't been yet but our last guests said they love this place! http://www.barlunatico.com/#welcome

Parks & Nature

Big, quiet park just a few blocks away! In the summer there are free concerts, dance performances, etc. - check http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage/ for events.
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Parque Herbert Von King
670 Lafayette Ave
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Big, quiet park just a few blocks away! In the summer there are free concerts, dance performances, etc. - check http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage/ for events.

Sightseeing

Stuyvesant & Lexington Aves - If you haven't seen Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" you're severely missing out on movie magic. Stop by the corner where this entire movie was filmed, where Spike holds his summer block party, and where the street signed was renamed in honor of this iconic film.
Do The Right Thing Way
Do The Right Thing Way
Stuyvesant & Lexington Aves - If you haven't seen Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" you're severely missing out on movie magic. Stop by the corner where this entire movie was filmed, where Spike holds his summer block party, and where the street signed was renamed in honor of this iconic film.
the dopest, most necessary Biggie image to photograph!
Quincy Street & Bedford Avenue
the dopest, most necessary Biggie image to photograph!

Shopping

This street has cool finds in clothes, jewelry, home furnishings, and food. On a nice day I like to walk from Lexington to Hancock straight down Tompkins Ave. In the summer on Sundays (sometimes Saturdays) they close this off for a street marketplace featuring all the local businesses.
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Tompkins Avenue
Tompkins Avenue
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This street has cool finds in clothes, jewelry, home furnishings, and food. On a nice day I like to walk from Lexington to Hancock straight down Tompkins Ave. In the summer on Sundays (sometimes Saturdays) they close this off for a street marketplace featuring all the local businesses.