We finally made it over to the Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory at 105 N. 3 in Williamsburg and it did not disspoint. Right now they’re only serving up chocolate bars but the only they thing they have in common with Hershey’s is form. We tried the dark mik chocolate (60 percent cocoa) and the Dark […]

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[Photo courtesy KellsNYC/Yelp] Prospect Height’s dining staple Beast is celebrating its 4th year anniversary today. Come celebrate Beast’s anniversary with delicious eats, drinks and all-around good times. Today starting at 6pm. Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres & drink-specials! Special Festivities begin at @9pm! Wonder what those will be? —E.C. Stephens

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Another old Fifth Avenue landmark in Park Slope is about to change. It was a bodega in its most recent incarnation, but before that it was Berkley Clothing and its fascinating retro sign and part of the original facade had survived. No longer. A good friend of GL emails to say: “I noticed today that […]

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Remember the old Fillmore Real Estate office at 486 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope? You know, the one between 11th and 12th Streets that closed down along with a couple of others as the real estate market started to, uh, sink. Well, the place is coming back to a life, per a tip from a […]

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We walked by the Crooked Tail Cafe in Gowanus the other day and finally found it open for business. We don’t know how long it’s been open, but it still had the little “grand opening” type banners out front. It’s next to the Canal Bar and occupies the space of what had been a landmark […]

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Park Slope’s NoNo Kitchen is for rent. A couple of weeks ago we’d noticed some strange signs in the window about how the menu was being changed, which struck us as signs that the Cajun spot (which we never cared for much) was having some trouble. The “for rent” sign now in the window indicates […]

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Athena, a new Mediterranean restaurant, opened at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street in the South Slope the first week of January. We’ve known about for a while, and early word has been positive, but have been waiting for a chance to wander by and grab a pic before posting about it. Well, […]

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This covers so much territory that we don’t even know where to begin. The info comes from our most valued Red Hook source and much has been reported here and there, but it makes a strong impression viewed in its entirety. We think we’ll just let the tipster tell the stories: The consortium that operates […]

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[Photo courtesy scaredy kat/flickr] With all the attention being paid to whether or not LeNell’s is closing, there is other news to report of closure in Red Hook. First, however, we will turn to a colorful detail about LeNell’s (and what detail about her and her place isn’t?) from a prized Red Hook store has […]

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Brook-Vin, the much anticipated new Park Slope wine bar at 387 Seventh Avenue (between 11th & 12th Streets) opened to a packed house last night and a crowd that got thicker as the night wore on. There was a lot of wine flowing and containers of liquids like bacon-infused bourbon and fruit-soaked vodkas sitting on […]

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The way things are going it will probably be easier to tell you which Park Slope restaurants aren’t for sale. (Lighten up. This is a joke.) We have, however, come across another one that is. This is a Japanese restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Sixth Street that seems to meet the description of Sakura Cafe, […]

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While looking into Citadel Property Management‘s listing for Kitchen Bar, we also came across what looks like a “Reduced for Quick Sale!!” ad <strike>for the Mediterranean restaurant Olive Vine Cafe on 7th Avenue in the North Slope.</strike> Little D Eatery on  Seventh Avenue in the South Slope. According to their listing: REDUCED for QUICK SALE!! […]

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The Kitchen Bar at 687 6th Avenue in South Park Slope is on the market. It’s been listed on Citadel Property Management Corp. commercial sales for a while now, and now it’s price has been chopped and it’s even listed on Craigslist! Citadel is offering to sell the business for $225,000 or lease the space […]

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Something is up at 314 Seventh Avenue, which is the now vacant site of a former laundromat. Applications have been filed with the Department of Buildings to convert the space into an eating and drinking establishment. So far DOB has disapproved them, but early disapprovals are common and not meaningful. Also of interest is that […]

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Patois, the trailblazing Smith Street restaurant, served its last meal yesterday. This is the note that was taped to the front window. It says they’re looking for space elsewhere in the neighborhood. We can think of several spots that are empty or being renovated right off hand.

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[Photos for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] Correspondent E.C. Stephens hightailed it over to Babouche the Moroccan restaurant on Fifth Avenue at Lincoln Place in the Slope upon getting word that the gate had been slammed shut. Indeed it had. As can be seen in the picture below, the reason for the closure is quite […]

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[Photo courtesy of Ginger A./Yelp] First there was news that Da Vincenzo on Prospect Park West in Windsor Terrace was closed. Well, per a GL reader it’s more than just closed: fyi, walking by windsor terrace nabe italian rest., da vincezo, on ppw, i noticed a big “for sale” sign in the window. this follows […]

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Correspondent E.C. Stephens hit our voracious inbox of with some gold late last night after getting some photos of the ongoing work inside the much anticipated ramen noodle shop on the Park Slope side of Fourth Avenue at Degraw. (If you want to find us, we’ll be living there once the place opens.) It doesn’t […]

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This is the Dumpling Rickshaw Truck on Seventh Avenue and First Street on Saturday morning. In addition, the Waffles and Dinges truck was only a few blocks away in front of Old First Church. Given the generally horrific nature of Seventh Avenue food. These trucks are a Godsend.

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Brook Vin, the new wine bar on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope near Tenth Street, is getting ready to open, as the window says “Soon.” It will be operated by the same people that own the wine shop across the street. There was some original concern by neighbors that outdoor seating would cause noise during […]

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That sound you hear is the people who used to spend their days at the old Tea Lounge on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope gazing at what is being done to the old hangout of stroller moms, their spawn and those that managed to fit in between them. We managed to stick our camera through […]

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Perhaps you recall GL Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens report before Christmas about the return of Maria’s Bistro which had become Mercado Social. Yeah, we know you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. What comes next from our readers, however, makes this potentially the most tawdry and scandalous Park Slope restaurant stories of the year. […]

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Let’s just say that while this thread on Brookynian about the unfortunate Flipsters on Seventh Avenue at the corner of Ninth Street involves more, what caught our attention was glass of Three Buck Chuck for $3.50 at Happy House. WTF? Are they insane? Here is the full rant: Duffy’s Sis and I decided we needed […]

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Ever eat at Song Thai on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope (one of the Slope’s astounding collection of utterly mediocre Thai places)? Read this, which we found on Brooklynian, and you may never want to set foot in there again. It involves what sounds like an allegedly tainted egg roll and the restaurant’s utter denial […]

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Holy fucking guacamole. GL’s Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens has made one of the most bizarre food discoveries in Park Slope in recent memory. It’s a little thing, really, dealing with a restaurant that many rank as mediocre. Yet it is truly, truly strange. Remember how Maria’s Mexican Bistro morphed into Mercado Social? That would have […]

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