Not only is the new Bank of America branch on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope open, but the Five Guys Burgers has opened as well. We saw a fair sized crowd inside yesterday lined up for burgers and such, a large number of them moms with kids. On a related note, the Tea Lounge on […]

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The Seventh Avenue Tea Lounge in Park Slope closed yesterday. The “last day” was reported on both Brooklynian and on Park Slope Parents. A Park Slope Parents email said in part: “Well, tonight is the last day to lounge at the 10th street Tea Lounge, a sad day for all South Slopers. A perfect meeting […]

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We’re quite taken by the concept of mapping all the spots in Brooklyn that have Red Velvet cake and this map, created by meganlibrarian of Brooklynian is an excellent option. It covers a lot of based in the Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook territory. You can access the full […]

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This news about Lonelyville, the cool cafe on Prospect Park Southwest comes from Brooklynometry, a blog we like a lot. The Windsor Terrace cafe, it turns out, is being sold (which may or may not mean the space will have another cafe). Here’s Brooklynometry’s report, in part: …It’s a gem adored by the neighborhood for […]

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It’s official: the building on the corner of Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue is one of the Slope’s Restaurant Corners of Death. (There are others that we wish would be similarly cursed, but that escape, year in and year out.) The corner in question most recently housed Mediterra, although some might recall it as another […]

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The long-running mystery at Verandah Place in Cobble Hill was solved recently when an eatery called Ted and Honey finally opened. Our faithful Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill correspondent pass by and reports: “Combo gourmet deli and salad case and light fare and brunch menu. Packed this weekend.”

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Those who thought that Kellogg’s Diner at Union and Metropolitan Avenues in Williamsburg was going away were very, very wrong. This is the New Look Kellogg now that the scaffold and construction from a big renovation that started after the diner shut down in April have come down. The New Kellogg is a silver chrome […]

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The Great Park Slope Battle of the Bruschetta is continuing. Hot on the heels of the opening of (the utterly wretched) Aperitivo, comes word that the space that used to be Cocotte on Fifth Avenue is going Italian. Per a post on Brooklynian Walked by the old Cocotte space today and spoke to the owner […]

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Here’s a look at the new Pop-Up Rice outpost in the Pop-Up Brooklyn Bridge Park. We’ve got beer, wine and a limited menu of food. While it looks like the sun might be a little intense during the day unless there are umbrellas we didn’t see, it could be quite the spot in the evening […]

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We have another entry for the long list of Park Slope openings and closings that we’ve been reporting in recent weeks and that will, no doubt, be noted elsewhere too: A new restaurant called Shinjuku II will be opening on Seventh Avenue in the space formerly occupied by Inaka Sushi, which closed over the winter. […]

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There was a steady stream of people wandering past Park Slope’s soon-to-be Red Hot II on Seventh Avenue yesterday evening looking into the windows and taking new carry out and delivery menus. There is a new sign outside and a slightly new look inside as well. The restaurant is reopening on Saturday with a menu […]

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1) There is tentative joy among the delivered Chinese food crowd in Park Slope as Red Hot, which died over the winter, is on the verge of returning. The new restaurant will be called Red Hot II and it will be open next week. Telephone number: 718-369-2577. Get those Hot and Sour Soup orders ready. […]

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The radical makeover of the formerly cramped and blah Associated Supermarket on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is complete. The expanded store is now open, although it’s not fully stocked and the new deli and other sections await food. The grocery took over space occupied by the Donuts Coffee Shop (whose demise was widely mourned) […]

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[Photo courtesy of Alex Richman Photography] There’s a new summer treats option in Windsor Terrace. Per photographer Alex Richman, who sent his photo and this info: “New ice/gelato place went up on 16th street off of Prospect Park West in Windsor Terrace. Its called Lia’s. It is next to Brooklyn-Real real estate and liquor store. […]

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The South Slope’s Little D Eatery, which is on Seventh Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, is on the market. Someone posted a link on Brooklynian to the listing on Craigslist offering a Seventh Avenue Bar/Restaurant for either $415K or $350K, depending on the ad. Per the $415K ad: Neighborhood Bar / Restaurant with strong […]

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Ten Japanese Cuisine opened recently in the space that was once occupied by Laila in the South Slope. The space is unrecognizable from the basic premises that used to house the Middle Eastern restaurant. When we passed by, quite early in the evening or late afternoon, there were already a few people dining.

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There is a report on Brooklynian that Red Hot, the Chinese restaurant on Seventh Avenue at 10th Street that closed to much neighborhood dismay during the winter, will be reopening. It will be a Chinese restaurant with some of the same staff as the shuttered restaurant. Here’s the lowdown from BrooklynGigCenter: So there’s been some […]

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We feel that we can safely predict that a liquor store is opening at the corner of N. 8 & Driggs in a spot that was formerly occupied by a bar. We know this because signs and an awning have gone up identifying the new establishment as Eighth & Driggs Wine & Liquors or Eight […]

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This is a new store that will be opening on what we’ve called the Death Block on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope between Second and Third Streets because of there were four empty storefronts at one point this winter. The new addition will be Carmen’s Exclusives for Children. One’s point of view on this development […]

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Who knew that Coney Island would be the site of Beer Island this summer? Beer Island…we love the way it rolls off the tongue…might best be described as a little bit of Water Taxi Beach, but without the East River and in Coney Island. We’re predicting big things for it this summer. It’s an expanse […]

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The small outdoor space on Grand Street in Williamsburg just off Bedford Avenue, that we thought would see no action this summer, appears to be getting set to open as Mercado Libre. It’s gone through several incarnations the last couple of summers, starting with Bauplatz in 2006 (our personal favorite in a Prenzlauerberg kind of […]

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The Rabbithole Bakery & Bistro is slowly making progress on Bedford Avenue, generally drawing people who look through the grate outside to try to get a look inside. It’s definitely made progress since our last look. Rabbithole, which is located at 352 Bedford, is the new venture from the owners of the departed Read Cafe […]

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We posted last month about the coming of Five Guys Burgers and Fries to part of the space that was once occupied by D’Agostino’s on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Five Guys has recently marked its turf right alongside the impending Bank of America next door. Coming in July.

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Penny Licks on Bedford Avenue has opened in Williamsburg and the little shop, which aims to recreate an old-time ice cream and candy store, is loaded with vegan and organic treats. Actually, organic and vegan is the theme of the place. Among the features are the cakes (Peanut Butter Mousse Bombs, Death by Chocolate, etc.) […]

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Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent sent along a couple of photos of the closed business on at Verandah Place and Clinton in Cobble Hill, noting the interesting sign in the window. At the end of last year, the space was in the midst of a big renovation and takeover by Cafe on Clinton. It was supposed […]

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