1) We assume the new cafe at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street on the Gowanus side of the tracks is still going to be called Brooklyn Bean, although the mural on the plywood has come down revealing the storefront. It’s of interest because the Fourth Avenue Brooklyn Bean is not related to […]

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The traditional dry cleaners and laundries of Smith Street and Court Street may be dropping like flies, but there’s now a “Laundry at the Deli.” The L at the D is at 183 Smith and is still a work in progress. In addition to washers and dryers, there is a food case being installed in […]

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There’s one brand new restaurant opening in the Burg we want to note and a couple of things to get caught up on: 1) Fiore is supposed to be opening today at 284 Grand Street (above). It’s an Italian restaurant that traces it lineage to Baci & Abracci up the block. We haven’t seen the […]

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Is Vera Cruz on Bedford Avenue open again? Last time there was any news about the eatery it was when a seizure notice was taped to the front grate. There has been a for sale out front for months. Yet, there is now a big “Restaurant is Open” banner out front. The signs taped in […]

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There are a couple of openings or almost openings to report in Williamsburg: 1). The Urban Rustic Grocery & Cafe (“Farm to Market”) is edging towards an opening on N. 12th Street, at least, to judge by the new sign that has gone up. Urban Rustic is located at 236 N. 12th Street between Driggs […]

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There are a couple of Park Slope retails developments to note or update on this first Saturday of December:1) Get Fresh, at 370 Fifth Avenue, is having its grand opening celebration this week. The service offers “farm-fresh meals” that are prepared for cooking at home. Meals can be ordered online or picked up at the […]

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[Photo courtesy of aaronchamberlain/flickr] There are Park Slope food & drink-related developments to report, with one being a closure and another being an opening: 1) It would appear that Tempo Presto on Seventh Avenue at Third Street is about to become Tempo Morto. First came the rumor: Tempo Presto is closing. Then came word on […]

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Yesterday, we posted about the new Brooklyn Bean that is opening at Fourth Avenue and Carroll Street. Brownstoner posted about it too, noting that it is an offshoot of Cuppa Cuppa in the East Village and has nothing to do with Brookyn Bean & Tea Company on Atlantic Avenue. Of course, we had assumed that […]

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We’re not sure if it’s a sign of serious change on the Gowanus side of Fourth Avenue, but it’s definitely a sign of the times. Brooklyn Bean & Tea Company, which opened in September at Atlantic and Hoyt, is opening another cafe at the corner of Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue. Blogger Velvet Sea caught […]

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[Photo courtesy of Racked] 1) What’s up at the Trader Joe’s that supposed to be coming to Court Street and Atlantic Avenue? Our colleagues at Racked, who cover so much territory in this city it makes your head spin, took a peak inside and found….nothing going on. There have been rumors that the deal has […]

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Bedford Avenue’s favorite fast food chain (well, only fast food chain, so far…) is closed. On Friday, Eater posted the Department of Health closing sticker on the front door and, yesterday, the metal grate was pulled tight. A quick look at the Department of Health site found that the Subway racked up 75 points during […]

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A couple of weeks back, we noted the “Haulin’ Ass Sale” signs affixed to Lawanna’s, the latest in a line of businesses to depart the vicinity of Bedford Avenue and N. 6th Street. We caught them yesterday in mid-haul, with the store cleared out and all the info about the relocation, including the new spot(155 […]

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There is movement to report, via amusing sign, on Bedford Avenue. Lawanna’s, which is at Beford and N. 6th Street is, as can be seen in the photo, haulin’ ass. The shop is haulin’ to 155 Grand Street between Bedford and Berry. Its next door neighbor, John Gabriel already hauled, as of about a month […]

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The Radegast Hall & Biergarten on N. 3rd Street and Berry in Williamsburg is clearly almost ready to open. There are even candles on the tables in the biergarten part of the operation, that will have the roof that opens during nice weather. Coming soon, which is why they have that sign about good things […]

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There are a few restaurant/cafe openings to report in Williamsburg: 1). Blackbird Parlour, which has been in the making at Bedford Avenue and N. 6th Street (197 Bedford) for some time, is now open (above). The menu is mostly coffee, tea and dessert, with about a dozen sandwiches and other dishes. It was surprisingly uncrowded […]

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The rumored bank that was coming to Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue is reportedly still going to happen. Last week, a sign went up in the window of the closed D’Agostino’s market on Seventh Ave. advertising the availability of 4,500 square feet of space. The latest Park Slope scuttlebutt is that a bank (the early word […]

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There’s a bit more information to report on the closure of Beso–the Fifth Avenue spot that was loved by some and less loved by others. Yesterday, we reported that a source had said the restaurant was closing because of a rent increase. That tidbit was both right and wrong. The restaurant is toast, however, it […]

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[Photo courtesy of Silk Cut/flickr] Today we have one death to report and one rumored death that turned out to be just that–a rumor. 1) Beso, the Fifth Avenue Latino spot, has gone to the big Tortilla De Huevos in the sky. It closed yesterday, reported because the landlord jacked up the rent significantly. (We […]

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There are some openings and closing to report in Park Slope south of Ninth Street. 1) Katrina’s, the diner that has been closed, will be reopening under new, but familiar, management. GL has leared that the owners of Purity Diner, which is located at Seventh Street and Prospect Park West, are taking over the closed […]

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1) North Edition: Work is coming along nicely on Lokal, the wine bar that is getting set to open in the old Monsignor’s space at the intersection of Bedford and Lorimer in Greenpoint. This was the first look we’d gotten at the design scheme. 2) South Edition: There is some restaurant carnage to note on […]

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So, what Brooklyn neighborhoods won’t have a Ricky’s outpost by this time next year? The big news out of Greenpoint yesterday–proclaimed in photos of signage–was that Ricky’s is opening a store on Manhattan Avenue. Our friends at Racked conveyed the news, noting that it will be a Halloween store and then open up as a […]

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1) First, Brooklyn Heights. Then, Flatbush Avenue. The Ricky’s invasion of Brooklyn is happening quickly. There was a story about in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle last week. Now, posters over at the Park Slope Forum report: On Friday I was on my way to work and was getting off the bus at the Bergen subway […]

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We have an opening and a closing to pass along in North Brooklyn. 1) Jimmy’s Diner is now open at 577 Union Avenue. It replaces Union Picnic, which closed. The menu run–no surprise–to diner food, with a lot of burgers and sandwiches on the menu. When we passed by on Sunday, there was a fairly […]

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From Williamsburg, we have the following reports and photographic evidence: 1) The signage has gone up for Lokal (above), the Mediterranean bistro taking over the old Monsignor’s space at the corner of Lorimer and Nassau in Greenpoint. We caught this shot of the ongoing work on the space–which seems to be at a fairly advanced […]

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1) The bodega on the corner of N. 6th and Bedford has been toast for a few weeks as reported by A Test of Will, but the new management isn’t losing any time turning it into a new space. We caught the gates up and work underway inside. By the looks of the display cases, […]

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