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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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] This is one of the decorated houses on Ninth Street in Park Slope between Fifth and Seventh Avenues.

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This weekend (12/20 & 12/21) is the start of the first opening of the Artisan Market down at the old Brooklyn Lyceum (on 4th Ave between Union and President) from 11am-7pm. Over 60 local artists and vendors will be selling a vast array of everything you don’t need but would probably love to have or […]

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[Photos for Gowanus Lounge by E.C. Stephens] GL Correspondent E.C. Stephens braved the elements and came back with a couple of pics of Fifth Avenue and environs in Park Slope in the snow. Check out the Christmas trees with their coating.

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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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This came in from Park Slope yesterday afternoon and tells us that (surprise) the slimy energy scammers that have been working their asses off all over Brooklyn trying to rip people off are still out there: “A male-and-female team of IDT Energy reps just rang our door bell (Thursday, 2 p.m.). I told them to […]

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[Photo for Gowanus Lounge Courtesy of Meg Groome] In addition to these whimisical ice scultpures on display outside the Community Bookstore on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue last weekend, the shop introduced a new online book site.  Wanting to shop local, we tried out their online book ordering service and not only found all of the […]

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We poke a lot of fun at Park Slope, and will be the first to admit that a lot of it is stereotyping and, well, maybe unfair. On the other hand, we don’t write the stuff–we just copy and paste it–and sometimes people say what they say and it doesn’t reflect well. Just to show […]

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The Old First Reformed Church was doing brisk Christmas tree business this weekend. This man carried his tree, hopefully just around the corner, while others wrestled their trees into their trunks or lashed them to the roof of their car. The smart owners of the distinctive Wafels and Dinges truck was parked out front of […]

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[Photo for GL by Meg Groome] Meg Groome, who it thrills us to have as a new part of the GL scene, writes: “I just can’t help but get in the holiday spirit when it begins to snow and it inspired me to take some pictures of the holiday lights. Here’s 7th Ave at night, […]

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Two new shops have opened on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. One is the UGGs store (above), which fills the space that had been occupied by Beacon’s Closet, which moved much further down the block. The other is called Celine, which bills itself as a discount fashion shop and which we believe also has a […]

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Evan from the Brooklynian message board is warning retailers in the Park Slope to keep an eye out for a couple of would be con artists that are tricking cashiers and grabbing cash in registers. Here’s his first hand account and how he saved the day for one lucky employee: just a heads up to […]

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[Photo for GL by Meg Groome] After much rumor and speculation, a Hanco’s Vietnamese Sandwich and Bubble Tea sign appeared outside the old Tea Lounge on 7th and 10th in Park Slope. If it is anything like its twin in Boerum Hill, this Hanco’s will offer vietnamese sandwiches, bubble teas, and other vietnamese snacks. What […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] Aren’t the way new buildings blend with old ones great, either during the construction phase or when they’re done? GL Contributor and Brit in Brooklyn blogger Adrian Kinloch caught this shot at Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue where a building that was oirginally supposed to be […]

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Our community-minded and dear friends at Park Slope Parents are warning the community about an energy scam that’s different than the one we’ve been covering for a month. This one is about people brazenly ringing doorbells and asking for money, presumably from the tragically gullible. Here it is, via the miracle of copy and paste: […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/Gl Flickr Pool] Here’s a little bit of Christmas decorative spirit Park Slope-style.

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GL Correspondent Max Casey got some bad news last night while munching some snacks and checking out vids at Video Free Brooklyn on Fifth Avenue: the store, which is the only video rental spot in that section of the Slope is going to be closing. Word came from the store’s owner, who said that the […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] Somewhere in Park Slope.

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We turn now to an email from our close and valued friends at Park Slope Parents who are always supplying Slopians with valuable information. This is about people showing up to fix a boiler that no had asked to be fixed. Sounds like a set up for a robbery about which the community should be […]

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This is a vid of fake snow during Park Slope’s “Snowflake Celebration” on Thursday. Sadly, we didn’t get a pic of the real snow in Williamsburg last night.

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A new DNA Footwear & UGG Shop should be opening in a matter of days in the old space that housed Beacon’s Closet on Fifth Avenue near President Street. We saw the new windows going in and signs are now open they’ll be open the second week of December. That’s the interior above at about […]

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We may get kneecapped by our dear friends at Park Slope Parents for this one, but one of their members forwards this simple email to us that does raise a fascinating Slopian conundrum: I found this one on Park Slope Parents this morning: “I’d love to find a book (appropriate to read to a 4 […]

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Here’s another item of public interest from our dear and beloved friends at Park Slope Parents about a local auto service center that alleges that something very unpleasant (allegedly) went (alegedly) awry. We go to the copy & paste, which is the way they taught us to do this kind of thing at the Columbia […]

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