Foodie website Serious Eats tells it like it is… so when they like what they taste, there’s little higher praise. Last week, the New York site gave a shimmering review to Cobble Hill intimate eatery Bittersby at 255 Smith Street, titled “Good Food Comes in Small Spaces,” heralding co-owners and chefs Joseph Ogrodnek and Walker […]
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New York magazine’s April 23, 2012 issue covers “Artisanal Brooklyn,” with a generous 8-page spread about the borough’s movement toward locally made edibles. The subhead: “A step forward for food or a sign of the apocalypse? And does it matter when the stuff tastes so good?” (Read the full story here.) A secondary piece showcases […]
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‘Sea of Poppies’ is the first book in Amitav Ghosh’s ‘Ibis Trilogy.’ In this historical novel, set in 1838,…
April 16, 2012A five year old boy was critically injured when struck by a taxi at Hicks and Amity streets yesterday. New York Post: A 5-year-old boy ran into a Brooklyn street and was hit by a taxi before the horrified eyes of his deaf parents, who then carried his seriously injured body half a block to […]
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The next jocular, wonderfully educational Homer Fink’s Hidden Walking Tour takes place this coming Saturday, April 21, at 11…
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This sort of thing isn’t supposed to be happening. I was delighted by their season opening sweep of the Braves, but I recalled a similar occurrence some seasons ago, after which the Mets quickly demonstrated what statisticians call regression toward …
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I’d had a taste of Brooklyn Brewery’s Sorachi Ace beer at Borough President Marty Markowitz’s presser for Dine in…
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No surprise to those of us in the know, but hipster pub The L Magazine notes that Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill are “the most walkable neighborhoods in Brooklyn,” according to a study by Walk Score published on website Slate. The webbie bases its “walk scores” on the amount and accessibility of amenities, including restaurants, […]
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An Urban Geological Study of the Gowanus Sunday, April 15, 4:30-6:30 pm All ages are welcome We will meet…
April 13, 2012“Alice in Bed” is one of Cathleen Schine’s early novels, having been published originally in 1983, and reissued in…
April 13, 2012