Girl Scout cookie taste-alikes at Family Dollar lead to a crisis of conscience.
A Taste of Fifth is a cheap eats paradise
Non-fried curry puff from Sky Ice, a newcomer to Taste of Fifth this year.
Park Slope, in all of its fancy pants glory, isn’t exactly a cheap-eats haven, but on Sept. 15th many of the restaurants on the neighborhood’s Fifth Avenue strip will become oh-so-briefly affordable (or more so!). A Taste of Fifth [...]
Epic end-of-summer book sale at powerHouse
If you’ve exhausted Brooklyn’s dwindling selection of used bookstores, or if the idea of combing through slightly moldy hardbacks gives you the willies, powerHouse Arena’s epic Summer Skid Sale might be your time to browse. Offering a myriad of titles for up to 90 percent off, this book bonanza is the [...]
Restaurant Weak! Sparse food deals in BK again
River Cafe is so romantic at night. Too bad the deal is only for lunch.
And just like that, it’s Restaurant Week season and Brooklyn gets the shaft yet again. Granted, we have Dine in Brooklyn in the spring, but it doesn’t compete with the myriad $24.07 lunches and $35 dinners [...]
Bar of the Week: It’s Project Parlor!
This is the 21st in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we’re featuring Project Parlor, whose ample backyard space and cozy interior is calling to us on these hot early summer days.
Photo via Project Parlor
PROJECT PARLOR
742 Myrtle Ave. Bed-Stuy
What it is: A charming [...]
Bar of the Week: A wee bit of class at Iona
This is the sixth in our series on the venues featured in the second Brooklyn Beer Book. This week we’re featuring Iona, a classy little spot in Williamsburg you could take that special someone — or scout around for that new special someone.
IONA
180 Grand St., (at Bedford Ave) Williamsburg
What it is: [...]
What’s the most romantic place in BK?
With everyone’s most and least favorite Hallmark holiday a mere 42 days away, love is practically almost in the air. As we begin to figure out how to shower our loved ones (or ourselves…for the perpetually alone like myself) with gifts and affection, Team Brokelyn is looking for suggestions for the most romantic places [...]
Brooklyn’s student-ID discounts for the forever young
The college ID is the gift that keeps on giving — whether it’s years past graduation and you’re milking the absence of an expiration date for all it’s worth, or you’ve actually returned to the classroom for that second chance. Whichever, your little chunk of plastic is a gateway to discounts galore in Brooklyn. And [...]
Chinese grocery deals and meals
Taiwan Cucumbers. Photos by Hannah Rosenblum.
Chinese supermarkets are chock-full of delicious, inexpensive stuff—that we know from many a past meal. Still, for the uninitiated, between the hustle and bustle (and often questionable English signage), the stores can seem like impenetrable fortresses. You know that fuzzy squash-looking thing is cheap, but… what to do with it? [...]
Free high drama: BK summer plays
Piper Theatre
If Shakespeare had only known how well he’d go over from a lawn chair. Theater in the park is one time-honored tradition you’re bound to find wherever summer high culture has a place. And, oh, does it have a place in Brooklyn. This summer, we’ve got all the outdoor drama [...]
