As much as we try to bring you everything you need for the low-budget Brooklyn life, we have to admit, we’re not the only helpful brokesters in town. So we discovered while reading our weekly Yelp email, and there was one Broke in Brooklyn, a.k.a Kyle Huebbe, a real estate agent, former chef and, incidentally, Brooklyn burger king (here he is competing) who’s something of a self-appointed expert on all that is cheap and excellent in our borough. This includes the pork-and-leek dumplings $2 for eight at Kai Feng Fu, Mexican food at Tacos Matamoros nearby, and cheap beer and a BBQ at the Brooklyn Ice House in Red Hook. For pizza, it’s strictly San Remo on Cortelyou Road, where, as he puts it, there’s a “bunch of old neighborhood guys, making pizza.” Tell it, bro. Check out Kyle’s other favorites here.
11 deals we love: Prospect Heights
At Pieces: party dresses and shimmery accessories. Photos by Eric Reichbaum.
With $3 drafts and afternoon-long happy hours, Prospect Heights is a small sliver of Brooklyn where the drinks alone should be a cheapskate draw. But with some mouth-watering daytime fare, sale racks that overfloweth and well-stocked knick-knackeries, the neighborhood isn’t a find only for the pocket-change imbiber. Desperate, hungry shoppers, read on too. Here are my Prospect Heights picks from beer glass to last-minute stocking-stuffer. Read the rest of this entry »
Eat your way through one frugal foodist’s Brooklyn
As much as we try to bring you everything you need for the low-budget Brooklyn life, we have to admit, we’re not the only helpful brokesters in town. So we discovered while reading our weekly Yelp email, and there was one Broke in Brooklyn, a.k.a Kyle Huebbe, a real estate agent, former chef and, incidentally, Brooklyn burger king (here he is competing) who’s something of a self-appointed expert on all that is cheap and excellent in our borough. This includes the pork-and-leek dumplings $2 for eight at Kai Feng Fu, Mexican food at Tacos Matamoros nearby, and cheap beer and a BBQ at the Brooklyn Ice House in Red Hook. For pizza, it’s strictly San Remo on Cortelyou Road, where, as he puts it, there’s a “bunch of old neighborhood guys, making pizza.” Tell it, bro. Check out Kyle’s other favorites here.
Village Voice loves Brooklyn bars, creepy Green-Wood strolls
Black Mountain Winehouse, voted "Best Bar to Spirit Yourself Away to the Adirondacks"
If there’s one thing the proclamations of New York’s “best of” lists are always good for, it’s sparking debate. But when a list has categories like “Best ’90s Musical Hero Hiding Out Scruffily in Brooklyn” (Blake Schwarzenbach), who can argue? That distinction and about 250 others are from the just-released Village Voice Best of NYC 2009—a guide to people, places and things around the city that might otherwise have gone unnoticed to the average New Yorker. Naturally, Brooklyn makes a solid showing on this year’s list, nabbing more than 40 in all. From pretend vacations to supplying your DIY needs, here are just a few of Brooklyn’s best unique virtues. Read the rest of this entry »
RSS
Twitter
Facebook