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Reminder: Downtown’s Dekalb Market Is Mad Fun

By Chuck Taylor on April 18, 2012 9:33 am in Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, movies, Music

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the wonderfully novel Dekalb Market yet, the weekend is coming! This new community destination in Downtown Brooklyn—which was voted Best New York Architecture in 2011 by the New York Observer—is uniquely housed in a collection of salvaged shipping containers, and includes an incubator farm, weekend events, performances and a collection of 60+ eateries and work-sell spaces.

Coming up Saturday April 21 is Spring Cleaning Day, with such specialties as shaves, nails and Eco Living workshops. Sunday April 22 offers an Earth Day Seed & Garden Market and Urban Chicken Workshops. The Dekalb Market, which is open seven days a week through the summer, is located at 138 Willoughby Street and Flatbush Ave in 11201. Much more info is here. Continue Reading →

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Hey, Want To Open A Restaurant In The Heights? Uh, Not So Fast…

By Chuck Taylor on April 17, 2012 10:09 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food, Real Estate

Anyone that has lived in Brooklyn Heights for more than five or so years has seen that wonderful new restaurant open its doors up the street with so much promise, a great menu and meaningful ambiance… only to shutter a year later, supplanted by a nail salon or cell phone retailer. Sigh.

The Real Deal offers some grim statistics about why it’s so difficult for an eatery to survive in New York City (which has definitely made me think twice about my plan to open Chuckey’s Pizza Pies & Absinthe Bar in the nabe. Big sigh). Continue Reading →

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‘Nona Brooklyn’ Profiles Noodle Pudding Owner Antonio Migliaccio

By Chuck Taylor on April 16, 2012 7:32 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food

Brooklyn foodie website Nona Brooklyn offers a lengthy and delectable interview with Antonio Migliaccio, owner of Brooklyn Heights’ longtime fave Noodle Pudding. The Italian restaurant has been open at 38 Henry Street in the far northern reaches of the neighborhood for 16 years.

The interview begins: “Most restaurants have a moment. They arrive on the scene and hopefully, with some good execution and a little luck, generate a buzz. Most of the time, they come back to earth, a few months, a few years or a few chef changes later. It’s rare to find a restaurant that strikes that elusive combination of good food, ambiance, service and intangible charm, that has regulars lining up out the door, willing to wait 45 minutes or an hour for a table, night after night.” Continue Reading →

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Mr. J. Checks Out Le Pain Quotidien on Montague

By Claude Scales on April 16, 2012 9:20 am in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Food

How does Karl love LPQ? Let him count the ways…. Video after the jump. Continue Reading →

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Le Pain Quotidien Open For Business This Weekend!

By Chris on April 14, 2012 2:12 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food

The doors are still closed for staff training, but French Bread loaves are stocking the shelves at Le Pain Quotidien and al fresco seating has appear on the sidewalk. According to the Manager who was fielding questions from passersby, they will “definitely” be open tomorrow.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The restaurant opened for business Saturday! Stop by on Sunday to meet the smiling, gregarious staff!

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First Look Inside! Le Pain Quotidien Opening Next Week

By Chuck Taylor on April 12, 2012 10:16 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Food

The new Le Pain Quotidien at 121 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights is scheduled to open its doors Monday, April 16, according to a conversation BHB had with the “bakery and communal table” manager this afternoon. He’s a local who lives in Carroll Gardens, and says in his five years with the company, he has been pleading for a Brooklyn location. Delivered! (See first interior photos below the jump.)

The manager also shared that because of the property line of the building, outdoor seating for up to 18 is available along the storefront’s sidewalk, with no permit required. Inside, the restaurant seats about 100. In addition, the Heights menu will offer items that aren’t available at Le Pain Quotidien’s Manhattan locations, including Continue Reading →

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Heights’ Packer Institute Grads To Open New Eatery In Fort Greene

By Chuck Taylor on April 6, 2012 1:02 am in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Food, Other Brooklyn

Two 2001 graduates from Brooklyn Heights’ Packer Collegiate Institute are staying true to the borough by opening a restaurant in nearby Fort Greene. Pals Alan Cooper and Stephen Cohen plan to launch Prospect Restaurant at 773 Fulton Street in July, in the space of recently closed Mediterranean Aqualis Grill.

The pair was interviewed April 5 in the New York Times blog “The Local,” after the American eatery’s license was approved by the Community Board 2 Health Committee. The spot will offer 53 seats and a full bar, serving dinner seven days a week and brunch on weekends. Continue Reading →

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Chez Moi? Mais Oui!

By Chris on April 5, 2012 8:53 pm in Food

Chez Moi, a French bistro that took over the former La Mancha space at Atlantic Avenue and Henry Street has opened its doors. The soft opening was yesterday evening, and it appears they’ll be taking a week or two to work out operational kinks and flesh out the “classic French with a twist” menu.

My wife and I stopped in tonight for a quick bite to gauge the offerings. The atmosphere offers low light, painted walls and background French jazz & blues playing. A young wait-staff was eager to assist and to take comments on the menu and preparations.

While the menu details are being fleshed out (a charcuterie and cheese offering is promised in the future), we decided to try two French classics: Continue Reading →

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Reminder: ‘First Wednesday’ on Montague Street Tonight

By Claude Scales on April 4, 2012 5:04 pm in Events, Food, Shopping

This month’s “First Wednesday” event is starting now (5 p.m.) and continues until 8 p.m. Details on special deals available from merchants and restaurants on Montague Street are here.

The Brooklyn Heights Association also reminds us to please take the Montague Street BID’s survey. By completing the survey, you are entered to win a $50 gift certificate.

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Another Montague Street “First Wednesday” This Week

By Claude Scales on April 1, 2012 7:56 pm in Events, Food, Shopping

This Wednesday, April 4, is another “First Wednesday”, presented by the Montague Street Business Improvement District, featuring special shopping and dining deals from merchants and restaurants on Montague. The theme of this month’s event is “Spring is Here” (maybe it will be back by Wednesday). Details on what is available are here.

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Elegant French Bistro To Open In Former Starbucks On Montague St. (April Fools!)

By Claude Scales on April 1, 2012 7:32 am in Brooklyn Heights, Food

Famed French chef Daniel Boulud announced his plan to open an elegant restaurant in the space soon to be vacated by Starbucks on Montague Street between Henry and Hicks. “With its reasonable rents and reputation for fine dining, Montague is the ideal spot for my first venture into Brooklyn,” Boulud said. He also mentioned proximity to Key Food as a source of emergency supplies. “I take pride in always using the freshest of ingredients,” he added.

Borough President Marty Markowitz issued the following statement: Bienvenue, Monsieur Boulud. Comme il doux!

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Mmmmm: Miami’s Pucci’s Pizza Offers The Four-Cheese ‘Brooklyn Heights’

By Chuck Taylor on March 29, 2012 3:12 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Food

A-list Miami nightclub impresario Tommy Pooch—a native Brooklynite—founded his Pucci’s Pizza in 1992, sold the company, then recently reestablished it with biz partners Alan Roth and DJ Irie. The “Brooklyn-style” restaurant has two locations: smack dab in South Beach and downtown Miami, which opened in February and has quickly taken off.

Pucci’s pizzas are named for Brooklyn neighborhoods: the Canarsie, the Coney Island, the Prospect Park and… the Brooklyn Heights. The smash menu item comprises Continue Reading →

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Downtown’s Dekalb Market Opens 2012 Season April 7

By Chuck Taylor on March 29, 2012 1:34 pm in Downtown Brooklyn, Events, Food, Fun, Gardening, Kids, Shopping

You’ve got to see it to believe it. Situated over an entire square block, Dekalb Market in Downtown Brooklyn is constructed from recycled shipping containers converted into 60+ food & retail shops that frame a space for outdoor events and programs.

The 2012 season launches Saturday April 7, at 138 Willoughby Street and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, offering a cornucopia of art, music, food & film events, as well as the new Dekalb outdoor performance and event space, a permanent beer & wine garden, “The Dekalb Farm” and 60 stores & food shops and outdoor weekend vendors, all “set against the gritty-cool urban backdrop of downtown Brooklyn.” Continue Reading →

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Mr. J. Goes Mexican At <em>Gran Electrica</em>

Mr. J. Goes Mexican At Gran Electrica

By Claude Scales on March 28, 2012 7:36 pm in Food, Video

The intrepid Karl and his cam trek southward, both geographically and gustatorially, to try the fare at Gran Electrica, the new Mexican restaurant at Five Front Street, just below Old Fulton, recently opened by the owners of Colonie. His verdict on the spareribs? Delicioso. The climb back up Squibb Hill may have helped to burn off some of the calories. Video after the jump.

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Le Pain Quotidien: A ‘Sign’ Of Things To Come

By Chuck Taylor on March 26, 2012 7:05 pm in Brooklyn Heights, Commercial Real Estate, Food

It was back in January when we first caught a whiff of Le Pain Quotidien opening at 121 Montague Street in the long-deserted former location of Jennifer Convertibles. As of the first week of February, framing for new front windows was in the works and a month later promotions appeared in the windows.

Today, workers hung the banner signage for Le Pain Quotidien, while a construction crew member on-site shared with BHB that he was told the “bakery and communal table” is set to open for business in the next two to three weeks. That gives it a target of April 9-16.
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