Our man with cam gives us views of fireworks, festivities and food on a New Year’s Eve and following morning, spanning Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Heights, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.
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Brooklyn Paper Picks Henry Street Hot Spot for Christmas Dinner
The Brooklyn Paper rounds up the best places in Brooklyn for Christmas dinner and Brooklyn Heights mainstay Henry’s End makes their “must” list:
Tourist Ponders: Is Grimaldi’s Better than Sbarro?
Tourist/You Tube user chhuniewrites from Modesto, California checked out Grimaldi’s in Fulton Ferry to find out if their pizza pie was better than megachain Sbarro. See his verdict after the jump.
What’s Up with Montague Street Bagels?
If you’ve visited Montague Street Bagels during peak hours on a Saturday or Sunday morning, then you’ve experienced the slow-moving line, the rapid-fire ordering process, and, finally, the tenuous five-to-ten-minute period during which you wonder whether the bagel you desire will actually be the one you receive. Also, you’ve become sort of intrigued by the […]
Promenade Gardeners Hold Bake Sale Saturday
The Promenade gardeners, who have been busy the past few weeks planting bulbs for daffodils and tulips that will bloom in the spring, are having a bake sale this Saturday, December 4, from 11:00 a.m. “until the last crumb”. The sale will take place on the Promenade at the Montague Street entrance. The rain date […]
Winemaker Dinner at Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar
On Tuesday December 7th at 7pm, sip on local wine and taste seasonal fare at the Brooklyn Heights Wine Bar‘s Winemaker Dinner. The dinner features the wines of Brooklyn Oenology and Chef Chris Penn’s cuisine. Winemaker Alie Shaper and Heights Chateau’s wine expert Matthew LaSorsa will also be there to talk about wine pairings. The […]
Danish Market Draws a Crowd
The upstairs room at the Danish Seamen’s Church was crowded this afternoon with shoppers contemplating toys, other gifts, and holiday decorations. (More photos and text after the jump.)
Chowhound Wants to Know: What’s Your Favorite Delivery Meal?
There’s a post on Chowhound that asks: “What’s the best delivery dish in Brooklyn Heights?” So far, it’s received only two responses. I’ve got to credit commenter “BklynBlaise” for mentioning the tripe soup from Teresa’s. Blaise shares my liking for what my Massachusetts-born wife disdainfully calls “speah pahts”, and has also aroused my curiosity to […]
Heights and Hills: “We Need Pies; Servers”
This in from Heights & Hills Community Council, and the Brooklyn Heights Association: Heights and Hills’ annual Thanksgiving Dinner will be held at Grace Church on Thanksgiving Day, serving older adults in our community. Heights and Hills also delivers meals to about 75 neighborhood seniors who are too frail to get out and join the […]
No Goodbye for La Mancha
This report in today from Brownstoner, but is it premature?: Brownstoner: The Spanish restaurant La Mancha, at 135 Atlantic, has shuttered. There hasn’t been any action there for awhile, and recent talk on Brooklynian confirms the website is down and no one’s picking up the phone. We’re looking into the commenter assertions that La Mancha […]
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