I always enjoy the New York Times feature on how famous-ish folk spend their Sundays, although I often don’t always buy its breezy curated pseud0-glamour and am sometimes a smidge jealous of all that hi-low routine and relaxation. But, finally getting to the weekend pages a few days late this week, I stumbled onto one I can relate […]
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Open Streets Montague Features “Bindlestiff Cirkus,” Bikes, Compost, and Other Attractions
This Sunday’s (October 20) Open Streets Montague will include several attractions arranged by City Council Member Lincoln Restler. Starting at 1:00 PM between Clinton and Henry streets, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will present a free “Flatbed Follies” (see photo) performance, featuring “acrobats, jugglers, clowns, and contortionists” as well as a “singing ring-mistress.” From noon until 3:00 PM between Henry and […]
Open Streets Montague Sunday Features Pet Blessings, Sports, and Refreshments
This Sunday, October 6, you may bring your pet, a favorite stuffed animal, or a photo of either to the front of 157 Montague Street, between Clinton and Henry, at 1:00 PM, to receive a blessing from The Rev. Canon John Denaro (photo above), Rector of St, Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, in honor of […]
ONE°15 Marina in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina (photo, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade), along with its affiliated Estuary restaurant, its Sail Club, and the holding entity One Edge Marina Finance Company, have entered a reorganization proceeding under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. “A chapter 11 debtor usually proposes a plan of reorganization to keep its business alive and pay creditors […]
Open Streets Montague This Sunday Features Sundaes from L’Appartement 4F
This coming Sunday, September 22, L’Apero at L’Appartement 4F will be outside serving to-go tahini cookie sundaes and charcuterie boxes featuring our signature selection of saucisson and cheeses. Grab a can of natural biodynamic (and unbelievably delicious) wine to enjoy on the Promenade or at the Montague Sip Spot adults only area at the corner of Henry Street. […]
From the Team Behind Henry’s End: Jules, a Pizzeria, Coming to Henry Street
When Fifty Henry Wine Bar closed last December, the neighborhood was promised that the “closure marks the beginning of a new and exciting chapter” and that “a fresh and new dining experience” was coming. Finally, that time has come! In a couple of weeks or so, Jules, a pizzeria, will be opening at 50 Henry […]
The Party Will Go On At Alice’s Tea Cup
Mad For Chicken may have flown the coop, but Alice’s Tea Cup won’t go down the rabbit hole; at least not anytime soon. As reported by Eater, the chain of whimsical tea-and-pastries shops, which has locations on the Upper East and West sides and in Brooklyn Heights, at 43 Hicks Street (corner of Middagh), and which was near […]
Charlie Mitchell, Named New York’s Best Chef, Leaving Brooklyn Heights for Manhattan
Charlie Mitchell (photo), whom the James Beard Foundation named Best Chef In New York, is leaving Clover Hill, 20 Columbia Place, the restaurant that, under his direction, earned Brooklyn Heights its first Michelin Star. According to Eater he will go to Saga, at 70 Pine Street in Manhattan’s Financial District. Since Michelin Stars are awarded to restaurants, not to individual chefs, we presume […]
L&B Spumoni Gardens May Open on Old Fulton in September
The 46 Old Fulton Street location (Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle) of the renowned Gravesend Sicilian pizza restaurant L&B Spumoni Gardens may, according to Mary Frost in the Brooklyn Eagle, open as soon as this September. It was expected to open as long ago as 2020 but, as the Eagle story notes, there have been repeated delays that the owners […]
Clover Hill’s Charlie Mitchell Anointed Best Chef In New York
Charlie Mitchell, chef of Brooklyn Heights’ very own Michelin-starred restaurant Clover Hill, was named Best Chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation last week, and we would be remiss if we didn’t mention it on BHB! The James Beard Awards were established to recognize “exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality, […]
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