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BHB One Year Ago: Curious, Aren’t You?

BHB March 19, 2007: The mysterious “partners” who own and operate Corner of Cranberry have fired their first salvo in the rebirth of the location formerly known as Spanish themed restaurant Aficionada. On Sunday, BHB spotted a small sign in the papered-up windows of the restaurant begging the question to passersby “curious, aren’t you?” Read […]

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Eagle: Busy Chef Empire

The Brooklyn Eagle reports today on the planned 111 Court Street location of NoHe’s Busy Chef. The article mentions that during renovation of the store, workers uncovered many original architectural details. There’s also an outdoor patio, which begs the question is Busy Chef a fancy 7-11 or bistro?:

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CoC Redux?

While it’s still unclear what the relationship between the new ventures at the spot formerly known as “Corner of Cranberry” is, Brooklyn Enthusiast reports that the “chef” of Busy Chef is providing baked goods for new coffeehouse/performance venue Uncommon Grounds. Recently, BHB reported that the other new restaurant opening at the former CoC, Oven, was […]

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Corner of Cranberry Replaces Website with Fortune Cookie Message

Yup, there it is — the new CornerofCranberry website.  If we were normal and not the egocentric freaks that we are, we wouldn’t assume that this is directed at BHB. But we’re totally crackers and we’re convinced that the mysterious “partners” of CoC are taunting us. We think it’s cute in a kinda Bruce Willis […]

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More Cranberry Marketing Magic?

You gotta hand it to the folks behind “Corner of Cranberry” if not for anything else but sheer tenacity. Today we noticed what is either routine site maintainence or a repositioning of Food Maestro as “Maestro” and the absence (closing?) of Aficionada. Previously: At Least It’s Branded

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Food Maestro Lives Up To Hype

As a service to you, our readers, and to the Brooklyn Heights community at large, we present “An Evening at Food Maestro” as told to BHB food critic Mrs. Fink via IM:

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Well at Least It’s Branded

What are the folks at the nearly totally empty businesses at 60 Henry Street up to while waiting for customers to show up? Creating a website and developing a “brand” of course! We noticed the URL, cornerofcranberry.com,  posted in the window of the newly opened Blue Pig Party Place across from the triple threat now […]

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