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Cranberry Street

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Cranberry Street Flower Sale Saturday

Saturday (5/3) from Noon – 3pm at Cranberry and Willow Streets, the Cranberry Street Neighborhood Association will hold its annual Flower Sale. Geraniums! Impatients! Vinca! ETC!! See you there!!

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New Neighbor: Wine Bar at 50 Henry

The space formerly known as Uncommon Grounds and touted to become UCG has unveiled itself as the Wine Bar at 50 Henry Street. The Brooklyn Eagle reports: Brooklyn Eagle: Corner of Cranberry Gets Social: Amanda Green, general manager, does admit to having put a lot of thought into what was going to work. “We wanted […]

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Uncommon Grounds Getting Facelift

Uncommon Grounds at 50 Henry Street has announced it will undergo renovations including the addition of a “full kitchen”. The coffee shop, which opened earlier this year appears to be the most trafficked of the revamped “Corner of Cranberry” establishments.  Its coffee and free wifi have received many kudos from neighbors.

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Blue Pig Opening In Manhattan

According to the Midtown Lunch site (via Eater) Blue Pig Ice Cream is poised to open an outpost on East 43rd Street between Lexington and 3rd Avenues: 2. The sandwich place T.A.O.S. has closed, and will be replaced by a Blue Pig Ice Cream Parlor. They already have two locations, one in Brooklyn Heights, and […]

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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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New Neighbor: Uncommon Grounds

A sign has been posted on the Henry Street site formerly known as Cranberry Place announcing that Uncommon Grounds is opening there soon. Update: The Uncommon Grounds web address, uncommonbrooklyn.com, is registered under  Christopher Fehlinger’s name. Fehlinger is the force behind the bitterwaitress website (we love it) and we also believe he was manager of […]

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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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Food Maestro Done?

Food Maestro Done?

BHB reader “Mikey” posted this earlier today: As of this afternoon, the windows at “Food Maestro”* are papered over. The saga continues… what will fail next? *The worst restaurant name ever? Discuss. Yes friends, it seems that the crown jewel of the Corner of Cranberry, Food Maestro, has gone to the big kitchen in the […]

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The “Partners” Titillate Nabe

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?” Well if your definition of […]

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