Locally owned brick-oven pizzeria Dellcarocco’s Of Brooklyn at 214 Hicks Street has updated its menu with two new appetizers and three entre items. The restaurant has enjoyed consistent success since it opened in July 2012—just take a walk through the Heights before trash pick-up and its signature pizza boxes are lovingly laid to rest by […]
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Update: Brooklyn Bridge Park Summer Concession Round-Up
Nature is nice, but more foodie concessions are coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer! In February, BHB reported on a burgeoning line-up that includes: Brooklyn Bridge Wine Bar and Blue Marble Ice Cream at Pier 1; Calexico Carne Asada at the Main & Plymouth streets entrance in DUMBO; Fornino-The Art & Science of Pizza […]
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I’ll Drink To That: Red Gravy’s Cocktail Specialties Perused
Serious Eats peruses the cocktail specialties at Red Gravy, Saul Bolton’s acclaimed restaurant at 151 Atlantic Avenue that opened in December. In Eats’ “First Look” column, beverage director Jesse Cason notes: “Italians have thirsts that match their appetite. They believe wine and spirits are integral to their enjoyment of their native cuisine. We like to […]
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Shake Shack’s Downtown Brooklyn Success Inspires Second BK Locale
Downtown Brooklyn’s Shake Shake inarguably changed the face & fortunes of the once-sagging Fulton Mall, convincing many Heights residents to cross Court Street for the first time in years (decades?). Since its December 2011 opening, the burger joint has led to a renaissance, bringing the likes of Starbucks, Brooklyn Industries, H&M, Century 21, Gap, Seattle’s […]
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A Look at DOH Ratings of Brooklyn Heights Restaurants
A look at NYC Health Violation Ratings for Brooklyn Heights (and all of 11201) reveal that you stand a good chance of avoiding horse meat and various vermin amid your dinner menu items at 99% of the nabe’s eateries. Among the 103 restaurants and other establishments serving food, the only “C” rating currently on the […]
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Neighbors Fume Over Iris Cafe’s Java Fumes
Every dog deserves its day, right? Last year BHB had a heyday with the infamous Montague Street hotdog controversy, after a vendor dared to sell wieners to the olfactory offense of a number of readers. Even the New York Post got into the story. And now, a 2013 controversy involving Brooklyn Heights’ otherwise beloved Iris […]
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Dough No! Department Of Health Closes Montague Street Bagels & Deli
BHB got a tip this morning that Hot Bagels & Deli at 108 Montague Street has been shuttered by the Department of Health. Sure enough, the doors are locked, with a sign from the “City of New York Department of Health & Mental Hygiene” that shouts “CLOSED by order of the Commissioner.” It’s dated January […]
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Patsy Grimaldi Gets OK To Open Juliana’s Next To DUMBO’s Grimaldi’s Pizzeria
Looks like Mr. Grimaldi is nobody’s patsy. A Queens judge has ruled that Patsy Grimaldi, founder of iconic Grimaldi’s Pizza, can open a competing pie joint next door to the flagship DUMBO location he sold to Frank Ciolli in 1998. In September, Ciolli sued the “coal oven legend,” charging he violated a non-compete clause by […]
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First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn Hosts Fifth Annual Pancake Breakfast With Santa
The First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn is hosting its fifth annual Breakfast with (the real) Santa Claus on Saturday, December 15. “Children of all ages” are invited to attend the festive pancake breakfast; tix are $10 per person or $40 per family, with seatings at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Seats are limited! Call 718-624-3770 […]
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Fired Up: DUMBO’s Grimaldi’s Owner Sues Over New Pizzeria Next Door
The enduring tug of war over DUMBO’s Grimaldi’s Pizza is heating up again, this time over its coal ovens. Frank Ciolli, who purchased the Grimaldi’s name for $500,000 in 1998, charges pizza legend Patsy Grimaldi with illegally installing a coal brick oven at 19 Old Fulton Street. But there’s more to the tiff: After a […]
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