Van Leeuwen Flagship Store and Recipe Book Coming Soon!
Image courtesy of Van Leeuwen Spring may be off to a patchy start, but ice cream season is here regardless and local producers Van Leeuwen are on a roll right now. February saw the opening of a new...
View ArticleTasty Reads: The Fourth Annual Food Book Fair is Happening this Weekend
Libby VanderPloeg’s ‘Recipes Gone Wild’ at last year’s Foodieodicals event Foodie book lover? Bookish food lover? If this sounds like you then take note! The fourth annual Food Book Fair is taking...
View ArticleThree Local Dinner Events to Make You Drool a Tiny Bit this Fortnight
Now that it’s light in the evenings and actually fairly pleasant out, it’s finally time to contemplate doing fun things again. Just to ease you back into the swing of things, here’s info on three local...
View ArticleA Peep Inside Cacao Market : A Place Where Chocolate Dreams Come True
Greenpoint: home to craft brewers, small-batch ice cream makers, and luxury tea ateliers. And just when we thought things couldn’t get any more up-market, along comes the cherry on the top in the form...
View ArticleThe 2015 Greenpoint Happy Hour Guide – 30 Places to Drink on the Cheap (and...
There are few pleasures in life greater than rounding off the working day with a well- earned beverage at your favorite bar. And when that beverage costs next to nothing, the pleasure is even greater,...
View ArticleDine al Fresco with Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. at BBQ Blowout (05/12)
Love dinner at Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. but prefer to eat outside on a balmy evening? Here’s your chance… Greenpoint’s favorite fishmonger is teaming up with Finger on the Pulse who’re hosting...
View ArticleEl Toro Ready for Summer with Liquor License and Revamped Back Yard
El Toro Ironworks (formerly El Toro Taqueria) is my most local of local Mexican joints. Their tacos were the first takeout I ordered after moving into my apartment (flashback to the days I used to...
View ArticleGuacamole-Off at Diamond Bar (05/31)
Hoarding a secret guac recipe that your friends have been coveting for years? The time has come to let it reap you some extra glory….at Diamond Bar‘s Guac-Off this Sunday! The avocado showdown is part...
View Article‘Brooklyn 664 Wine & Dine’ Replaces CinaMoon on Manhattan Avenue
Not long ago there was a restaurant at 664 Manhattan Avenue called CinaMoon. Polish Ambassador Witold Sobków once cited it as one of the best places for traditional Polish food in NYC and although I’d...
View ArticleBrooklyn Barge Bar Set to Open Soon!
The long anticipated Brooklyn Barge Bar is looming ever closer on our horizons. Although not yet open for business, the barge itself will take up its new position near Transmitter Park later this week....
View ArticleCelebrity Chef Michael Psilakis Opens Event Space and Mega-Restaurant on...
There’s something about the segment of Driggs Avenue between N 10th and N 11th streets that attracts a different type of business from other blocks in the area. First came Fushimi, a super-sized,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Dear Diamond… (7/02)
Neighborhood favorite The Diamond is turning eight this week and you’re invited to their party! On Thursday they will be celebrating their Eighth Anniversary in style with the return of eight of their...
View Article‘Lobster Corn Dog’ Lands at Greenpoint Fish and Lobster Co.
NEW (POTENTIAL) CULT FOOD ITEM ALERT!! This Fourth of July Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. will launch a spanking new menu item…the Lobster Corn Dog! For $15 you’ll get half a tail of Maine...
View ArticleFive Boozey Slushies to Help You Through These Crazy Hot Summer Days
If there’s one thing all Greenpointers have in common it’s that we’re reaaallly struggling with the heat right now. As I sit writing this in my sweatbox railroad apartment, I’m silently cursing the...
View ArticleHot Sauce, Summer in the City: A Scorching Afternoon with Heatonist
Heatonist Founder Noah Chaimberg One of the great things about writing for Greenpointers is occasionally getting to watch dreams transform into reality. When I first met Heatonist founder Noah...
View ArticleTasty Deals at Grand Street Summer Restaurant Week
Following the success of their annual Winter Restaurant Week, now Grand Street is getting in on all the seasonal action and hosting their own Summer Restaurant Week! Starting today and running until...
View ArticleFrench-Catalonian Restaurant to Open on Franklin Street this September
The corner of Franklin and Kent streets- where there will soon be a new French-Catalonian restaurant A lot of local places describe themselves as ‘neighborhood restaurants’. But, aside from location,...
View ArticleGreenpoint Food & Drink: Summer News Round-up
Brooklyn Barge Bar There’s been a whole lot of comings and goings amongst Greenpoint’s bars and restaurants recently. Here’s a round-up of a few changes that are on our radar… Brooklyn Barge Bar (3...
View ArticleBottoms Up! Here’s to One Year of In-House Brewing at Keg & Lantern
It turns out Greenpoint is becoming a bit of a mecca for craft beer. Whilst the likes of Brouwerij Lane, Tørst and Dirck the Norseman have really put us on the map as a beer destination, less...
View ArticleSweetleaf Coffee: New Cafe and Roastery Opens in North Greenpoint
Owner Rich Nieto outside his newest cafe on Freeman Street You know those times when you don’t set out to do something, but somehow it just happens anyway? Well, this is pretty much how Sweetleaf,...
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