Guidebook for Bright Brooklyn Garden Apartment
Food Scene
Maybe the best Tennessee-style fried chicken you can find outside Tennessee. Spicy and delicious. Also great mac/cheese, sides, and brunch dishes.
604 locals recommend
Peaches HotHouse
415 Tompkins AveMaybe the best Tennessee-style fried chicken you can find outside Tennessee. Spicy and delicious. Also great mac/cheese, sides, and brunch dishes.
Excellent. Italian-style pizza, maybe the best. Try the fried pizza dough appetizer with ricotta and prosciutto. A fun place for couples as well as families, just a stylish, casual place.
1260 locals recommend
Saraghina
350 Lewis AveExcellent. Italian-style pizza, maybe the best. Try the fried pizza dough appetizer with ricotta and prosciutto. A fun place for couples as well as families, just a stylish, casual place.
Mayfield
688 Franklin AveJust a great restaurant.
Oh man, the tacos are irresistible. Fried avocado and jalapeno taco, unbelievable. You haven't tasted anything quite like that, I'm sure of it. Brisket taco no slouch either.
194 locals recommend
Gueros
605 Prospect PlOh man, the tacos are irresistible. Fried avocado and jalapeno taco, unbelievable. You haven't tasted anything quite like that, I'm sure of it. Brisket taco no slouch either.
Peaches
393 Lewis AveGood southern American food
Oaxaca Taqueria
1116 Bedford AvePretty good tacos. Wouldn't write home about it, but solid.
Calaca
139 Putnam AveExcellent Mexican, try the ceviche
Really good seasonal food with high quality ingredients, good cocktails, great space. A great place for dinner or brunch on weekends. Tara, the owner, lives down the block from us. Say hi!
217 locals recommend
Eugene & Company
397 Tompkins AveReally good seasonal food with high quality ingredients, good cocktails, great space. A great place for dinner or brunch on weekends. Tara, the owner, lives down the block from us. Say hi!
Food is pretty good for breakfast - not quite as good as Peach's Hot House for brunch next door, but they're open for breakfast all week. The service can be slow, but in general we like it. Coffee isn't bad either, although Anchor is better if that's all your after, and if you don't need a place to sit I would recommend getting breakfast sandwiches from Chickie's across the street. But, this is a totally passable, laptop-friendly cafe, and a nice place to hang out.
58 locals recommend
Brown Butter Craft Bar & Kitchen
413 Tompkins AveFood is pretty good for breakfast - not quite as good as Peach's Hot House for brunch next door, but they're open for breakfast all week. The service can be slow, but in general we like it. Coffee isn't bad either, although Anchor is better if that's all your after, and if you don't need a place to sit I would recommend getting breakfast sandwiches from Chickie's across the street. But, this is a totally passable, laptop-friendly cafe, and a nice place to hang out.
WARUDE
385 Tompkins AveReally fun place for lunch, Mexican-Japanese fusion. Right? I know!
Good food, nice back yard, and authentic Italian coffee (not my favorite coffee in the neighborhood, but nice if you like Italian espresso).
63 locals recommend
Corto
507 Palisade AveGood food, nice back yard, and authentic Italian coffee (not my favorite coffee in the neighborhood, but nice if you like Italian espresso).
Drinks & Nightlife
10 high-end taps featuring the best beers from the region. Always great offerings from Six Point, Single Cut, and many others.
365 locals recommend
Bed-Vyne Brew
370 Tompkins Ave10 high-end taps featuring the best beers from the region. Always great offerings from Six Point, Single Cut, and many others.
Great food and cocktails with frequent live music! A really fun place in the neighborhood.
394 locals recommend
LunÀtico
486 Halsey StGreat food and cocktails with frequent live music! A really fun place in the neighborhood.
Lovers Rock
419 Tompkins AveReggae bar, can really go off some nights.
Cool bar with the vibe of a dive but great bartenders and a high end drinks menu. My personal favorite, although my friends prefer Crown Inn.
105 locals recommend
Glorietta Baldy
502 Franklin AveCool bar with the vibe of a dive but great bartenders and a high end drinks menu. My personal favorite, although my friends prefer Crown Inn.
Consensus chose for best overall bar in the area. Not my personal favorite, but I'm there a lot and I totally get the appeal.
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin AveConsensus chose for best overall bar in the area. Not my personal favorite, but I'm there a lot and I totally get the appeal.
After Brew, this is the closest good bar where I'll stop in for a drink and some hipster vibes.
14 locals recommend
Barb’s
380A Marcus Garvey BlvdAfter Brew, this is the closest good bar where I'll stop in for a drink and some hipster vibes.
Essentials
Bed-Vyne Wine & Spirits
385 Tompkins AveReally sweet wine shop.
Super Foodtown of Bedford Stuyvesant
1420 Fulton Sta well stocked supermarket
Love this place for meat, cheese, prepared foods, sandwiches, etc. It's the same owner as Eugene and Co, the great bistro on the next corner. Try the breakfast sandwich with egg, bacon and avocado on flatbread...
65 locals recommend
Fort Greene General Store
218 Dekalb AveLove this place for meat, cheese, prepared foods, sandwiches, etc. It's the same owner as Eugene and Co, the great bistro on the next corner. Try the breakfast sandwich with egg, bacon and avocado on flatbread...
Small place with great coffee, espresso and nice pastries. They use beans from Parlor, a premium Brooklyn roaster.
32 locals recommend
Odd Fox Coffee
984 Manhattan AveSmall place with great coffee, espresso and nice pastries. They use beans from Parlor, a premium Brooklyn roaster.
If you like Saraghina, you'll LOVE Saraghina Bakery. Meat, cheese, baked goods, salted olive oil almonds...
126 locals recommend
Saraghina Bakery
433 Halsey StIf you like Saraghina, you'll LOVE Saraghina Bakery. Meat, cheese, baked goods, salted olive oil almonds...
Entertainment & Activities
A life saver if you're visiting with kids, especially in the winter.
489 locals recommend
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn AveA life saver if you're visiting with kids, especially in the winter.
A nice long walk from the apartment, nice on a summer day. A great museum.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyA nice long walk from the apartment, nice on a summer day. A great museum.
Best movie theater around, with drinks and food delivered to seats and high quality screenings.
48 locals recommend
Nitehawk Prospect Park
188 Prospect Park WestBest movie theater around, with drinks and food delivered to seats and high quality screenings.
Jamaica Bay Riding Academy
7000 Shore PkwyHorseback riding in Brooklyn???!?!?! Why not.
Everything Else
A-express train. One stop to Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill, three stops to DUMBO, four stops to Manhattan
1285 Fulton St
1285 Fulton StreetA-express train. One stop to Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill, three stops to DUMBO, four stops to Manhattan
Citibike, New York's bikeshare. In my opinion, biking is the single best way to see Brooklyn - I bike everywhere. Please be safe, though. You're welcome to borrow a helmet.
44 Hancock St
44 Hancock StreetCitibike, New York's bikeshare. In my opinion, biking is the single best way to see Brooklyn - I bike everywhere. Please be safe, though. You're welcome to borrow a helmet.
Sightseeing
Botanic Garden station
Beautiful in spring, summer and fall.
Brooklyn's huge and beautiful Prospect Park, designed by the same architect who did Central Park. Search "Celebrate Brooklyn" for the summer music series.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
Brooklyn's huge and beautiful Prospect Park, designed by the same architect who did Central Park. Search "Celebrate Brooklyn" for the summer music series.
A fun neighborhood for shopping, eating and relaxing in the park - SPECTACULAR views of the city. Three stops on the A train.
422 locals recommend
Dumbo
65 Plymouth StA fun neighborhood for shopping, eating and relaxing in the park - SPECTACULAR views of the city. Three stops on the A train.
A neighborhood park, not huge but a nice slice of the local lifestyle if you're out and about on a nice day.
214 locals recommend
Herbert Von King Park
670 Lafayette AveA neighborhood park, not huge but a nice slice of the local lifestyle if you're out and about on a nice day.
Shopping
Shopping in boutiques and some great restaurants - Smith street and Court street in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. One stop on the A train (and a short walk at the other end).
40 locals recommend
Cobble Hill
Shopping in boutiques and some great restaurants - Smith street and Court street in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. One stop on the A train (and a short walk at the other end).
It might lack its former street cred, but it's still fun to walk around Williamsburg - starting with Bedford Avenue, north of the Williamsburg Bridge. Take the bus up Bedford Ave about 20 min.
997 locals recommend
Williamsburg
It might lack its former street cred, but it's still fun to walk around Williamsburg - starting with Bedford Avenue, north of the Williamsburg Bridge. Take the bus up Bedford Ave about 20 min.
Lovely place with several stores contained within it - modern furnishings, home decor, jewelry and women's fashion. Right around the corner, no less!
100 locals recommend
peace & RIOT
401-403 Tompkins AveLovely place with several stores contained within it - modern furnishings, home decor, jewelry and women's fashion. Right around the corner, no less!
Sincerely, Tommy
343 Tompkins AveClothes and jewelry shopping, and the coffee's good too