Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Hard to describe but worth the wait. Try to go early.
203 locals recommend
Talde
8 Erie St
203 locals recommend
Hard to describe but worth the wait. Try to go early.
Could be best restaurant in all of Brooklyn. Need a reservation.
58 locals recommend
Rose Water
787 Union St
58 locals recommend
Could be best restaurant in all of Brooklyn. Need a reservation.
Usually voted best pizza in all of NYC. Usually very crowded but not touristy.
121 locals recommend
franny's
348 Flatbush Avenue
121 locals recommend
Usually voted best pizza in all of NYC. Usually very crowded but not touristy.
Good wood fired pizza. Lively and very Brooklyn crowd. I like sitting at the bar.
48 locals recommend
La Villa Pizzeria
261 5th Ave
48 locals recommend
Good wood fired pizza. Lively and very Brooklyn crowd. I like sitting at the bar.
Great muffins/coffee etc.
18 locals recommend
Root Hill Cafe
262 4th Ave
18 locals recommend
Great muffins/coffee etc.
My personal fave.
35 locals recommend
Kos Kaffe A Roasting House
251 5th Ave
35 locals recommend
My personal fave.
Another winner.
Java Joe Coffee Tea & Spice Merchant
414 8th St
Another winner.
Great Italian food and cool bar.
23 locals recommend
Provini
1302 8th Ave
23 locals recommend
Great Italian food and cool bar.
Awesome Mediterranean/Israeli food.
107 locals recommend
Miriam
79 5th Ave
107 locals recommend
Awesome Mediterranean/Israeli food.
Amazing pancakes. Must go here.
31 locals recommend
Dizzy's
511 9th St
31 locals recommend
Amazing pancakes. Must go here.
Another one of my faves. Good vibe,
12 locals recommend
12th street Bar&Grill
1123 8th Avenue
12 locals recommend
Another one of my faves. Good vibe,
Best pie on the planet. Homemade soda too.
89 locals recommend
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd Ave
89 locals recommend
Best pie on the planet. Homemade soda too.
Greek restaurant. Another fave.
Faros
84 7th Avenue
Greek restaurant. Another fave.
Lunch and dinner and great coffee.
19 locals recommend
Cafe Dada
19 locals recommend
Lunch and dinner and great coffee.
Never buy anything here. Just sit outside and watch people go by. Quite entertaining.
53 locals recommend
Connecticut Muffin
1106 Cortelyou Rd
53 locals recommend
Never buy anything here. Just sit outside and watch people go by. Quite entertaining.
The best. Nuff said.
31 locals recommend
Sushi Katsuei
210 7th Ave
31 locals recommend
The best. Nuff said.
On Bergen street too. Check it out.
57 locals recommend
Gorilla Coffee
57 locals recommend
On Bergen street too. Check it out.
Brewery in Gowanus. Pretty cool.
85 locals recommend
Threes Brewing
333 Douglass St
85 locals recommend
Brewery in Gowanus. Pretty cool.
Good place and Brooklyn crowd.
47 locals recommend
Blue Ribbon
280 5th Ave
47 locals recommend
Good place and Brooklyn crowd.
Love this place. Nice walk over to Vanderbilt Ave. Great block to stroll in Prospect hts. Ample Hills Ice Cream is on Vanderbilt too.
13 locals recommend
606 R&D
606 Vanderbilt Ave
13 locals recommend
Love this place. Nice walk over to Vanderbilt Ave. Great block to stroll in Prospect hts. Ample Hills Ice Cream is on Vanderbilt too.
Awesome bakery.
54 locals recommend
Colson Patisserie
374 9th St
54 locals recommend
Awesome bakery.
Yes. More coffee.
12 locals recommend
Konditori
240 7th Avenue
12 locals recommend
Yes. More coffee.
Yep. And even more coffee.
18 locals recommend
Cafe Martin
355 5th Ave
18 locals recommend
Yep. And even more coffee.
Reason to go to Gowanus.
26 locals recommend
The PINES
284 3rd Ave
26 locals recommend
Reason to go to Gowanus.
Another good pizza joint.
60 locals recommend
Table 87 Gowanus
473 3rd Avenue
60 locals recommend
Another good pizza joint.
Been there since the 30's. you gotta go.
225 locals recommend
Tom’s
782 Washington Ave
225 locals recommend
Been there since the 30's. you gotta go.
There is one on every corner but if you must there it is.
491 locals recommend
Starbucks
405-409 Union Ave
491 locals recommend
There is one on every corner but if you must there it is.
When in Brooklyn Hts a must go to.
17 locals recommend
Henry's End
72 Henry St
17 locals recommend
When in Brooklyn Hts a must go to.
Very popular Italian. Get there early. No reservations taken.
205 locals recommend
al di la Trattoria
248 5th Ave
205 locals recommend
Very popular Italian. Get there early. No reservations taken.
Pretty good burgs.
12 locals recommend
The Burger Bistro
12 locals recommend
Pretty good burgs.
Organic. Good place.
465 locals recommend
Bareburger
33-21 31st Ave
465 locals recommend
Organic. Good place.
Love the atmosphere and burgers. A trip back in time.
28 locals recommend
Bonnie's Grill
278 5th Ave
28 locals recommend
Love the atmosphere and burgers. A trip back in time.

Shopping

Great beer store in Park Slope.
28 locals recommend
Bierkraft
191 5th Avenue
28 locals recommend
Great beer store in Park Slope.
Because I can't stand Barnes and Noble.
21 locals recommend
Community Bookstore
143 7th Ave
21 locals recommend
Because I can't stand Barnes and Noble.
Ice cream to die for.
370 locals recommend
Ample Hills Creamery
623 Vanderbilt Ave
370 locals recommend
Ice cream to die for.
Good bike store.
Dixon's Bicycle
792 Union St
Good bike store.
Can rent if you insist on riding a bike.
8 locals recommend
9th Street Cycles
8 locals recommend
Can rent if you insist on riding a bike.
Yep. More beer.
10 locals recommend
Prospect Heights Beer Works
648 Washington Avenue
10 locals recommend
Yep. More beer.
Good ice cream.
6 locals recommend
Häagen-Dazs®
109 7th Ave
6 locals recommend
Good ice cream.
Cool clothes and best t-shirts on planet earth.
70 locals recommend
Brooklyn Industries
206 5th Ave
70 locals recommend
Cool clothes and best t-shirts on planet earth.

Essentials

Place to buy great stuff and hang for lunch or dinner.
800 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
214 3rd St
800 locals recommend
Place to buy great stuff and hang for lunch or dinner.
Organic butcher shop. Nice people too.
24 locals recommend
Fleishers Craft Butchery
192 5th Ave
24 locals recommend
Organic butcher shop. Nice people too.
Gourmet store. Please go there. You won't be sorry.
522 locals recommend
Union Market
240 E Houston St
522 locals recommend
Gourmet store. Please go there. You won't be sorry.
Basic stuff. Better off checking yourself out. Staff is a bit angry. Go to Associated on 5th ave. but longer walk.
583 locals recommend
Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton St
583 locals recommend
Basic stuff. Better off checking yourself out. Staff is a bit angry. Go to Associated on 5th ave. but longer walk.
Good grocery store.
181 locals recommend
Associated Supermarkets
216 5th Ave
181 locals recommend
Good grocery store.
All natural.
12 locals recommend
Back To the Land Natural Foods
142 7th Avenue
12 locals recommend
All natural.
Killer stuff.
14 locals recommend
Hiller & Moon
814 Union St
14 locals recommend
Killer stuff.
Homemade bread to die for.
D'Vine Taste
150 7th Ave
Homemade bread to die for.
Good gourmet store.
Valley Shepherd
211 7th Ave
Good gourmet store.
Go there. Now!
27 locals recommend
Russo's Mozzarella & Pasta
363 7th Ave
27 locals recommend
Go there. Now!

Drinks & Nightlife

Same guy that owns Talde and Thistle Hill.
23 locals recommend
Pork Slope
247 5th Avenue
23 locals recommend
Same guy that owns Talde and Thistle Hill.
Bar and shuffleboard.
176 locals recommend
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union St
176 locals recommend
Bar and shuffleboard.
Lavender Lake is old name for Gowanus Canal and yes it was purple. Great bar.
65 locals recommend
Lavender Lake Bar
53 Carroll St
65 locals recommend
Lavender Lake is old name for Gowanus Canal and yes it was purple. Great bar.
Good bar.
14 locals recommend
Parish Cocktail Bar
223 7th Ave
14 locals recommend
Good bar.
Good bar. worth checking out.
186 locals recommend
Union Hall
702 Union St
186 locals recommend
Good bar. worth checking out.

Everything Else

You're across the street from it.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
You're across the street from it.
Where I get all my reading material.
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen St
Where I get all my reading material.
Curious? Worth checking out. Cafe too.
The Morbid Anatomy Library
421 36th Street
Curious? Worth checking out. Cafe too.
Wall climbing. Huge fun with or without the kids.
93 locals recommend
Brooklyn Boulders Gowanus
575 Degraw St
93 locals recommend
Wall climbing. Huge fun with or without the kids.
Another good bike store.
20 locals recommend
Ride Brooklyn
468 Bergen St
20 locals recommend
Another good bike store.
The best!
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
The best!
Cool library.
383 locals recommend
Brooklyn Public Library
383 locals recommend
Cool library.
2/3 train is gotten here.
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
378 locals recommend
2/3 train is gotten here.
Another good farmer's market.
15 locals recommend
Down to Earth Park Slope Farmers Market
5th Avenue
15 locals recommend
Another good farmer's market.
Open 24 hours
25 locals recommend
Neergaard Pharmacy
454 5th Ave
25 locals recommend
Open 24 hours
this is the one I go to but not open 24hours.
25 locals recommend
Neergaard Pharmacy
454 5th Ave
25 locals recommend
this is the one I go to but not open 24hours.
Bagels. Of course.
45 locals recommend
La Bagel Delight
73 Lafayette Ave
45 locals recommend
Bagels. Of course.
More bagels.
39 locals recommend
Bagel Hole
400 7th Ave
39 locals recommend
More bagels.
A walk back in time. Check it out.
Park Slope Pharmacy
1018 8th Ave
A walk back in time. Check it out.
Good salon, bit pricey.
Medusa Salon
177 5th Ave
Good salon, bit pricey.
You gotta go.
951 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman St
951 locals recommend
You gotta go.
Awesome views.
407 locals recommend
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Pierrepont Place
407 locals recommend
Awesome views.

Arts & Culture

Cool concert place.
132 locals recommend
The Bell House
149 7th St
132 locals recommend
Cool concert place.
Movies
68 locals recommend
The Pavilion Theater
68 locals recommend
Movies
Just opened after renovation. Second only to Radio City Music Hall.
185 locals recommend
Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush Ave
185 locals recommend
Just opened after renovation. Second only to Radio City Music Hall.