We do know there is work going on at Frankies 457 on Court Street on the major expansion that will make it easier to get a table at one of the more popular Italian restaurants in South Brooklyn. What we don’t know is when the work will be completed. In any case, a Special GL [...]

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A Special GL Correspondent has gotten a first look at the new food store getting ready to open on Court Street. There is major progress to report at gourmetfresh between Third Place and Fourth Place. The shelves are being stocked, which is certainly a sign of an impending opening. Residents on that end of Court [...]

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Is Delicious on the Slope, on President Street in Park Slope, finished being delicious? We’re not certain of the answer, but a GL reader emails with the following question and info:
Do you have an info. on the restaurant Delicious on the Slope on President St. between 4th and 5th? We just moved in down the [...]

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There is a bit of Smith Street news and drama to report, thanks to a special Carroll Gardens Correspondent who hit us off with a bunch of different things. To make a long story short, 1) the Boerum Hill Food Company, which has been open from 8AM-4PM may be expanding its evening hours and 2) [...]

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Ninth Street is not only going atomic, but the space into which a new Atomic Wings will be moving has an interesting back story. A tipster emails with word of the new Atomic Wings outpost, noting that “they are putting an Atomic Wings on 9th Street, b/n 5th and 6th ave in park slope- next [...]

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That wine bar on Seventh Avenue that we reported back in April would be opening as a wine bar in the old Cafe Eleven space, now has a target opening date: the first two weeks of October. Carmen on Brooklynian reports:
…they’ve got their liquor license in order and are looking at inspections this week and [...]

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1) Work on the former Cocotte, which is slated to become an Italian restaurant, is well underway (above). The sign that was in the window proclaiming it an Italian place, however, is gone.
2) Slightly up the block, a new wine store will be opening up. Our strong powers of deduction told us this based on [...]

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1) The Baluchi’s that we reported more than a year ago that will be coming to Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is still on its way. We think. The interior (pictured above) is still a mess and has a long way to go, but the grates were up yesterday on the two storefronts the restaurant [...]

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The redone (as in totally) Kellogg’s Diner at Union & Metropolitan in Williamsburg isn’t open yet, but it’s certainly making a lot of progress. Check out the shiny chrome and, of course, the new sign. The astounding thing is that, given that it will be surrounded by a massive new development called the “Gateway to [...]

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The Drama Cafe on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope has been shuttered a lot longer than it was ever opened and in the process engendered a lot more hostility than the average spot because its owner is a less than beloved figure as Brooklyn landlords go. (Hint: google Sonia Santos landlord.) In any case, the [...]

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We’ve gotten several emails about the closure of Cafe Carciofo on Court Street at Kane, which has been a popular neighborhood spot for years. One tipster writes: “Great old restaurant on Kane & Court. Signs in the window say: ‘We will not be reopening. Family business shut down by DOH. Inspectors laughed and told [...]

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There hasn’t been much food news on 3rd Avenue in Gowanus since Bar Tano opened on the corner of 9th Street back in February, but there’s some action brewing on the block between President and Union streets. On the corner of Union, an establishment called The Dog Shack opened a few days ago. Per its [...]

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200 Fifth (on 5th Avenue b/t Union and Sackett) is always packed, especially on game nights, but the whole left side of the restaurant is currently closed up. They have a sign up that says the kitchen is closed and it’s temporary. (There are DOB permits up indicating renovation work.) For now, if you are [...]

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Pastosa Ravioli at 200 Court is history due to (surprise) what the owner says is a big rent increase. The word comes via an email we found on the BoCoCa Parents email list:
I stopped by Pastosa on Court Street today to pick up bread, cheese, etc. and was surprised to see the shelves practically empty. [...]

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Today local blogger Kristen Haas, who produces Adventures of a Gal, weighs in with a guest post that tackles the age old Park Slope question: Why do so many of the local Indian restaurants bite? Here’s her post for GL:
Why is it so hard to find good Indian food in Park Slope? It’s strange, you [...]

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The new Williamsburger on Wythe Avenue in the Burg opened on Friday night and its menu says it’s “Beefing Up Hipsters.” There’s a straightforward burger menu with cheese choices including white cheddar, Maytag blue, gruyere Swiss and “government.” There was also a Yellow Fin Tuna special on the menu we saw. Some hot dogs and [...]

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The last time we checked the site of Park Slope’s defunct Second Street Cafe (on Saturday) there was a big “for rent” sign in the window. But there’s a report today on Brooklynian that “a new sign in the window of 2nd St Cafe says ‘Children’s Rx’ or maybe it was ‘Kid’s Rx’ is coming. [...]

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Not only is the new Bank of America branch on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope open, but the Five Guys Burgers has opened as well. We saw a fair sized crowd inside yesterday lined up for burgers and such, a large number of them moms with kids. On a related note, the Tea Lounge on [...]

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The Seventh Avenue Tea Lounge in Park Slope closed yesterday. The “last day” was reported on both Brooklynian and on Park Slope Parents. A Park Slope Parents email said in part: “Well, tonight is the last day to lounge at the 10th street Tea Lounge, a sad day for all South Slopers. A perfect meeting [...]

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We’re quite taken by the concept of mapping all the spots in Brooklyn that have Red Velvet cake and this map, created by meganlibrarian of Brooklynian is an excellent option. It covers a lot of based in the Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook territory. You can access the full [...]

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This news about Lonelyville, the cool cafe on Prospect Park Southwest comes from Brooklynometry, a blog we like a lot. The Windsor Terrace cafe, it turns out, is being sold (which may or may not mean the space will have another cafe). Here’s Brooklynometry’s report, in part:
…It’s a gem adored by the neighborhood for all [...]

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It’s official: the building on the corner of Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue is one of the Slope’s Restaurant Corners of Death. (There are others that we wish would be similarly cursed, but that escape, year in and year out.) The corner in question most recently housed Mediterra, although some might recall it as another [...]

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The long-running mystery at Verandah Place in Cobble Hill was solved recently when an eatery called Ted and Honey finally opened. Our faithful Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill correspondent pass by and reports: “Combo gourmet deli and salad case and light fare and brunch menu. Packed this weekend.”

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Those who thought that Kellogg’s Diner at Union and Metropolitan Avenues in Williamsburg was going away were very, very wrong. This is the New Look Kellogg now that the scaffold and construction from a big renovation that started after the diner shut down in April have come down. The New Kellogg is a silver chrome [...]

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The Great Park Slope Battle of the Bruschetta is continuing. Hot on the heels of the opening of (the utterly wretched) Aperitivo, comes word that the space that used to be Cocotte on Fifth Avenue is going Italian. Per a post on Brooklynian
Walked by the old Cocotte space today and spoke to the owner and [...]

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