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| | | | | | We don’t find ourselves up in the fruit-named streets of Brooklyn Heights that often, unless we’re romantically strolling along the Promenade, or have gotten lost on our way home from Grimaldi’s. And we can very safely say that we’ve never ventured up there to drink. Brooklyn Heights might be one ... Read More | | | | | | Certain quarters of Brooklyn Heights have long been aching for a local restaurant with consistently good food. Sure, there is Henry Street’s oddly named but quite decent Noodle Pudding; but really, this trattoria is better known for its friendly neighborhood atmosphere than for the high quality of i... Read More | | | | | | Even though I grew up in Seattle and live in Manhattan, there’s something about stately Brooklyn Heights that reminds me of home. Maybe it’s the neighborhood’s permanence, the fact that, unlike so many other parts of NYC, people actually move there to stay. Or perhaps it’s because Brooklyn Heights m... Read More | | | | | | I hate Valentine's Day. Yes, I'm one of "those." But recently my bartender pal Maxwell Britten turned me around on the whole holiday. Have I fallen in love with said mixologist? Not quite. But, I have fallen in love with his new Valentine-themed cocktail - The Love Lane. Named af... Read More | | | | | | Drinking heavily is definitely way to lose yourself. I wouldn't recommend it. Instead, I say hunker down in front of the boob tube to watch the new season of "Lost," prepare some tropical-inspired grub, invite a bartender pal to come over to whip up authentic Tiki drinks, and grab a fe... Read More | | | | | | I have been a fan of Brooklyn Heights' Jack the Horse Tavern and its gifted lead bartender Damon Dyer (pictured abovd), ever since it opened its doors back in 2006. From the moment I first sipped one of Damon's Manhattans, I realized that I had found my new neighborhood hang - a hang that came wi... Read More | | | | | | I'm a planner. So it should be no surprise that long before Mama Vamp's birthday, I already had a plan in place: a weekend together on her turf in Philadelphia. The highlight was to be a sumptuous Italian feast at one of the city's finest restaurants, Osteria, where I had booked a reservation a ... Read More | | | | | | · Around the region, the state of fried clams [Ed Levine Eats] · Short list of NYC's best hot dogs [New York] · Schnack hotdog eating contest: dem's some big dogs [Gothamist] · On why we don't love tasting festivals [Big Apple Dining Guide] · TrendWatch: kiddie treats... Read More | | | | | | Brooklyn Heights: Jack the Horse Tavern now serves brunch. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Chelsea: Checking in on Balducci’s: “If Marilyn Monroe were to come back as a cupcake, this is probably what she would look like.” [Blog Chelsea] Also, Cain bails on clubland for downtown, near GoldBar. [NYP] East V... Read More | | | |
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