Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Great people! Amazing food! Honoring the uniquely American craft of pit barbecue, Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue embodies the distinct flavors and textures of our Brooklyn home.
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Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue
408 3rd AveGreat people! Amazing food! Honoring the uniquely American craft of pit barbecue, Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue embodies the distinct flavors and textures of our Brooklyn home.
Of course, for sweets, it's hard to top Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Producers of a hit cookbook, sisters Emily and Melissa Elsen have got pie making down to a near science, turning out seasonal flavors
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Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd AveOf course, for sweets, it's hard to top Four & Twenty Blackbirds. Producers of a hit cookbook, sisters Emily and Melissa Elsen have got pie making down to a near science, turning out seasonal flavors
Michael & Ping's
437 3rd AveWonderful and healthy Chinese food just downstairs.
Monte's, reportedly an old favorite of Sinatra's and various mobsters. In 2011 new owners overhauled the century-old restaurant by restoring the wooden bar and focusing on thin-crust, brick-oven pizz
Monte's
451 Carroll St Monte's, reportedly an old favorite of Sinatra's and various mobsters. In 2011 new owners overhauled the century-old restaurant by restoring the wooden bar and focusing on thin-crust, brick-oven pizz
A bit of a barbecue battle is also being waged locally: there's roadhouse Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, with its smoky 'cue and giant mobile of upside-down glass bottles
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Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
700 W 125th StA bit of a barbecue battle is also being waged locally: there's roadhouse Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, with its smoky 'cue and giant mobile of upside-down glass bottles
Not everything has sprung up in the past few years. Gowanus' Italian heritage shines at Two Toms, a 60-year-old red-sauce joint that feels like, and nearly serves as, a private social club
Two Toms
Not everything has sprung up in the past few years. Gowanus' Italian heritage shines at Two Toms, a 60-year-old red-sauce joint that feels like, and nearly serves as, a private social club
perhaps not unexpected with water so nearby, is a refined clam shack: in its cute confines, decorated with rope and fishing supplies, you can get a $14 single-malt-based cocktail to go with your oyste
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Littleneck
288 3rd Aveperhaps not unexpected with water so nearby, is a refined clam shack: in its cute confines, decorated with rope and fishing supplies, you can get a $14 single-malt-based cocktail to go with your oyste
The Pines is geared more for landlubbers, bringing locavorish items—say, boar belly and maitake mushrooms or Wagyu beef and sunchokes—to the shores of a canal that has rarely seen the likes.
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The PINES
284 3rd AveThe Pines is geared more for landlubbers, bringing locavorish items—say, boar belly and maitake mushrooms or Wagyu beef and sunchokes—to the shores of a canal that has rarely seen the likes.
Drinks & Nightlife
The 2008 opening of The Bell House was perhaps the biggest cultural, um, bellwether for Gowanus. This old printing factory by the bleak intersection of Second Avenue and 7th Street is a great place to
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The Bell House
149 7th StThe 2008 opening of The Bell House was perhaps the biggest cultural, um, bellwether for Gowanus. This old printing factory by the bleak intersection of Second Avenue and 7th Street is a great place to
Over on Third Avenue, the maritime tribute continues at Halyards (the name refers to rope generally used to raise sails); its expertly made Manhattans and well-chosen drafts add fuel to spirited trivi
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Halyards
406 3rd AveOver on Third Avenue, the maritime tribute continues at Halyards (the name refers to rope generally used to raise sails); its expertly made Manhattans and well-chosen drafts add fuel to spirited trivi
f you're looking for more of a jukebox-and-sports joint, divey Canal Bar will likely be your speed; the free popcorn and drinks specials don't hurt, and it's the local home for fans of the Chicago Bea
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Canal Bar
270 3rd Avef you're looking for more of a jukebox-and-sports joint, divey Canal Bar will likely be your speed; the free popcorn and drinks specials don't hurt, and it's the local home for fans of the Chicago Bea
Low-key Lowlands offers a long wooden bar, brick interior and picnic-table hangout in the back on an industrial stretch of Third Avenue; Monday nights are given over to roots-music jams, which attract
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Lowlands Bar
543 3rd AveLow-key Lowlands offers a long wooden bar, brick interior and picnic-table hangout in the back on an industrial stretch of Third Avenue; Monday nights are given over to roots-music jams, which attract
Celebrating the old moniker for the waterway, Lavender Lake sits yards away from the canal. The inside is airy, but the expansive back deck's the thing—a perfect spot to sip a craft beer, snack on imp
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Lavender Lake Bar
53 Carroll StCelebrating the old moniker for the waterway, Lavender Lake sits yards away from the canal. The inside is airy, but the expansive back deck's the thing—a perfect spot to sip a craft beer, snack on imp
Casual Italian is the thing at Bar Tano, where large corner windows, warm lighting and a pressed tin ceiling, not to mention the rumble of the train overhead, could serve as an emblematic neighborhood
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Bar Tano
457 3rd AvenueCasual Italian is the thing at Bar Tano, where large corner windows, warm lighting and a pressed tin ceiling, not to mention the rumble of the train overhead, could serve as an emblematic neighborhood
Essentials
We'd be remiss not to mention the Roof at Whole Foods; in keeping with an operation that has a greenhouse farm in progress and thrives on wind and solar energy, the café-bar dishes up plenty of local
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3rd Street
3rd StreetWe'd be remiss not to mention the Roof at Whole Foods; in keeping with an operation that has a greenhouse farm in progress and thrives on wind and solar energy, the café-bar dishes up plenty of local
Arts & Culture
Of course, perhaps all other nightlife will pale with the opening of the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club. Note, this is the kind of large-scale shuffleboard they play on the Lido Deck of the Love Boat o
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The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union StOf course, perhaps all other nightlife will pale with the opening of the Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club. Note, this is the kind of large-scale shuffleboard they play on the Lido Deck of the Love Boat o
Another warehouse-to-rock-club conversion has taken place at Littlefield, where in addition to regular Monday comedy nights and album-release parties, art shows are on exhibit. Newer still, on the tin
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Littlefield
635 Sackett StAnother warehouse-to-rock-club conversion has taken place at Littlefield, where in addition to regular Monday comedy nights and album-release parties, art shows are on exhibit. Newer still, on the tin
ShapeShifter also displays art on its white brick walls. But the name comes from the space's dynamic ability: the stage and seating can be manipulated to fit the needs to the performing (or recording)
ShapeShifter Lab
837 Whitwell PlShapeShifter also displays art on its white brick walls. But the name comes from the space's dynamic ability: the stage and seating can be manipulated to fit the needs to the performing (or recording)
Shopping
Gowanus is framed by two stalwarts espousing the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra. Up on President Street, Film Biz Recycling is the kind of place you could get lost examining old phones, plastic fruit
Film Biz Recycling
10 Dooley AveGowanus is framed by two stalwarts espousing the "reduce, reuse, recycle" mantra. Up on President Street, Film Biz Recycling is the kind of place you could get lost examining old phones, plastic fruit
Similarly rambling, Build It Green NYC, not far from the Smith/9th subway station, recirculates all sorts of furnishings and fittings in as-is condition—there's a giant room almost totally given over
Big Reuse
1 12th StSimilarly rambling, Build It Green NYC, not far from the Smith/9th subway station, recirculates all sorts of furnishings and fittings in as-is condition—there's a giant room almost totally given over
Looking for something a bit more specialized and on a smaller scale? No problem. Brooklyn Brine is your community pickle emporium, offering whiskey-soaked pickle chips, spicy deli spears, fennel-infus
Brooklyn Brine
67 35th StLooking for something a bit more specialized and on a smaller scale? No problem. Brooklyn Brine is your community pickle emporium, offering whiskey-soaked pickle chips, spicy deli spears, fennel-infus