Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Peaches HotHouse
415 Tompkins AveA good local eatery that features traditional Southern cuisine.
An excellent restaurant that features light Italian food, including pizza and sea food.
There is an excellent stylish but casual atmosphere.
They also have a bar and a bakery/cafe around the corner.
1260 locals recommend
Saraghina
350 Lewis AveAn excellent restaurant that features light Italian food, including pizza and sea food.
There is an excellent stylish but casual atmosphere.
They also have a bar and a bakery/cafe around the corner.
A simple but good Caribbean eatery with ox tail stew, jerked chicken, goat roti, etc. Best for take out.
Tastee Pattee Ltd
1371 Fulton StA simple but good Caribbean eatery with ox tail stew, jerked chicken, goat roti, etc. Best for take out.
A Brooklyn location of the Australian cafe, serving excellent espresso drinks, breakfasts and lunch.
131 locals recommend
Sumner Cafe & Wine Bar
A Brooklyn location of the Australian cafe, serving excellent espresso drinks, breakfasts and lunch.
Corner Grind Coffee Kitchen
1183 Bedford AveA good cafe with espresso drinks and food.
Farm-to-table American restaurant, with excellent oysters and beer happy hour.
166 locals recommend
Alice's Arbor
549 Classon AvenueFarm-to-table American restaurant, with excellent oysters and beer happy hour.
Excellent espresso drinks and healthy food, plus a very laid back atmosphere in the very popular Fort Greene neighborhood.
63 locals recommend
Smooch
264 Carlton AveExcellent espresso drinks and healthy food, plus a very laid back atmosphere in the very popular Fort Greene neighborhood.
New American cuisine, and some exceptional home made ice cream.
94 locals recommend
The General Greene
229 Dekalb AvenueNew American cuisine, and some exceptional home made ice cream.
Nha Trang One
87 Baxter StExcellent Vietnamese food, including Pho.
Katz's Delicatessen
205 E Houston StThe one-and-only, and VERY famous, Jewish deli.
Minca
536 E 5th StVery satisfying Japanese soba restaurant in the heart of the East Village.
Delicious Italian roast pork from a tiny store in the heart of the East Village. There's enough room for four or five people to eat perched on stools, but best to get take out and go to the park.
32 locals recommend
Porchetta
Delicious Italian roast pork from a tiny store in the heart of the East Village. There's enough room for four or five people to eat perched on stools, but best to get take out and go to the park.
An excellent Italian / Japanese restaurant and bar. A little pricey but the marriage of cooking styles is surprisingly good.
10 locals recommend
Dieci
228 East 10th StreetAn excellent Italian / Japanese restaurant and bar. A little pricey but the marriage of cooking styles is surprisingly good.
Manny's
212 Patchen AveEspresso drinks and delicious food in a very hip cafe.
Shopping
A decent wine store just around the corner from the house.
160 locals recommend
Bed-Vyne Wine & Spirits
385 Tompkins AveA decent wine store just around the corner from the house.
Drinks & Nightlife
A hip micro-brew beer bar with good atmosphere and some outside seating.
365 locals recommend
Bed-Vyne Brew
370 Tompkins AveA hip micro-brew beer bar with good atmosphere and some outside seating.
Trendy cocktail lounge in the style of an old apothecary in the age of American Prohibition. Exceptional drinks.
212 locals recommend
Apotheke
9 Doyers StTrendy cocktail lounge in the style of an old apothecary in the age of American Prohibition. Exceptional drinks.
Essentials
A high-end "bodega", or neighborhood convenience store, with a good selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, and even organic meat, milk, etc.
25 locals recommend
Carib Food Market
1303 Fulton StA high-end "bodega", or neighborhood convenience store, with a good selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, and even organic meat, milk, etc.
A Chinese supermarket in the heart of Chinatown, carrying everything from basic meats and vegetables, to prepared foods, plus the occasional "exotic" offering such as fresh crocodile feet.
Deluxe Food Market
79 Elizabeth StA Chinese supermarket in the heart of Chinatown, carrying everything from basic meats and vegetables, to prepared foods, plus the occasional "exotic" offering such as fresh crocodile feet.
A large grocery store with a good selection, even including some organic produce and other products.
228 locals recommend
Super Foodtown of Bedford Stuyvesant
1420 Fulton StA large grocery store with a good selection, even including some organic produce and other products.
Everything Else
A strange creature in Manhattan's Chinatown- this tiny store sells Asian videos, bras, and some of the best Vietnamese sandwiches. Take out only.
Sau Voi
101 Lafayette StA strange creature in Manhattan's Chinatown- this tiny store sells Asian videos, bras, and some of the best Vietnamese sandwiches. Take out only.
Some spectacular collections are displayed at this museum perched on the shoulder of the beautiful Prospect Park, near the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwySome spectacular collections are displayed at this museum perched on the shoulder of the beautiful Prospect Park, near the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens.
United States Postal Service
1525 Newkirk AveJust in case you need it.