Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up

Cafe Tapeo Becomes Cyprus Avenue
52 5th Avenue, Park Slope
Tipster dwarbi reports that tapas joint Cafe Tapeo has reopened as an Irish pub: “Tapeo was struggling for a while — almost always empty. Every time we walked by it we wondered when it would close.” The new pub, Cyprus Avenue, is presumably named after the Van Morrison song about the street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Has anyone stopped in yet?

Upcoming Brooklyn Food Events
This Saturday, June 6 from 6-9pm, stop by the BKLYN Yard for music from Finger on the Pulse and $7 BBQ plates from Hapa Kitchen… Plus, tickets are available now for Brooklyn Based‘s screening of Food, Inc, a new documentary about the American industrial food system, at the Bell House on Wednesday, June 10. Doors are at 7pm and snacks will be provided by Roebling Tea Room, Sweet Deliverance, Nunu Chocolates, and McClure’s Pickles, and there’s a pre-show open bar courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery. Following the film, catch a Q&A with director Robert Kenner and author Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), who also appears in the film.

Closings and Bankruptcy
A few Chowhounds are mourning the approaching closing of Park Slope favorite Tempo (Saturday will be their last night in business), while Zagat reports that “Garden Cafe, the No.1 rated Brooklyn restaurant in Zagat’s NYC Survey, closed last week after nearly 25 years in operation in Prospect Heights.” And Crain’s says that Elementi in Park Slope “filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection” but remains open for business.

After the jump: Openings in Bed-Stuy, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Williamsburg, and Bushwick; reviews of Cafe Pedlar and Farmer in the Deli…

Openings Around the Borough
Grub Street dishes the details on Saraghina, an artisanal pizzeria set to open on Monday at 435 Halsey in Bed-Stuy… Chowhound bklynite shares a rumor that Park Slope’s Union Market might be opening in the long-shuttered Blockbuster space on Court Street near DeGraw… Gothamist says that Bar Tini is coming soon to 1302 8th Avenue in Park Slope… Zagat says that Williamsburg’s Sweetwater “is prepping to open a bakery two blocks down in the old St. Helen space.” …Time Out New York reports that Bushwick is getting its own Beauty Bar at 21 Broadway at Melrose Street… FREEwilliamsburg says that Mesa Coyoacan is now open and serving traditional Mexican fare at 372 Graham Avenue: “You can expect Coyoacan to finally turn the former Pampa Grill space in Graham Ave’s ‘Fish Tank’ building into the destination those architects clearly meant it to be.”

Recently Reviewed: Cafe Pedlar and Farmer in the Deli
Today’s New York Times review of Cafe Pedlar (210 Court Street at Warren Street, Cobble Hill) says the eatery serves “proper German pretzels” that pair well with their Stumptown coffee, as well as pastries that “cost $2 to $4, and vary from a tiny loaf made with stout to olive oil and lemon cake to a jammy linzer torte.” …And the paper’s recent review of Farmer in the Deli (357 Myrtle, at Adelphi, Fort Greene) says that “Farmer revealed itself to be a master at creating simple sandwiches that rely less on dazzling artistry or expensive ingredients than on an attention to detail that results in consistently tasty and uniquely inexpensive sandwiches.”