Open and Shut
Williamsburg A new grocery store called Williamsburg Food Town is opening on North 3rd and Metropolitan, according to Brooklyn 11211. A fancy cocktail bar, named Post Office, has opened at 188 Havemeyer and The Brooklyn Star is soon opening in new digs; Gothamist has pictures of both. Also, Free Williamsburg welcomes Moomba to the neighborhood,…
Williamsburg
A new grocery store called Williamsburg Food Town is opening on North 3rd and Metropolitan, according to Brooklyn 11211. A fancy cocktail bar, named Post Office, has opened at 188 Havemeyer and The Brooklyn Star is soon opening in new digs; Gothamist has pictures of both. Also, Free Williamsburg welcomes Moomba to the neighborhood, a pizza and small plates joint at 232 North 12th. Nearby in Bushwick, Bushwick BK reports that a “Chop’t-like salad bar” is coming to the corner of Irving Avenue and Starr Street.
Park Slope
Here’s Park Slope brought word that Heights Coffee on Flatbush Avenue appeared to have called it quits but Patch found out the spot is just closed for renovations. Here’s Park Slope also reports on the re-opening of Harry Boland’s Pub and the shutter of Lemongrass Grill. Finally, a new establishment called Bare Burgers is coming to 7th Avenue and 1st Street, in the old Artisesana storefront (pictured). The news begs the question of how many burger spots are actually needed to feed Brooklyn….
Prospect Heights
The Kimchi Taco Truck is opening a bricks-and-mortar establishment on Washington Avenue, according to Prospect Heights Patch. Also, very exciting news from Eater that two chefs from Chelsea’s Morimoto are heading to the neighborhood to open a ramen shop. The blog One Hanson Place also reports a new restaurant is coming to the southeast corner of Dean and Underhill, perhaps a little competition for Dean Street post Nate Smith.
Click through for details on the return of Monte’s, an arcade in Sunset Park, and some openings in Crown Heights…
Over in Gowanus, the person opening a restaurant in the old Monte’s space on Carroll Street tells the Brooklyn Paper that he’s going to keep the “Monte’s” handle and the focus will be on “new Italian” cuisine. The space is currently getting a facelift. In Sunset Park, Gothamist reports that Chinatown Fair Arcade has relocated there from Manhattan, and it’s now called Next Level Arcade. The Brooklyn Ink wonders if Sheepshead Bay can live without a Pathmark, and Brooklynian commenters welcome a nail salon and Thai restaurant to Crown Heights. And of course, NY1 has the good news that the boardwalk eight have renewed their summer leases on the Coney Island boardwalk.
Are we missing anything? Leave it in the comments!
The Kimchi Taco Truck place on Washington is well underway – I walk by and see lots of evidence of move-in happening regularly. Their storefront is well-positioned by Washington Commons and the sports bar Half Court — it’ll be great to sit out in the backyard at Washington Commons with some decent food this summer!
@iluvclintonhill
Do you mean Heights Cafe in Brooklyn Heights?
Is is not Spumoni Gardens coming to 7th ave and 19th street it is a Giant Beer garden that will overlook Greenwood Cemetery with a live music stage. I don’t think Greenwood or the nearby schools will be too happy but who knows.
Heights Cafe is out of business. There will be a caribbean restaurant opening in its place. As for prospect hgts…there are 3 restaurants opening on washington tween prospect and st marks. two caribbean, one which is looking like a sit down and dine with a bar, the other more like takeout with a few tables and then they are working on the old fried chicken takeout on the corner. they changed the doors already but i think that was rumored to be a new bagel spot.washington is becoming like vanderbilt.
OMG Please not another burger place— what is this Fulton Mall? Cripes. Hasn’t anyone gotten the message about America’s collective fat ass and such.
re: prospect heights
whoa 11217– good scoop on the ramen shop!
Another new restaurant for PS:
http://heresparkslope.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-to-expect-surfish-peruvian-bistro.html
Hi Emily,
What happened to the restaurant features on this site?
There hasn’t been a new one added in a while now.
“I wish we could get something similar to Fette Sau in Park Slope. That’s honestly about the only thing I feel like we’re missing food-wise.”
can storefronts in the slope accommodate a smoker like the one FS has?
guessing it would need to be in gowanus.