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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.
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> Spice has GREAT FOOD!!
Sweet. Spice is tasty.
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. Especially now that we are getting a REAL vietnamese (non Bahn Mi) place down on 7th and 9th soon. Great Indian would be nice too, but the market for Indian just doesn’t seem so huge and we already have a few (yes, mediocre to bad) places already.
well the food at ANY Lemongrass is just mediocre
am surprised they have lasted so long
I think we need GOOD indian – not decent – am talking really good quality Indian food in Park Slope. I really like Brick Lane in the city on East 6th street – I wish those owners would come to Park Slope and open up a Brick Lane type place
11217, I haven’t been to Sri in about a year. That would suck if your visit wasn’t just a fluke. As DH says, even Cesar Ramirez could come into work with a wicked hangover and end up cooking a meal that’s less than stellar.
Agreed, Jessi.
Honestly Sriphraphi hasn’t been as good recently as it used to be, in my opinion. Obviously it’s still great, but the last time I went a couple months ago, I thought the food wasn’t up to par.
I’m mostly happy we won’t have another 7th Avenue vacancy….Lemongrass literally just closed yesterday so it’s odd they are taking over so quickly, unless it was already lined up or some similar people are involved with Lemongrass and Spice. I thought the food at Lemongrass was terrible, and I like Spice.
Nice. Spice is no sriphraiphi but they get the job done.
Here’s a pretty awesome update about the Lemongrass Grill space on 7th Avenue and Berkeley Place in the Slope…
Spice has GREAT FOOD!!
http://heresparkslope.blogspot.com/2011/03/spice-expands-to-brooklyn-moving-into.html
Yes! Cornelius burger is excellent!!
Yea Gem, it would be big news if South Slope gets a Spumoni Gardens in addition to all the other great stuff which has opened there in the past few years. I think the spot you mention is where I heard it’s coming!