Guidebook for Brooklyn

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Guidebook for Brooklyn

Essentials

Close locations with a nice selection of food.
28 locals recommend
Foodtown of Crown Heights
905-13 Franklin Ave
28 locals recommend
Close locations with a nice selection of food.
A grocery store for more slightly higher end items.
87 locals recommend
Bob & Betty's Food Market
805 Franklin Ave
87 locals recommend
A grocery store for more slightly higher end items.
A great place to grab snacks before heading to the park or the Q train.
92 locals recommend
Wholesome Gourmet Market
534 Flatbush Ave
92 locals recommend
A great place to grab snacks before heading to the park or the Q train.

Food Scene

A nice vibe with good tea & coffee.
51 locals recommend
Manhattanville Coffee - Crown Heights
167 Rogers Ave
51 locals recommend
A nice vibe with good tea & coffee.
Coffee and pastries.
73 locals recommend
Tip of the Tongue
43 Lincoln Road
73 locals recommend
Coffee and pastries.
Tea, Coffee, and local art.
90 locals recommend
Tugboat
546 Flatbush Avenue
90 locals recommend
Tea, Coffee, and local art.
Excellent Mexican. Expect a wait.
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Excellent Mexican. Expect a wait.
Higher end restaurant with a nice brunch.
100 locals recommend
Bar Corvo
791 Washington Avenue
100 locals recommend
Higher end restaurant with a nice brunch.
Great brunch and happy hour or fancy Italian dinner.
163 locals recommend
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 locals recommend
Great brunch and happy hour or fancy Italian dinner.
Great Caribbean place with a tiny dining room upstairs and great for take out.
103 locals recommend
The Islands
671 Washington Ave
103 locals recommend
Great Caribbean place with a tiny dining room upstairs and great for take out.
Try the doubles.
107 locals recommend
Gloria's In & Out
987 Nostrand Ave.
107 locals recommend
Try the doubles.
High end and delicious restaurant museum by the Michelin starred chef.
10 locals recommend
Saul
200 Eastern Parkway
10 locals recommend
High end and delicious restaurant museum by the Michelin starred chef.
Pie & Coffee in the library.
Four & Twenty Blackbirds at the Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Pie & Coffee in the library.
Great for brunch.
123 locals recommend
Cheryl's Global Soul
236 Underhill Ave
123 locals recommend
Great for brunch.
Coffee & wonderment.
83 locals recommend
Sit & Wonder
688 Washington Ave
83 locals recommend
Coffee & wonderment.
Pizza: Try to the Salsa Verde pizza
228 locals recommend
Emily
919 Fulton St
228 locals recommend
Pizza: Try to the Salsa Verde pizza
Austin style Mexican
194 locals recommend
Gueros
605 Prospect Pl
194 locals recommend
Austin style Mexican
BYOB!
19 locals recommend
Ital Kitchen
1032 Union St
19 locals recommend
BYOB!
Coffee & Bagels.
54 locals recommend
The Pulp & The Bean
809 Franklin Avenue
54 locals recommend
Coffee & Bagels.
New Orleans inspired.
199 locals recommend
Catfish
1433 Bedford Ave
199 locals recommend
New Orleans inspired.
French Senegalese cuisine.
156 locals recommend
Cafe Rue Dix
1451 Bedford Ave
156 locals recommend
French Senegalese cuisine.
A classic. Generally a fast moving line forms outside on the weekend: Closes at 4pm.
225 locals recommend
Tom’s
782 Washington Ave
225 locals recommend
A classic. Generally a fast moving line forms outside on the weekend: Closes at 4pm.
Some of the best pizza in Brooklyn!
1260 locals recommend
Saraghina
350 Lewis Ave
1260 locals recommend
Some of the best pizza in Brooklyn!
Brunch or dinner.
229 locals recommend
The Farm on Adderley
1108 Cortelyou Rd
229 locals recommend
Brunch or dinner.
Light filled coffee shop.
74 locals recommend
Milk And Honey Cafe
1119 Newkirk Ave
74 locals recommend
Light filled coffee shop.
Roti, doubles, and more.
11 locals recommend
Royal Bakery
575 Nostrand Ave.
11 locals recommend
Roti, doubles, and more.
Coffee & Food.
44 locals recommend
Ibis Eats
663 Franklin Ave
44 locals recommend
Coffee & Food.

Drinks & Nightlife

Cocktails with a side of dessert!
95 locals recommend
Butter & Scotch
53 Rockaway Avenue
95 locals recommend
Cocktails with a side of dessert!
Check out the backyard if the weather's nice.
112 locals recommend
Bluebird
504 Flatbush Ave
112 locals recommend
Check out the backyard if the weather's nice.
This hole in the wall has great cocktails--it's hidden on this dead end street.
147 locals recommend
Erv's
2122 Beekman Pl
147 locals recommend
This hole in the wall has great cocktails--it's hidden on this dead end street.
Light filled bar with food vendors.
262 locals recommend
BERG'N
899 Bergen St
262 locals recommend
Light filled bar with food vendors.
Pin ball machines!
41 locals recommend
Branch Ofc.
225 Rogers Ave
41 locals recommend
Pin ball machines!
Backyard!
170 locals recommend
Nostrand Avenue Pub
658 Nostrand Ave.
170 locals recommend
Backyard!
Fancy cocktails and a nice backyard, but not for off menu orderers.
102 locals recommend
Tooker Alley
793 Washington Ave
102 locals recommend
Fancy cocktails and a nice backyard, but not for off menu orderers.
The place for Dr. Who fans and/or live music.
95 locals recommend
The Way Station
683 Washington Ave
95 locals recommend
The place for Dr. Who fans and/or live music.
Beer Garden.
89 locals recommend
Greenwood Park
555 7th Ave
89 locals recommend
Beer Garden.
Beer & a backyard.
97 locals recommend
Covenhoven
730 Classon Ave
97 locals recommend
Beer & a backyard.
Bar & Backyard.
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin Ave
240 locals recommend
Bar & Backyard.
Beer, drinks, trivia, reading series, ski ball . . .
437 locals recommend
Franklin Park
618 St Johns Pl
437 locals recommend
Beer, drinks, trivia, reading series, ski ball . . .

Sightseeing

A beautiful park: check out the boathouse, the Nethermead, and the Long Meadow.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
3418 locals recommend
A beautiful park: check out the boathouse, the Nethermead, and the Long Meadow.
Check out the Cherry Blossoms (April/May), Japanese Garden. Ask about the pass.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals recommend
Check out the Cherry Blossoms (April/May), Japanese Garden. Ask about the pass.
Check out the old houses, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, and the newest rotating exhibit.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Check out the old houses, Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party, and the newest rotating exhibit.
Brooklyn's own Arc de Triomphe.
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
378 locals recommend
Brooklyn's own Arc de Triomphe.
Jewish Children's Museum.
60 locals recommend
Jewish Children's Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy
60 locals recommend
Jewish Children's Museum.

Arts & Culture

Ice skating in the winter. Roller skating: Memorial Day through October.
194 locals recommend
LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park Brooklyn
171 East Dr
194 locals recommend
Ice skating in the winter. Roller skating: Memorial Day through October.
Children's museum.
489 locals recommend
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
489 locals recommend
Children's museum.
Catch a performance or a movie.
859 locals recommend
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave
859 locals recommend
Catch a performance or a movie.

Shopping

Winter home to the Brooklyn artsy, high end flea market.
12 locals recommend
Brooklyn Flea Market
1000 Dean St
12 locals recommend
Winter home to the Brooklyn artsy, high end flea market.
Presents.
14 locals recommend
Owl and Thistle General Store
833 Franklin Avenue
14 locals recommend
Presents.

Everything Else

The library, while not as beautiful as the NYPL main branch in Bryant Park, this library has pie: Four and Twenty Blackbird's kiosk is in the lobby.
383 locals recommend
Brooklyn Public Library
383 locals recommend
The library, while not as beautiful as the NYPL main branch in Bryant Park, this library has pie: Four and Twenty Blackbird's kiosk is in the lobby.
Beside the location of the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers: now apartment buildings. This is where Jackie Robinson played.
Ebbets Field Middle School
46 McKeever Place
Beside the location of the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers: now apartment buildings. This is where Jackie Robinson played.