Guidebook for Brooklyn

Kirsten & Mark
Kirsten & Mark
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Essentials

Fresh pasta, mozzarella, and the best prosciutto for miles!
30 locals recommend
Caputo's Fine Foods
460 Court St
30 locals recommend
Fresh pasta, mozzarella, and the best prosciutto for miles!
Warm, fresh bread. We visit nearly every day
14 locals recommend
Caputo's Bake Shop
329 Court St
14 locals recommend
Warm, fresh bread. We visit nearly every day
Local guys making spicy soppresata & delicious sausages
9 locals recommend
Esposito & Sons Pork Store
357 Court St
9 locals recommend
Local guys making spicy soppresata & delicious sausages
Buttery Italian cookies and pastries, and ornate cakes
18 locals recommend
Pasticceria Monteleone BK
355 Court St
18 locals recommend
Buttery Italian cookies and pastries, and ornate cakes
Everybody loves their TJ's
1296 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
130 Court St
1296 locals recommend
Everybody loves their TJ's
The biggest, best grocery in town
105 locals recommend
Fairway Market Red Hook
480-500 Van Brunt St
105 locals recommend
The biggest, best grocery in town

Food Scene

Trendy and overwhelmingly popular, it remains tiny and simple. Delicious brick oven pizza and calzones
168 locals recommend
Lucali
575 Henry St
168 locals recommend
Trendy and overwhelmingly popular, it remains tiny and simple. Delicious brick oven pizza and calzones
Reliably excellent Italian with a great wine selection. Cozy and romantic
165 locals recommend
Frankies 457 Spuntino
457 Court St
165 locals recommend
Reliably excellent Italian with a great wine selection. Cozy and romantic
Finger-lickin fried chicken and cheddar waffles at a graceful white-linen establishment
159 locals recommend
Buttermilk Channel
524 Court St
159 locals recommend
Finger-lickin fried chicken and cheddar waffles at a graceful white-linen establishment
Sumptuous sandwiches & fresh bread. Try the #59 with grilled veggies, balsamic & mozzarella, or the chicken, Brie & Granny Smith apple.
Brooklyn Bread Cafe
412 Court St
Sumptuous sandwiches & fresh bread. Try the #59 with grilled veggies, balsamic & mozzarella, or the chicken, Brie & Granny Smith apple.
Tiny little hole in the wall with no sign... You have to take out, no space for a table! A slice of brick oven heaven
South Brooklyn Pizza
451 Court Street
Tiny little hole in the wall with no sign... You have to take out, no space for a table! A slice of brick oven heaven
The best classic thin-crust Brooklyn slice
7 locals recommend
Sal's Pizza Store
305 Court St
7 locals recommend
The best classic thin-crust Brooklyn slice
Good Mexican is hard to find round these here parts. Their tamales & black bean soup more than make up for it. Hit Chavela's on your way to/from the Brooklyn Museum or Botanical Gardens
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Good Mexican is hard to find round these here parts. Their tamales & black bean soup more than make up for it. Hit Chavela's on your way to/from the Brooklyn Museum or Botanical Gardens
Delicious French. Get the Mussels au Ricard, a rich anise-infused cream sauce with so many razor-thin onion slices you won't be able to kiss anyone for 2 days. Totally worth it.
38 locals recommend
Bacchus
409 Atlantic Ave
38 locals recommend
Delicious French. Get the Mussels au Ricard, a rich anise-infused cream sauce with so many razor-thin onion slices you won't be able to kiss anyone for 2 days. Totally worth it.
At the far end of Park Slope's restaurant row... Hearty Portuguese stews and game meats. Warm and cozy, enveloped in velvet curtains. Reservations needed.
33 locals recommend
Convivium Osteria
68 5th Ave
33 locals recommend
At the far end of Park Slope's restaurant row... Hearty Portuguese stews and game meats. Warm and cozy, enveloped in velvet curtains. Reservations needed.
The roasted duck is delectable. And they make a wicked Dark & Stormy
88 locals recommend
Stone Park Cafe
324 5th Ave
88 locals recommend
The roasted duck is delectable. And they make a wicked Dark & Stormy
A Fort Greene institution. Funky South African fare and a fat slice of sidewalk real estate. Good people-watching.
190 locals recommend
Madiba
195 Dekalb Avenue
190 locals recommend
A Fort Greene institution. Funky South African fare and a fat slice of sidewalk real estate. Good people-watching.

Everything Else

My favorite yoga studio in a converted brownstone. Vinyasa style with great teachers, $13 drop-in class. Gaze at restored tin ceilings as you Ohm..
8 locals recommend
Area Yoga & Spa
144 Montague St
8 locals recommend
My favorite yoga studio in a converted brownstone. Vinyasa style with great teachers, $13 drop-in class. Gaze at restored tin ceilings as you Ohm..
Family-friendly, well-equipped
19 locals recommend
Dodge YMCA
225 Atlantic Ave
19 locals recommend
Family-friendly, well-equipped
Excellent selection of wine and spirits, with regular wine, whiskey, bourbon & gin tastings in their beautiful store
18 locals recommend
Brooklyn Wine Exchange
138 Court St
18 locals recommend
Excellent selection of wine and spirits, with regular wine, whiskey, bourbon & gin tastings in their beautiful store

Drinks & Nightlife

Fancy cocktails, a fireplace, and bartenders with impressive mustaches
143 locals recommend
Clover Club
210 Smith St
143 locals recommend
Fancy cocktails, a fireplace, and bartenders with impressive mustaches
Fried pickles. 'nuf said.
26 locals recommend
Abilene Bar
442 Court St
26 locals recommend
Fried pickles. 'nuf said.
German beer-garden style, big windows open onto the sidewalk
13 locals recommend
Buschenschank
320 Court St
13 locals recommend
German beer-garden style, big windows open onto the sidewalk