Posts Tagged ‘Brooklyn’

Williamsburg on a Sunday Afternoon

5th February 2010 by bellastraniera 1 Comment

It’s hard to look hip and stay warm, but if you want to get schooled in how to do it, take a trip out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Fashion is still on the forefront here, even in freezing temperatures.

A trapper hat and pattern-edged coat summon the great Northwest. Salmon colored pants really make it pop.

Red Hook Beef Jerky

8th December 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

Intensely smoky with a spicy finish, this Red Hook Beef Jerky was off the market for a while but is now for sale again at Sample in Boerum Hill. Made by a Red Hook couple who slice brisket, marinate it in soy sauce and spices and dry it in a regular oven until it [...]

Patois’ Fireplace Room Remains Unoccupied

12th November 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

While it’s true that La Petite Provence has opened in the old Patois space, as reported by Flo Fab in yesterday’s Off the Menu, it only occupies half the space held by Patois in Boerum Hill before they up and moved to Nolita (and seemingly went crazy). We walked by this past weekend, and the [...]

Viva

10th November 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

There’s not really a name for the 3pm Sunday meal, but a good one might be “linner.” By then you’ve probably tired of eggs but may be hard pressed to find a place that’s not still serving brunch. Go to a place where lunch and dinner food has always been part of the breakfast [...]

Henry Public

9th November 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

If you didn’t know this Cobble Hill space was an old TV repair store until just a couple months ago, you would think new gastro pub Henry Public had been here forever. Past an antique bar, refurbished gas lamps and black and white photos of Frederick Douglass and the old Brooklyn Eagle headquarters hang in [...]

Lobster Alert: Brooklyn Fish Camp

3rd November 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

If Sam Sifton’s dining brief on Rocky Sullivan’s lobster night made you crave lobster, you don’t have to go as far as Red Hook to get in on the action. The other night we walked without a reservation to Brooklyn Fish Camp, the Park Slope companion to Mary’s Fish Camp, and settled down to an [...]

Vinegar Hill House

27th October 2009 by bellastraniera 1 Comment

Dumbo: It used to be the kind of place where women didn’t walk alone at night, artists and musicians got home just as day laborers were waking up, and the only place to eat was Pedro’s, though you wouldn’t necessarily want to eat there, either. The nearest deli was in Brooklyn Heights, and there were [...]

Why Michael Sullivan Left Anella

14th October 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

We were so pleased when chef Michael Sullivan won entry to Meatball Madness through Eater’s meatball contest and even more pleased to see him there. But this was right on the heels of the news that he had left suddenly left Greenpoint favorite Anella, so we asked him: What happened?!

Michael Sullivan’s Irish grandmother’s pork meatball. [...]

Street Chic: Atlantic Antic Brooklyn

8th October 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

The annual Atlantic Antic festival on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn isn’t your average tube-socks-and-Italian-sausage street fair: Hundreds of local Brooklyn businesses set up shop, from clothing shops like Steven Alan to favorite neighborhood restaurants like Building on Bond. Oysters on the half shell, vintage dresses, pulled pork sandwiches, live music and Six Point Ale: it’s [...]

Red Hook Bar Crawl

1st September 2009 by bellastraniera No Comments

Red Hook is a lot like the IKEA that landed there: sometimes you have to amass a certain number of things to check out before you can motivate for the trip. With new places like Anselmo’s Pizzeria and Fort Defiance opening recently, however, the time is nigh to hike it to Red Hook for a [...]