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Cobble Hill Getting New Middle Eastern Restaurant
All that is old is new again. This adage is especially true when speaking of the coming soon Middle Eastern eatery/lounge, Levant, named after the owner’s original region (including Lebanon, Syria,...
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Northern Thai Coming to Cobble Hill’s Columbia Street
I’m always fascinated by how many Thai restaurants we have in the BoCoCa hood. And none have stood out enough to keep me coming back for more. So I was super, crazy-psyched to hear of the impending...
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Sweet Melissa Closes Shop in Cobble Hill
image via Brooklyn Heights BlogI haven’t walked by recently, but according to the NY Times, bakery and cafe Sweet Melissa, at 276 Court St., is shuttered for good. Though she has another shop in Park...
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Heads Up: Lots of Bridge and Road Closures in BoCoCa This Weekend
Planning on doing some driving this weekend? There’s a ton of work on the Brooklyn Bridge and BQE (mostly at night), so check this out before you start cursing the DOT in front of your kids (not that I...
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Carroll Gardens Farm-to-Table Pioneer Closes Its Doors
Before Colonie and Seersucker and Battersby came to BoCoCa, there was a little restaurant called Chestnut. It served excellent cocktails, affordable wine and American Nouveau cuisine with a bent...
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Brooklyn Heights La Mancha to Become Chez Moi?
UPDATE From reader LDNY: I live across the street from them and stopped by a little while ago when I saw some activity at the bar. They are having a soft open tonight and plan to open to the public...
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Food Notes for Carroll Gardens
Where there was once Bino (formerly Po), now stands new eatery Arthur on Smith (276 Smith St.). Manned by chef Joe Isidori and restauranteur Bruce Buschel, the duo behind Bridgehampton’s Southfork...
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Restaurant Updates in BoCoCa
Add another Italian joint and an Ethiopian restaurant to our fair BoCoCa. Awash will take over the old Quercy space in Cobble Hill (242 Court St.) and though its website only mentions the upper west...
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Cobble Hill Video Store Sighs Breathe of Relief
image via GothamistApparently, Internet did not kill the video star. Maimed, yes. But video is still alive and kicking at Video Free Brooklyn, an actual store where DVD videos can still be rented and...
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Jane’s Carousel Back in Biz After Sandy
image via The New YorkerJust a heads up that Jane’s Carousel is up and running again after its run-in with Sandy. Because it’s located in the DUMBO section of The Brooklyn Bridge Park, on the East...
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LICH Closing: Take Two
Once again, rumors of the demise of Long Island College Hospital, better known as LICH, are swirling. After getting a stay of execution in 2011 with $62 million worth of grants and a merger with SUNY...
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Mount Sinai’s New Medical Practice in Downtown Brooklyn: Open Weekends!
Late last year, our pediatrician, who was part of LICH Pediatrics, informed us that the entire practice would be moving to a whole new facility and breaking its ties with the troubled hospital. Their...
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Fairway to Reopen in Red Hook on March 1
If you miss Fairway Red Hook as much as we do, you’ll be ecstatic to know it will be reopening for Brooklyn business on 1 March. A Twitter announcement was made on 5 Feb, and The Village Voice reported...
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Another Medical Practice Comes to South Brooklyn
As LICH sputters about in a death knell, it looks like another medical practice is coming to our corner of Brooklyn. According to the Brooklyn Paper, PM Pediatrics will be opening this summer on...
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