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Crown Heights' Charming Bar Corvo Embraces Its Local Life

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Dine with Descartes at Le Philosophe; Lots of Tongue at Bar Corvo

Our own Robert Sietsema stumbles upon the new and under publicized Noho bistro, Le Philosophe, and finds that it's a "wonderful place." He writes in his review of Le Philosophe that a slightly grayish "mural depicting dozens of philosophers" looms behind diners in the candlelit space. But he barely ... More >>

Park Slope Gets Lincoln Heights and Country Boys; Table Verte Comes to East Village

Lincoln Heights opened on Monday in Prospect Heights. From the owners of Park Slope's Al Di Là comes a casual cafe where customers can get coffee and pastries as well as charcuterie, organic pork chops, and dry cured sausage. Regulars of Bar Corvo around the corner may recognize some of the flavors ... More >>

Brooklyn's Restaurant Week Is Almost Here

During Dine in Brooklyn, the borough's restaurant week that takes place March 19 to 29, thrifty Brooklynites and visitors can dine in 200-plus restaurants for $25 for dinner and $20.11 for lunch.

Mimi Sheraton Isn't Buying This Brooklyn Thing

Mimi Sheraton​Newsflash: Well-appointed, Old Establishment Manhattan food writers have an aversion to outer-borough dining.

Thieves Hit a String of Park Slope Restaurants

Theft: somehow less threatening in sepia.​Usually, the Park Slope restaurant scene is more closely associated with stroller bottlenecks and organic kale, but it's apparently also become a hotbed of theft: The Brooklyn Paper has noticed that since the beginning of the month, Al Di La, Aji Bar & ... More >>

Our 10 Most Overrated Restaurants

Did this fine establishment make our list? What do you think?​ As their name would indicate, Our 10 Best lists are typically positive affairs. But today we've decided to venture into more critical territory to rank Our 10 Most Overrated Restaurants. You know the type: It's the restaurant you' ... More >>

Eugene Mirman on Beef Navels, the Brooklyn Food Scene, and Babies in Bars

Eugene Mirman, with friend.​Eugene Mirman is a very funny man--so funny that this very publication dubbed him New York's best stand-up comedian in 2009. You've probably seen him on Flight of the Conchords or at Union Hall, where he hosts Tearing the Veil of Maya with Michael Showalter. Last ye ... More >>

Al di La Comes to Macy's Tomorrow Night

Robert SietsemaAl di La goes from Park Slope to Herald Square​Tomorrow, Al di La is crossing the East River for one night only: chef Anna Klinger and her husband Emiliano Coppa will be making a five-course meal with wine pairings at De Gustibus, the cooking school perched at the top of Macy's. ... More >>

Revisit: Al Di La in Park Slope, Brooklyn

​The yellow awning of Al Di Li blazes into the frigid Park Slope night. I'd always liked the food at Al Di La, but realized that it achieves its effects through application of major amounts of salt, grease, and garlic, which is still the case. Nevertheless, the menu--which hasn't changed much ... More >>

Yes In My Backyard: Download MadLove's (ex-Fantomas/Mr. Bungle) "Absence & Noise"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Keith Price​Careening art-rock/new-wave mutant MadLove is a Brooklyn assemblage cobbled together by out-jazz gadfly and out-metal cult hero Trevor Dunn. While Dunn is primarily known for his deconst ... More >>

Fool's Gold

A Park Slope trattoria adds new recipes to the repertoire

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