DUMBO (Brooklyn)

5 Great Snacks to Try at Smorgasburg

This past weekend was the second of Smorgasburg's 2013 season. As usual, the Williamsburg and Dumbo markets were packed with a mix of locals and tourists counting their dollar bills as they waited in line for smoked meat sandwiches and stuffed parathas. We sought out as many snacks as we could over ... More >>

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 3/15/13

Here are the 10 best concerts to check out around the city this weekend, in no particular order.

Just Because It's My Brooklyn Doesn't Mean It Can't Be Yours

On Saturday afternoon, Rerun Theater at Rebar was full. It seemed only fitting that even the name of the place is a do-over, its chairs the back seats from old minivans--and not just because Rerun is a venue for post-film festival movies that don't yet have distributors. Today the theater was screen ... More >>

December's Openings and Closings

In New York City, only the strong restaurants survive. Or the ones with amazing food, cult followings, lots of great press, and a whole slew of other factors. For those keeping tabs, here's a list of restaurants that opened and closed in December.

Mies Julie: South Africa Meets Strindberg

St. Ann's Warehouse brings a noted adaptation to Brooklyn

Where to Watch Election Results in NYC

Today's politically charged special at Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn Whether you vote red, blue, black, tea, green or some rainbow unicorn color, the best part of election day is watching the results. The excitement and anxiety is best felt with fellow voters in a crowded space, with pun-ny named ... More >>

Q&A: Governor's Brad McDonald on Creative Freedom, Modern American Cuisine and 80s Sitcoms

When Fork in the Road was a few minutes late to call Chef Brad McDonald, we explained that our phone's recorder was a bit faulty. "You have an app that records on your phone? I bet that many an embittered wife is using it for other reasons." So goes the whimsically creative thought process of the ch ... More >>

How to Make Scallop Aguachile From Gran Electrica

[See More Recipes: Boozy Sparkling Watermelon Punch from the Smith | How to Make the Whipped Green Eggs from Paprika] Here's a recipe for scallop aguachile from Gran Electrica chef Sam Richman. At this Mexican restaurant in DUMBO, Richman (formerly of Jean Georges) serves market-driven dishes inspi ... More >>

Live: The Creators Project Brings Florence, Justice, And Lots Of Art To DUMBO

Benjamin Lozovsky​The Creators Project October 15-16 Better than: A representative of the Intel Corporation laboriously explaining to me the superiority of their microprocessors. If you're suspicious that The Creators Project is all just a way for the Vice Empire to class up its image beyo ... More >>

Eat Well, Feed the Hungry With New City Harvest App

​We've always been a big fan of City Harvest, the organization that collects up to 30 million pounds of excess food from restaurants and markets every year to feed the hungry. The most famous supporter of City Harvest is organization chair Eric Ripert. The problem? Most people can't afford to ... More >>

Gabriel Kahane's Open Arms

The singer's grand, sweeping take on pop

La Esquina's Akhtar Nawab, Chopped's Chris Santos At City Harvest Fundraiser

Akhtar Nawab of La Esquina​ City Harvest is one of the most beloved nonprofits in NYC. Each day, it collects nearly 77,000 pounds of food from restaurants, markets, and farmers, and uses that to feed more than 300,000 people. Last night it held its big annual fundraiser, "Summer in the City," ... More >>

East River Ferry Debut: Slightly Confused, But So Very Lovable

​The ride was free, the kids had a half-day at school, the sun finally started to shine in the afternoon -- and people just didn't want to get off the NY Waterway East River Ferry yesterday. Some were curious about the new service. Others were actually trying to get from point A to point B. M ... More >>

Man and His Beast: A Love Story of Sorts in One Lucky Elephant

Ted & Honey Will Expand Self to Navy Yard

​In the almost three years since Ted & Honey opened on Clinton Street, it's accrued a loyal Cobble Hill following with its sustainably sourced meatloaf sandwiches and turkey clubs. Such is the café's popularity that its diminutive confines often encourage waits and crowding. But the una ... More >>

10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

The O.B. Tampons Shortage: A Story of Loss and Longing

​Tampons. They are important to ladies. We won't go into the details here, but suffice it to say, they're personal. Intimate, even. So when o.b. nonapplicator tampons disappeared from the shelves of our local Duane Reades, something of a Seinfeld: The Sponge Episode was born. Except maybe born ... More >>

A STEAM-POWERED SCARE

Chilling visions of a steampunk past

MEXICO RISES

Paying tribute to our neighbors over the border

New York Tours Are as Diverse and Disturbing as New Yorkers Themselves

​Crazy celebrity stalkers and morbid ghost-seekers unite for a two-hour tour of the city's sites of notorious deaths (Heath Ledger, Keith Haring, Sid Vicious, "Crazy Joe" Gallo, Thomas Paine, to name a bunch)! And the tour vehicle is no smiley double-decker bus -- it's a hearse (actually a 196 ... More >>

Photos: Ninjasonik's "Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant" Vinyl-Sleeve Art Show, Featuring What May or May Not Be a Pickle Jar of Semen

all photos and captions by Rebecca SmeyneYIMBY columnist Chris Weingarten's contribution used the album as a platform for what appears to be... well, let's leave it to Chris, who chimes in with an update. "My piece is the jar itself, which is full of water and the record after put it in a blender. N ... More >>

Summer Guide: The Village Voice's Field Guide to Cold Summer Treats

From gelato to affogato to fro-yo&emdash;our recommended frozen fun

Grimaldi's Chelsea Postponed Due to Construction "Issues"

The new Limelight Marketplace, as rendered by an artist.​The Chelsea Grimaldi's isn't ready for the limelight quite yet: DNA Info reports that the much-anticipated offshoot of the original DUMBO pizzeria won't be opening in the brand spanking new Limelight Marketplace for a few more months. G ... More >>

Hecho en Dumbo Opening This Friday

Yesterday, Marion's. This Friday, Mexican.​ Last September, we reported that Hecho en Dumbo would be moving, name intact, to the Bowery sometime this winter. Per Grub Street, it looks like they'll be opening their doors in the old Marion's Continental space this Friday. There's a slideshow up ... More >>

Cultured, Lazy? Brooklyn Art Hops will Drive You to Out-Of-The-Way Galleries

​Every so often someone tells us about an incredibly cool thing in some distant neighborhood, and when we weigh the benefits of seeing the cool thing against getting a good night's sleep or even going to work, the cool thing usually suffers. But here's a loophole: Brooklyn's smART Brooklyn Gal ... More >>

Canning Across the Country; Will New Yorkers Go Nuts for Goobers?

​According to the National Center for Home Food Preservation, requests for canning classes have increased. Countrywide canning fests organized by Canning Across America are all the rage, and Jarden Home Brands -- makers of Kerr and Ball brand jars -- say sales of canning equipment are up 30 pe ... More >>

Virginia Martinsen's 'Face on Mars' at ATM Gallery

Jacques Torres, Beer Table Coming to Chelsea Market

Diner's Journal brings word that Chelsea Market is set to get two new high-profile tenants: Jacques Torres and Park Slope's Beer Table will be opening up retail outlets. This will be the fifth storefront for Torres, who earlier this summer opened up an ice cream parlor next door to his Dumbo chocola ... More >>

Grimaldi's Opens in Queens

NY1 brings word that a new branch of Grimaldi's has opened in Queens. The location, on 61st Avenue in Douglaston, offers the same menu, as well as new salads. Whether or not it will become, in the words of Grimaldi's manager Gina Peluso, a "total total total tourist attraction" like the original DUM ... More >>

Brooklyn's Industry City Forges A New Kind of Arts District

An art world sprouts near Sunset Park, DUMBO be damned

Modern Brooklyn

A formalist occasion at DUMBO's Smack Mellon

Minds of Summer

Old fort inspires quick sketches by choreographers

The Life Aquatic

You can go in the water again!

A Tent Grows Across the Bridge

Bryant Park, meet Brooklyn Fashion Week

Close-Up on Mott Haven, Bronx

Dark Rides

Two agile revivals make fresh comedy out of creepy menace

Letters

Sick and Mortar

Real record stores open, close, move, struggle, and thrive

Adieu, Bonjour

Halcyon closes shop—for now; Jeannie Hopper and WPS1 Art radio go live

Ratner Rules

Brooklyn Nets Plan Spares Developer Shaya Boymelgreen's Project

Cool Hunt

Deconstructing the Gap, J. Crew, and Banana Republic

Dancing (Naked) in the Dark

Roger's Big Night Out

Rave On!

Fair-Weather Friends

Best Bets for Boozing in the Breeze

Queer Co-Ed Lust

Project Girls

Five Veterans of the City’s Public Housing Tell Their Tales

Space is the Place

Queers in Space

DUMBA Takes Off