DUMBO (Brooklyn)

Governor in Dumbo Will Not Reopen After Hurricane Destruction

UPDATE: The team at Governor released a statement to Eater saying they will refund all the donations made through the crowdfunding campaign. See the full statement here. Dumbo restaurant Governor was ravaged by five feet of storm water during Hurricane Sandy, and the Strong Buzz reported this morni ... More >>

What's Happening: Questlove at Pork Slope and Let's Brisket!

Ed Lefkowitz/BAM Monday, December 17 Beagle and Governor Dinner: East Village's the Beagle will team up with Governor, the Dumbo restaurant that was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, for a three-course sherry-paired dinner. Tickets are $85 or $125 depending on your drink selections. Half of the procee ... More >>

Floridita Reopens in Harlem, Patsy Grimaldi Opens Juliana's in Dumbo

After Columbia University expanded in Manhattanville, 34-year-old Floridita was forced to move from its Columbia-owned location. But the Caribbean joint reopened just a few blocks away at 12th Avenue and 125th Street in the same building as Dinosaur Bar-B-Que. They're serving up the same grub from t ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy and the Future of the New York Art World

Head above water

Where to Eat, Donate, and Volunteer for Sandy Relief This Week [Updated]

Originally published 11/04/12 Your city needs you, reader! The simplest thing you can do to be helpful now, and in the weeks ahead, is to head to places hit by Sandy and eat (and drink!) at the small, independently owned restaurants and bars that have opened again. Your business will help them boun ... More >>

Education Supplement: Class Action Listings

Robert Sietsema at Potlikker; Tejal Rao at Jezebel

Robert Sietsema says that the food at Potlikker has an improvised quality and that the dishes come out a bit inconsistent: "My biggest complaint is that there's no actual potlikker on the menu, as the name of the place promises. Swabbed with a savory version of the Dutch pancake, and sided with plen ... More >>

Our Best Posts of the Week!

In case you missed it, our week in review: We find New York's largest burger in the form of a pljeskavica with lamb meat at Bosna Express. Speaking of meat, there's two big meat festivals coming up and it has been confirmed that Alinea and Eleven Madison will be trading places for a couple of days ... More >>

Long Island City's Tech Takeover

The Hozziner has his eyes set on the tech industry, repeating over and over that he wants New York City to become the new Palo Alto, the new Mountain View and the new Copertino - all hubs of some of the past decade's greatest innovations. Progress is rapidly being made to make that dream a reality: ... More >>

The Domino Sugar Factory Deal: $160 Million and a Waterfront View

If you've ever drove/ran/biked across the Williamsburg Bridge, you have probably seen the Domino Sugar factory. The pre-Civil-War industrial building used to be the largest sugar refinery in the world; now, its worn-down streaks are covered with bright graffiti and its drabness is reminisc ... More >>

MOVIN' ON

St. Ann's Warehouse throws itself 
a big farewell party

The 50 Best Blocks In Brooklyn

Yes, Brooklyn counts as part of NYC, even if I came from its bowels. And if you bother to explore the place, it has even more neighborhoods, crannies, grannies, weirdies, and diversity than Manhattan. Well, The L Magazine did so in naming the 50 best blocks in that very borough. Blocks in Red Hoo ... More >>

Daddy Gaga's Joanne and Caffe Bene Open

Here are the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know.Lady Gaga's father and chef Art Smith's buzzy new restaurant, Joanne, is open on the Upper West Side. Though it's already been bashed by the Post's Steve Cuozzo, who repo ... More >>

It's National Bittersweet Chocolate Day

​ Did you know that today is National Bittersweet Chocolate Day? Cool, right? It's also National Hot Tea Month ... as well as National Oatmeal Month and National Soup Month. Who came up with this brilliance?

Avocados: More Than Guac in NYC Restaurants

Yerba Buena's avocado fries​ If you travel to Mexico, you'll find that avocados are served practically everywhere -- most frequently simply sliced and salted as a side dish. Unless you head to a restaurant specializing in avocado dishes, you won't find the fruit blended into smoothies spiked w ... More >>

Arlene Gottfried, Photographer, on Her New Book Bacalaitos & Fireworks

Arlene Gottfried, a photographer who has shot for the Voice over many decades (most recently shooting our cover story "Class Struggle" earlier this year) has a new book out called Bacalaitos & Fireworks. With a forward by Benecio Del Toro, the book is a beautiful look at the Loisaida/Nuyorican cult ... More >>

The Best Chocolate Cake in the World Spawns a Third Location

Rebecca MarxWhere hubris and cacao content collide.​We weren't impressed with the Best Chocolate Cake in the World when it opened on Spring Street last July, but apparently, others were. The store subsequently opened a second outpost in Dumbo, and as of today, it now has a third on the Upper E ... More >>

Oyster Season Returns; Keeping Kosher in Religiously Diverse Brooklyn

​October brings the return of oyster season. The different varieties get their taste from the water where they're grown, as opposed to the oyster itself. [Wall Street Journal] The Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival kicked off yesterday and runs through October 10, primarily in th ... More >>

Page Six Magazine Fascinated by This Whole "Brooklyn" Person Living in This "Artsy" "Brooklyn" Place

​Page Six Magazine profiled model Brooklyn Decker -- who lives in DUMBO, Brooklyn -- for this season's issue of the failed-but-somehow-still-living magazine. You can imagine how this goes:

So-Called Best Chocolate Cake in the World to Travel to Dumbo

Brooklyn-bound.​We weren't fans of its erroneously-named signature creation, but apparently the Best Chocolate Cake in the World has enough of a following to open a second, bigger location.

Taking the Sting Out of Summer Dining at Vinegar Hill House

​Can I offer you some Deep-Woods Off? I'm one of those guys that gets real excited we he steps into a new restaurant, looks to the rear of the premises, and sees a sunny backyard full of chairs and tables, and maybe a tree or two. I refuse to sit at a sidewalk table as the trash blows by in t ... More >>

FREEZE FRAME

Lou Reed steps up to co-curate the NY Photo Festival

The Soy Luck Club: Five Great Veggie Burgers of New York

sweetonveg/FlickrThick, juicy, and free of animal by-products.​Ah, the travails of the veggie burger. So often rubbery or mealy. Frequently over-soaked in the faux-chicory flavor that characterizes so many meat alternatives. Dry, floppy patties that can be more Soylent Green than green gourme ... More >>

The Baco Cafe Serves DUMBO a Helping of Israeli and North African Food, With a Side of Whimsy

Elizabeth DwoskinThe Baco Cafe's antique Moroccan tables.​The Baco Café, on Jay Street, in DUMBO, could just as easily be mistaken for a furniture store, a gallery, an artist's loft, or a small whimsical mirage - only it happens to be a restaurant, with a clothing boutique tucked in the back. ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Carteles; Goodbye to Aamchi Pao

Colicchio & Sons has opened in the Craftsteak space with a menu based on the Tom: Tuesday Dinner series. The front Tap Room boasts a wood burning oven and extensive beer list. [Eater] The Munch Truck has launched at the corner of 56th Street and Park Avenue, serving standard cart food (falafel, gyr ... More >>

From NYC to the West Bank, the Boom is Over For Builder Shaya Boymelgreen

Shaya Boymelgreen can get you a room with a view.​New York, circa 2005 -- the building boom is transforming neighborhoods like Williamsburg, DUMBO, and the Financial District. During that period, Shaya Boymelgreen and his partner, diamond magnate Lev Leviev, built condos faster than just ab ... More >>

The Ghost of Studio B Deep Sixes DUMBO Dance Club

​The One Front restaurant in DUMBO will remain sans dance club, reports the Brooklyn Paper, after a community board voted to deny owner Marcelo Pevida a cabaret license last night. The reasoning?

News Roundup: Fucked Up's Chemistry of Common Life Show, Death By Audio's Maze Opens, Superstar DJ Record Fair in DUMBO

​--Further details have been revealed about Fucked Up's November 5th live reprise of their entire Chemistry of Common Life at Brooklyn Masonic Temple. The band has revealed the special guests they'd teased earlier this week: Andrew W.K., the Vivian Girls, Titus Andronicus, and Katie Stelmanis ... More >>

Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Frozen Treats

​Wake up tomorrow morning bright and early and find Fork in the Road's Our 10 Best Frozen Treats posted. Ranging the boroughs, we've analyzed (well, tasted) the best ice creams, yogurts, gelatos, soft serves, frozen pops, and every other sweet cold entity we could get our hands on. Hopefully, ... More >>

Dear Boredoms: Quit With the Fucking Gimmicks, OK?

via bumpershine's photostreamOK, fine, this kid rules Last year, when the Boredoms announced 88BoaDrum--the lame, limp sequel to 2007's 77 minutes, 77 drummers, on 07/07/07 blowout, 77BoaDrum--we unapologetically prayed for rain. The erstwhile noise punk veterans had better things to do, basically- ... More >>

TASTE TEST

Fastidious foodies on the prowl

AVANT-GARDE DOWN UNDER

Chelsea galleries take a backseat this weekend

HOT REELS

Kink makes a stink

On the Waterfront

Cruising over to work was never so easy

Vinegar and Water

A bawdy time of sailors, street cats, women, bootleggers, and thieves

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Partying for Your Right to Fight: Get Down and Battle Bush

Opera in the Air in a DUMBO Basement

The Fire Down Below

Sifting Through the Ashes, City Arson Squad Probes Major Blaze in DUMBO

Underground Empire

DUMBO’s Chic Real Estate Titan Lowballs His Workers

Dance

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Two-Story 19th-Century Backhouse

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Two-Bedroom Apartment in 1937 Building

‘The Poseidon Adventure’—Coming to a Stage Near You!

Alternative Theater Rides a Populist Wave