Fort Greene

Three Underrated Patios Where You'll Actually Be Able to Find a Seat

That line you see in the photo above? That was the wait at 7 p.m. last Friday night for the Frying Pan, the bar located on a boat anchored in the Hudson. And while we dig the notion of sipping drinks while floating on the water, the pay-off for spending 45 minutes waiting to board our happy hour des ... More >>

New G Train Ridership Stats Prove Why a Full Line Review Is Needed ASAP

A few months ago, we learned that the MTA would bow to the demands of everyone and finally take a look at the dreaded G train. You know, the Crosstown Express, the green one, the one that comes whenever the hell it wants. A full line review and decision will come in July and, if yesterday's news is ... More >>

Announcing Brooklyn Pour 2012

[See More Events: BLT Cooking Class, Iron Chef Contestant Menu | Drink the City] Good news everyone! This fall, The Village Voice will host the second annual Brooklyn Pour, a fantastic beer festival featuring more than 100 craft beers, plus entertainment and on-site demos from local brewmasters.

What To Look For in the Farmers' Markets This Week: Wild Bush Blueberries

Identify them by their size. [See More Market Watch: Dear New York Plums, You're Amazing | Shishito Peppers] I spotted them at the Tompkins Square market Sunday: bush blueberries of the type that grow wild in northern lakeside and mountainous regions. They are about half the diameter of regular c ... More >>

Solve Saturday's Hangover with Bittersweet Cafe's "Hangover Helper" Sandwich: It Actually Works!

[ See More Drink Up: Stay Awake for Sex and 'Afterplay' with Dr. Ruth's New Wine | The Cocktail We Drank 'All Fucking Day Long' | Baoguette Café's Black Sesame Milkshake: It's Not What You Think ] You had too much to drink, yet again. The crew's all here: headache, dry mouth, the general feeling t ... More >>

The Best Places To Smoke Weed in NYC

Hey man...yeah, we know it's early, too. Are you seriously watching all of Star Trek: The Next Generation right now? Dude that's crazy. Riker like, gets turned into a Klingon or some shit on one of those episodes, right? No, I'm good for right now, thanks. I have to work! But is there any pizza lef ... More >>

Where Was I Eating? The General Greene

Fork in the Road readers, you never cease to amaze me with your food-spotting skills. Another week, another round swiftly over. I was, in fact, eating at the General Greene, the cozy Fort Greene eatery that specializes in comforting American fare. The pictured dish is none other than their ginorm ... More >>

Four Gay Movies You Could Have Seen This Year

Of course, the filmmakers will say, "They're not gay movies; they're actually about the human experience," blah blah. Yeah, well, anyway, the four gay movies are: Pariah (above) Sort of a lesbian Precious, with a Fort Greene girl gradually emerging into her lesbianhood, despite a gal pal who won ... More >>

Tyler Kord to Expand No. 7 Subs

​Tyler Kord, of No. 7 and the eponymous sub shop, has announced that he's opening a new location of his sandwich store -- in Greenpoint. [Eater]

Quantum Leap Has Fallen

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Here are some of the dogs who got eaten this week. Know of any restaurants or bars opening or closing? Drop us a line. Quantum Leap, a staple of vegetarian cuisine in the East Village, has served its last meal. The management reported that rent had become too exp ... More >>

David Huber, Pissed Off Would Be Apartment Owner, Protests Corcoran (VIDEO)

David Huber, a would be first time apartment owner, took to the streets of Fort Greene today to stage his own one man demonstration against real estate giant Corcoran, complete with banners, signs and easels.

Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems

​This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday: Choice Eats!

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . .

Where to party till the sun comes up

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Vict ... More >>

Fort Greene Coffee Snobs, Rejoice: WTF Brings First-Rate Java to the Neighborhood (Baked Goods Coming Soon)

Chantal MartineauWTF? Espresso, silly.​It used to be judged by the existence of a wine bar. Then, maybe, a cocktail lounge. Now, the way to be sure a neighborhood has arrived is when it gets a proper coffee bar. WTF in Fort Greene is serving not only excellent espresso prepared by skilled bari ... More >>

The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ... Chan ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Hidechan; Goodbye to Yakitori Torys

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Yakitori Torys, sister restaurant to Yakitori Totto and the newly opened Totto Ramen, closed over the weekend, and is reopening as Hidechan, a ramen restaurant, immediately. [Eater]​ Th ... More >>

Ask the Critics: How Do You Find Out About New Restaurants?

​Even the back window of a car can provide a tantalizing clue. Andy S. asks: Robert, how on earth do you come up with the unusual restaurants you review? In other words, where do you get your tips?

Original Cirque Chef Dies; Morimoto Goes Kosher (for a Day)

​Jean Vergnes, the chef who helped Sirio Maccioni open Le Cirque in 1974, died Thursday at his home in West Palm Beach, Fla at the age of 88. [NY Times] Wholesale food prices rose higher last month than they have in 26 years, according to the Labor Department. Vegetable prices, in particular ... More >>

The So-Called Eggplant Parm at No. 7 Sub

​The eggplant parm sub--which contains to actual eggplant--is a miracle of flavor and texture. Step into No. 7 Sub--spawned by a very well-regarded bistro in Ft. Greene--and find a shallow corridor in front of a large kitchen, where some amazing experimental sandwich making is occuring.

Roman's: Ungodly Din, Good Food

But don't try to order that dish you loved so much last time

LIT LADIES

Would you like a blogger with that book?

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​Leaf peeper map of NYS What little there is left, we have here, and we're at peak leaf (according to the News, we owe that information to the city's official foliage monitor, Cori Carl). Local foliage tours are here.

This Weekend: Spike Lee's Michael Jackson Block Party, After the Jump Fest, Impose and 826 NYC at the Yard

​ --Spike Lee's Brooklyn Block Party for Michael Jackson's birthday, which recently was moved from Fort Greene to Prospect Park, is expected to draw 10,000 people to the grossly named Nethermead in the heart of the park tomorrow. Things are supposed to go off rain or shine, although expect tha ... More >>

Under Review: Sietsema at Cowgirl Sea Horse; DiGregorio at Bhatti Indian Grill

This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema slums it at Cowgirl Sea Horse, which "offers the type of cooking we used to call 'white trash,'" while Sarah DiGregorio gnaws on lamb bone at Bhatti Indian Grill, where the lamb kebab "dazzles." Restaurant Girl discovers a cozy nook in The Mott, where Chef B ... More >>

Open & Closed--Say Hello to Superdive; Goodbye to Pere Pinard

Aureole, along with chef-owner Charlie Palmer and executive chef Christopher Lee, has relocated from its Upper East Side home to Bryant Park. A four-course prix-fixe for $115 is available in the main dining room, and a parallel a la carte menu is on offer in the bar room. [NY Times] Gus and Gabriel ... More >>

The Queer Issue: The New Gayborhoods of Fort Greene, Sunset Park, and Jackson Heights

Breaking the outer limits

Week in Review: Young, Self-Satisfied, Confident Celebrities

In the week "I ain't shoot nobody in like...since the early 90's" irretrievably entered the American lexicon, we learned with some dismay that David Carradine very likely left this earth the hard way. And more grim news: Koko Taylor, 1928-2009. Live: Doves cry at Terminal Hall, Art Brut's second-ni ... More >>

Greenlight Books, the Impossible Indie That Could, Gets a Location in Fort Greene

After last week's post-apocalyptic BEA, where the reports mingled just the slightest hint of indie-optimism with a general sense of what-the-fuck-do-we-do-now, it's encouraging to get the news out of Fort Greene that Greenlight Bookstore--the much-chronicled bookseller start-up that could--has final ... More >>

Turkish Restaurant Opens In Fort Greene

For many months, a banner with pictures of kebabs promised a new Turkish restaurant on the corner of Fulton Street and South Elliot in Fort Greene. Finally, Deniz (662 Fulton Street, Brooklyn), has opened. Co-owner Yucel Yuksel lives in Bensonhurst, where he also co-owns the Turkish fast food resta ... More >>

Catherine's Caffe Opens in Fort Greene

Loftstel Reaches Out to the Young and Broke

Fort Greene Co-Op Meeting Tonight

Wine Replaces Caribbean in Fort Greene

Now Hiring: Los Dados, Gorilla Coffee, THOR

Eco-Trendy

At the Habana Outpost, drinks come in biodegradable cornstarch cups and the plates are made from sugar cane

Amok on Allen Street

Cambodian cuisine makes L.E.S comeback

Letters

Endangered Bird

A rant about the threat to real fried chicken in Brooklyn

TV Eyes

Shy, surrealist pop pours forth from the Human TV

Play Time

Cafés for tots and the people who love them

Close-up on Clinton Hill

Four-Story 1860s Corner Brick Townhouse

Drugstore Dining

Listings

Art School Confidential

Pratt Under-Agers Prowl for Crowds, Cheap Ale

Upward and Outward With the Arts

Locked Out of Manhattan, Dancers Find New Workshops in Brooklyn

Quirky and Quaint