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May 10, 2010
Fat Mike's Not-So-Punk Restaurant Thistle Hill, Now Open in Park Slope!
Right before the first seating. Lovely in there!It's finally here! The opening date went from March to April to May, the menu went from "new American cuisine" to "European- and Mediterranean-influenced cooking," and every dissolute former punk in Park Slope went from denial to bargaining to f ... More >>
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May 18, 2010
Fornino Park Slope: New Grilled Pizzas
The SicilianThe new Park Slope location of Fornino has been open for little more than a week, but already it has attracted attention, not the least because its owner and chef Micheal Ayoub's return to the neighborhood. He opened Cucina in this same space on Fifth Avenue twenty years ago. It w ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
Fornino's Michael Ayoub on Children's Menus and Chefs Responding to Critics
Michael Ayoub's grilled pizza with clams.Earlier today we brought you Fornino chef Michael Ayoub's thoughts on Park Slope's charms and former grit, growing up in the kitchen, and why he jettisoned the wood-burning oven for the grill. Here, in the second part of the interview, we talk about ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
For Sale: Guitar Lessons From A Voice-Cosigned Indie-Rocker (Or, MiniBoone Has Apparently Fallen On Hard Times)
Here we have a flier recently encountered in Park Slope. Perhaps you are familiar with MiniBoone, the upstart indie-rockers laying ruin to the NYC music scene and, in their idle moments, teaching the impressionable youth of Park Slope/Prospect Heights pentatonic scales and the circle of fifth ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Wickedspoon, Joyride Truck Lead New Frozen Yogurt Onslaught
Joyride TruckNow that ice cream has been re-purposed, re-imagined, and re-packaged within an inch of its life, a couple of savvy entrepreneurs have turned their attention to its prim and more shamelessly franchised cousin, frozen yogurt.
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July 26, 2010
Bussaco, Bellavitae, and West Branch Give Up the Ghost
Checkmate.Six months after Katy Sparks abruptly aborted her much-touted reign over the Bussaco kitchen, the Park Slope restaurant has closed its doors for good.
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August 2, 2010
Drunk Girl at Park Slope Crime Scene: Pour la Forme (Video)
If you're still hungover from the weekend, who can blame you? Summer's almost gone, and with it, a certain stripe of dumb, drunken deviance the heat tends to, uh, inspire. Like this drunk girl stumbling around the wrong side of police tape in the middle of a Park Slope crime scene.
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August 17, 2010
"Ghost Stroller" Appears in Park Slope. What Could it Mean?
via Sugarpond/Flickr.Park Slope mommies and daddies are a bit disturbed these days by the presence of an all-white stroller chained to a sign on the corner of Union Street and Sixth Avenue. What does it mean? Did a child die? Is someone just pranking the baby-obsessed residents of the Slope? ... More >>
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September 8, 2010
Thistle Hill Tavern Cooks Up a Neighborhood Vibe
New American fare gets a personal touch in Brooklyn
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September 30, 2010
Taro Sushi's New Flatbush Avenue Outpost Is Open
Earlier this month, we were excited to learn that Taro Sushi, a much-loved, miniscule Park Slope fixture, was expanding to a larger location on the corner of Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Place. The restaurant projected a late-September opening, and according to Here's Park Slope, it has come ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Riverpark, Goodbye to Johnny Rockets
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Johnny Rockets on 8th Street has shuttered as a result of having lost its lease. [Eater] Long Tan in Park Slope has closed for a complete renovation and conversion into a cocktail a ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Park Slope Coop's Alleged Dog-Thieving Hooker Really Is an Escort in Park Slope
Yesterday we asked, is there a dog-stealing hooker at the Park Slope Food Coop? We have since, thanks to a helpful commenter, found evidence that the woman alleged to have stolen a maltese named Lola from an unsuspecting client does in fact "work" in the Park Slope area, and is available, may ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Naruto Ramen: New in Brooklyn
Naruto ramenUntil now, Park Slope and the surrounding area has had only one ramen to chose from--ZuZu ramen, which serves a delicious, though expensive and not particularly traditional, green curry ramen. Naruto Ramen, a branch of an existing place on the Upper East Side, recently opened wi ... More >>
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October 19, 2010
Today in Juvenilia: Peels and Anal Warts, Mama Rosa's Batshit Crazy Staff
Everytime we've looked up the address for Peels on Google, we end up with numerous links to skin care clinics and dermatologists. So we feel the pain, the absolute pain, of this Black Book writer whose search for the restaurant yielded not only similar results, but also a listing and (conveni ... More >>
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October 24, 2010
Gorilla Coffee Sues New York Times, Eight Ex-Employees
Park Slope's Gorilla Coffee is suing eight former employees, one reporter and the New York Times Company for the "preparation and publication of [a] false, defamatory, malicious and libelous article," according to the Fucked in Park Slope blog. The offending Times journalism was published on ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Saturday Brought More Bagels to Brooklyn
This weekend was a high-gluten one for Brooklyn, thanks to the opening of bagel stores in both Park Slope and Ditmas Park. On Saturday, per Here's Park Slope, the Bagel Market opened on Saturday on Seventh Avenue, while Catskills Bagel opened on Cortelyou Road, according to Ditmas Park Blog.
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October 26, 2010
Tuesday Afternoon Explosions: Things Blowing Up in East Village and Park Slope
Another Tuesday afternoon, another set of arbitrary, terrifying, and dangerous explosions in New York City to reaffirm that you basically live in a Michael Bay movie waiting to happen here in the five boroughs. Today? The East Village and Park Slope get hit.
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November 10, 2010
Wheelchair-Bound Man Totally Schools Store Robber (Video!)
Yesterday we mentioned that civilians seem to have kind of had it with crime. An East Village woman beat her attempted mugger up at an ATM; a Park Slope shopkeeper warded off his store's thief with a heavy-duty wastebasket. Now, take this group of stalwart Vancouver residents, including one ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Village Voice Web Awards: The Finalists for Best Neighborhood Blog Are...
Congrats to our Village Voice Web Award finalists for Best Neighborhood Blog! There are many worthy contenders, of course, but the public has spoken and the 5 favorite blogs in the hood are...
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December 9, 2010
Ariel Panero Memorial Set For Sunday
People are saying their own kind of goodbyes in the comments section here, but if you'd like to do it in real life, the memorial service for Ariel Panero will be held this Sunday, December 12, at the Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn (25 Eighth Avenue) at 1 p.m. "Please come out and show y ... More >>
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December 27, 2010
Park Slopers Ponder Perplexing Existential Questions Wrought by "You Would" Graffiti
One of these messages is confusing. Photo circa 2009. The New York Post notes some strange goings-on in the nabe of Park Slope, where "You Would" tags have apparently never ventured...until now. Graffiti artists have begun to write all over traffic-control boxes and other "blank canvases" wit ... More >>
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February 16, 2011
Park Slope Moms Choose Herb
It is via our friends at Fucked in Park Slope that we come by this fragrant nugget, so to speak: When not sending their nannies off to fulfill "family hours" at the Co-op or teaching baby yoga or complaining about hat-gender-stereotyping, Park Slope moms are smoking the doooooobie!
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February 23, 2011
The 'Kid Factor' at PSBklyn Is, Predictably, 'No Joke'
PSBklynPSBklyn, with its dearth of vowels and surfeit of arcade game and tableside TV screens, was hailed upon its recent opening Park Slope as the apotheosis of child-friendly dining, a place where offspring could run wild as their parents consumed tasteful gastropub fare. An almost identica ... More >>
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February 23, 2011
Park Slope Gets Park Slope-iest Trash Cans Ever
Leave it to Park Slope to outdo the rest of us slovenly borough residents, even with regard to trash. According to the Brooklyn Paper, the neighborhood has six fancy new solar-powered self-compacting trashcans, which you can find at Bergen, Union, and Fourth Street, not to mention additional ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Park Slope Citizens Decry Plans To Open A "Yo MTV Raps 'Bling-Bling' VIP Club," Suggest Making It An "Indie" Club Instead
So there's a hot new club/bar/live-music venue called Prime 6 in the works down in the Atlantic Yards nexus at Flatbush and Sixth in Brooklyn, inciting the usual neighborly trepidation, because this club might play rap music. There is now a petition circulating, not to stop Prime 6 from openi ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Park Slope Anti-Rap Club Petition Flooded With Pro-Rap Signatures, Hilarious Jokes
You will by now be familiar with Prime 6, the soon-to-be Park Slope club and already the site of much controversy. Will the neighborhood descend into an orgy of Yo MTV Raps, "Henessey" [sic], and "bling-bling" on account of the club's plans to play rap music? Or will the forces of "indie" pre ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Poor People Walk on the Left in Park Slope
via FIPSAh, Park Slope. Not content to merely offend tourists (remember that Tourist/New York sidewalk signage we were all going on about last year?), some prankster in the borough has taken things a step further and divided the wealthy from the merely average at the Garfield Entrance to Pros ... More >>
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March 26, 2011
Young Children Too Sleepy to Hear Fire Alarm
In news that will scare the pants off of Park Slope helicopter-parents, scientists are now saying that young kids will probably not be able to hear the sound of smoke detectors in their fiery homes. Scary! Now on top of having to grab the wedding album and finding the dog, parents will have to wo ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Park Slope Is Awash in Frozen Dairy
joelk75/FlickrThis past weekend brought major developments for Park Slope lactose lovers, thanks to SkyIce ice cream and Culture Yogurt.
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May 25, 2011
Kulushkäkat Will Bring Falafel to Park Slope
As if to offer compensation for neighborhood vegetarians bemoaning the imminent opening of Fleisher's, Kulushkät Gourmet Falafel will soon open its doors in Park Slope.
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June 9, 2011
Argument Over Bill at Park Slope Nail Salon Leads to Chair-Throwing Rampage
French pedicure = disaster.Today Brooklyn blog Fucked in Park Slope reports on an incident that occurred at what you'd imagine to be a perfectly respectable and generally rage-free (save the cutting of cuticles) zone: A nail salon on Fifth Avenue near Carroll Street. Specifically, H&L Nail Sp ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Some People Hate Food Trucks. Some People Love Them. Discuss.
Last month, we wondered aloud if there was a burgeoning food truck backlash. In Park Slope, the answer seems to be "why, yes indeed."
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June 23, 2011
Park Slope Pigeon Killer Sounds Off Online
Normally a quiet neighborhood full of mothers and small children, Park Slope was shaken up on Monday when a nutjob admitted online that he's been poisoning pigeons in JJ Byrne Park. Under the username Pyrrhic Victory the killer wrote extensively about his tactics for avian genocide and then r ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Basset Hound Meet-Up in Park Slope Was Too Cute For Words, But Perfect on Video
This Sunday marked the first ever meet-up of the North Slope Basset Hound Association (NBA, but not that one). Six basset hounds attended the event in Prospect Park, and there was far more cuteness than should exist in one place. The group of hounds and their owners intend to make the meet-ups a re ... More >>
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July 1, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Bread & Tulips, Goodbye to Tonio's
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Charlie Palmer's Metrazur is serving its last tonight at Grand Central Station. An Apple store is said to be taking its place. [Strong Buzz] Little Veselka, the to-go Veselka outpost above the ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Williamsburg Totally Hearts Park Slope (Not Really)
viaRemember when the boroughs were sending each other love and/or hate notes? Hate is a certain kind of love, no? Anyway, now the neighborhoods have gotten involved. Specifically, Williamsburg, which has its own share of PR issues but is lashing out at Park Slope and telling it where it truly ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Cops Release Video of Brooklyn Sex Attack Suspect
This surveillance video was released by the police at a Community Board 7 safety meeting in Park Slope last night. Its time stamp is September 4th, which, as Fucked in Park Slope notes, aligns it with the attack in Sunset Park that happened that night.
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September 22, 2011
Yet Another Woman Was Attacked in Park Slope On Wednesday Night
We've received a tip from a reader that another woman was attacked in Park Slope last night. The reader got an email from Community Board 7 that describes an assault that happened at 9:15 p.m. on Prospect Avenue between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was walking ea ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Yet Another Woman Was Attacked in Park Slope On Wednesday Night
We've received a tip from a reader that another woman was attacked in Park Slope last night. The reader got an email from Community Board 7 that describes an assault that happened at 9:15 p.m. on Prospect Avenue between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue. The victim, a woman in her 20s, was walking ea ... More >>
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September 30, 2011
Police Have Released Photos of Brooklyn Sex Assault Suspect's Jacket
The police have released two photos of a jacket believed to be that of one of the suspects in the series of scary sexual assaults in Brooklyn since March. It's a pretty average-looking Champion jacket: DCPI Police say the jacket belongs to a person of interest in a sexual assault pattern i ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
Say Goodbye to Shang, Travertine, Cowgirl's Baking
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 about it. Susur Lee's Shang, in the Thompson LES hotel, has closed and will be replaced by a Blue Ribbon restaurant. [Eater] Crêpe Monster, the ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Say Goodbye to Kenmare, Holy Basil
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. Kenmare has given up the ghost. The Paul Sevigny and Nur Khan one-time hotspot, in Nolita, will be replaced by a new concept. [Zagat Buzz] ... More >>
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November 3, 2011
Urban Etiquette Notes, Now With Dog Poop
FIPSSometimes it must be asked: Have we gone too far with urban etiquette missives? I mean, we live in a large city surrounded by millions of other, often annoying in some way or another, people. There's bound to be shit that happens. Yet in one neighborhood, reports Fucked in Park Slope, the ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Park Slope Sex Survey Will Show the Kinkier Side to the Slope (That Means Train Sex)
Behind these doors...Our friends over at Fucked in Park Slope are busily compiling answers to their second annual sex survey. Having something of an interest in such things -- intellectually speaking, of course -- we were curious about what this year's results might tell us. We talked to the ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Park Slope Sex Survey Confirms: (Most) Park Slopers Have Sex
Singles in Park SlopeLast week we wrote about a sex survey going down at Fucked in Park Slope that promised to reveal some interesting things about the neighborhood. Today, part one is out! Turns out the neighborhood has (a few) more women than men, more straight people than otherwise -- and ... More >>
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November 25, 2011
Say Goodbye to Christie's
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. Christie's, a popular Park Slope meat patty stand, will close after 45 years of business. The eatery's owner has said that the landlord u ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Say Goodbye to Falai Panetteria
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. Former Le Cirque Pastry Chef Iacopo Falai has shuttered his bakery, Falai Panetteria, after closing his flagship restaurant. The move marks an e ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Pok Pok Wing; North End Grill 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. Portland sensation Pok Pok Wing has opened at 137 Rivington St. [Eater NY] North End Grill has opened for lunch at 104 North End Avenue, in Battery Park City. [Eater N ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Southpaw Closing Next Month; Tutoring Center To Open In Its Place
Georgia Kral/FlickrThose Darlins play Southpaw in 2009.On Tuesday, a flare regarding the future of the Park Slope venue Southpaw went up via Twitter: "I cant believe I'm writing this but, Southpaw will be closing its doors for good Feb. 20th," wrote @TheGreatHustler, a member of the Park Slop ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Say Goodbye to Sweet Melissa, Little Branch
Little Branch in the West Village was shut down by the Department of Health yesterday for operating without a permit. [Eater]Sweet Melissa in Cobble Hill is no more. The owner will now dedicate all her energy to the Park Slope Location. [NYT]
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