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Voice Choices
May 2, 2012
CULTURE SHOCK
A different kind of talk show
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Dale Talde Talks About Asian-American Cuisine, Chefs He Admires Part 2
Yesterday, we spoke to Chef Dale Talde about the plans for his new Park Slope restaurant, Pork Slope, and the new brunch he's launching at Talde. Today, we delve into his thoughts on the neighborhood where he's chosen to build his mini-empire, Asian-American food, and which kitchen tool he just can' ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
'Golden Festival'
Yesterday, we spoke to Chef Dale Talde about the plans for his new Park Slope restaurant, Pork Slope, and the new brunch he's launching at Talde. Today, we delve into his thoughts on the neighborhood where he's chosen to build his mini-empire, Asian-American food, and which kitchen tool he just can' ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
Say Hello to Kutsher's, Konditori
Here are some of the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Mega-restaurateur and convicted felon Jeffrey Chodorow has launched Kutsher's, a Catskill-resort-culture-influenced resto in Tribeca. The menu includes pastrami ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 16, 2011
Fantcha
Here are some of the latest newcomers to New York City's cutthroat dining scene. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Mega-restaurateur and convicted felon Jeffrey Chodorow has launched Kutsher's, a Catskill-resort-culture-influenced resto in Tribeca. The menu includes pastrami ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Hot Dogs Against Fracking
Eat this choucroute to show you oppose fracking. Actually, it's choucroute against fracking. Bark Hot Dogs, in Park Slope, has teamed with the makers of the film Gasland and the anti-fracking group United for Action for a dinner and screening next Wednesday, November 9.
Blogs
September 30, 2011
Open and Closed: Say Hello to Mas (La Grillade), Goodbye to Hollis Famous Burgers
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. If you hear of any new openings or closings, let us know. Hollis Famous Burgers, in Jamaica, appears to be closed. The website is down, and the phone line disconnected. [Grub Street] Ci ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Brooklyn Bike Patrol Escorts Women Home in Park Slope and Prospect Heights
Jay RuizLast week we reported on the rally organized in Park Slope by a new community group, Safe Slope. We learned that Safe Slope is starting a Safe Walk program that will pair women walking alone at night with walking buddies, and a Safe Space program that will partner with local businesse ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
Petition Requests Free Self-Defense Classes for Brooklyn Women; Rapist Still at Large [Update]
Not to be alarmist, but there is a serial sexual assailant on the loose in Brooklyn. We've written about him here before, but he's still at large; he's suspected of one rape and five attempted rapes along Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, on 16th Street in Park Slope, and in Bay Ridge. The most r ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Purbird to Offer Purely Chicken-Focused Menu
Chantal MartineauTastes like chicken.We weren't sure what to expect from Purbird at the corner of Sixth Avenue and St. Marks in Park Slope when we first spotted its signage last month. An updated promo in the window has let the cat -- or should we say chicken, har har -- out of the bag.
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Charges Against Lucali's Mark Iacono Dropped; Gordon Ramsay Tweets Photo of Himself "Planking"
A Brooklyn DA dropped all charges against both Lucali pizzaiolo Mark Iacono and alleged assailant Benny Geritano due to lack of cooperation from both witnesses. [NY Post] Jake Klein, who previously apprenticed under Masaharu Morimoto, is taking his Caribbean- and Southeast Asian-style cookin ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
The Anti-Food Truck Bandwagon Is Getting Kind of Full
It's been quite a month for food truck haters!
Blogs
May 27, 2011
Posts of the Week
Friday afternoon, and a Friday afternoon before a long weekend at that. So, without further ado, a look back at all that came before: Hamburger America's George Motz explains that White Castle was once a burger pioneer. Saltie and No. 7 Sub engage in a battle of the egg 'n' cheese breakfast sandwi ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Coppelia; Goodbye to TienGarden
Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. TienGarden, the vegan restaurant beneath the Bikram yoga studio on the Lower East Side, is closing its doors after 16 years in business. [Low Down NY] Sora Lella, the New York outpost of a Rom ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Week In Review: "This Was A Weird One, Folks."
Charlie Sheen dominated the wild and weird this week but the rest of the world proved able keep pace. Lady Gaga birthed some sort of goey monster-baby while blood-covered panda bears danced with leather-bound vampires at the Cradle of Filth show. Suffice it to say we felt the stirrings of a t ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Michael Ayoub 'Out' at Fornino Park Slope; Ignacio Mattos 'Out' at Il Buco
Michael Ayoub, founder of Fornino pizzeria, has left Fornino Park Slope after just nine months in operation. He is still reportedly involved in the Williamsburg location. [Eater] Ignacio Mattos, the long-time chef at Il Buco, has left to pursue other ventures. No replacement has yet been ann ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
Ample Hills Creamery Will Open Its Own Shop on Vanderbilt Avenue
Photo courtesy of Ample Hills CreameryAmple Hills founder Brian Smith, with cart.Lucas Fine Foods may have closed its doors after only six months of business, but Ample Hills Creamery, the mighty fine ice cream company that operated out of the Park Slope gourmet store, will live on.
Blogs
October 28, 2010
Zagat Survey Reveals Texting is Rude; Food Chains Jump on Food Truck Bandwagon
The owners of Lotus of Siam will open the New York branch of the restaurant with about a third of the 150-dish menu the Las Vegas original has. [NY Times] A Zagat survey shows that 68 percent of diners want local, organic, or sustainable food; 85 percent believe taking photos of food is OK; ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Animal v. Human: Who Will Win in the Battle of New York City Domination?
New York City. If it's not the raccoons, it's the coyotes, geese, sewer gators, rats, bedbugs, or the dangerous fornicating opossums. The New York Post reveals that city officials decided to try to fuck with biology by introducing the rat-tailed marsupials into Brooklyn a few years ago to r ... More >>
Dining
September 1, 2010
Olio Pizza e Piu and Campo de' Fiori Dish Up the Pies
We chew our way through two new pizza joints
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to The Original SoupMan; Goodbye to The Doghouse Saloon
Restaurants, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The Doghouse Saloon, which tried to attract punters with free hot dogs and beer pong, has closed after just nine months in operation. [Bowery Boogie] It appear that the Qdoba on Sixth Avenue nea ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Posts of the Week
There are but a few precious short hours left until the weekend, and thus it is time to cast a fond eye back to the best posts of the week. We ranked Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Locavorish Food Markets. The battle of Smarties vs. M&M's: an England-U.S. Rematch. Asked the Critics weighed in on th ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Chatting With Ample Hills Creamery's Brian Smith About Ice Cream, Writing Monster of the Week Movies, and His Plans to Open His Own Shop
Photo courtesy of Ample Hills CreameryBrian Smith sheds blood, sweat, and tears in service of ice cream.The opening of Park Slope's Lucas Fine Foods in late May also marked the launch of Ample Hills Creamery, an ice cream company that takes its name from Walt Whitman's poetry and its flavors ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
Hot Dogs Are the New Foie Gras
How much did you say you paid for that hot dog? We've been sitting on the edge of our seats for the last three years, wondering about the effect of the economic downturn on the restaurant industry. But, as anyone who reads Eater knows, the number of big-ticket restaurant openings continues t ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2010
Food Fraud Abounds; Olive Oil Shortage Looms
Denny's will launch its first national value menu on Saturday, dubbed the "$2 $4 $6 $8 Value Menu." It features 16 items, including biscuits and gravy with hash browns or an egg, and lemon-pepper chicken with two sides, bread, and a drink. [Nation's Restaurant News] Food fraud is more commo ... More >>
Blogs
March 24, 2010
Brooklyn Flea Vendors to Feed SummerStage; The Best Bars for Babies
Food vendors from the Brooklyn Flea have been enlisted to sell their fare at the 36 performances of SummerStage in Central Park this summer. Look for Pizza Moto, The Red Hook Lobster Pound, and Asia Dog, among other favorites. [NY Times] Orthorexia, an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2010
Sam Mason Says He'll Probably Open a New Restaurant This Year. Possibly in Park Slope.
Sam Mason fixes his penetrating gaze on Park Slope.Sam Mason's schedule for the past few weeks has been consumed with filming a new roster of episodes for Dinner with the Band, which will premiere on the IFC channel on April 27. But while it's been fun teaching Rufus Wainwright to make schnit ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
What's Happening This Week: Food Trivia Smackdown & Kosher Beer Tasting
Our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Edible Pursuit Sheep Station December 14 How well do you know food? Can you say where the first pizza in New York was sold or what popular and flavorful cut of meat is connected to ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2009
Faulty Buggy PANIC Goes Global; Park Slope Hardest Hit
-- Gawker, Monday. -- New York Times, today. Maybe Park Slope parents worrying about "their vulnerable young children, Daffodil and Ainsley" riding MacLaren's death machines are funny if you're a childless click-slave, but the Times finds Slope breeders taking it very seriously indeed. "This ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Pix From Bark Hot Dogs in Park Slope, Brooklyn
(Top) The white neon glow of Bark's sign fries the faces of commuters emerging from the 2 and 3; (Left) Looking down the steely bore of Bark's excellent thick chocolate malt. This week, Counter Culture slides into Bark Hot Dogs in Park Slope, Brooklyn on a streak of yellow mustard, ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Under Review: Our Man Sietsema at Bark Hot Dogs
Bark's pickle dogThis week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema samples effete franks at Bark Hot Dogs in Park Slope, where "the boiled dogs are basted in a smoked lard-butter combo, which lends an amazing savor." Sam Sifton pays a visit to Imperial Palace, which gets one star as "the zenith of C ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Travertine; Goodbye to (the Other) Tea Lounge
Danae Cappelletto, a former restaurant manager in her native Australia, has opened Travertine in the space formerly occupied by Little Charlie's Clam House on Kenmare Street. The menu, by Manuel Trevino, is Mediterranean. [NY Times] Hotelier Andre Balazs has introduced The Boom Boom Room, the firs ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Bia; Goodbye to Frederick's Downtown
Gabriel Stulman, the mastermind behind Little Owl and Market Table, has opened Joseph Leonard, a cozy resto-bar that forgoes a cocktail list so that patrons can order whatever they want. James McDuffee, formerly of Bouchon Bakery, serves up easy plates of housemade pates, roast chicken for two, and ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Chickadee Chick: Chicken, Frozen Custard Joint Coming to Park Slope
If the frozen custard is going to be properly dense and eggy, than there's reason to be excited about Chickadee Chick, the perky-sounding new chicken spot on 7th Avenue at Garfield Place in Park Slope. The chicken is advertised as free-range and char-grilled, plus fries, shakes, and frozen custard. ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2009
How Do You Spell G-U-T-B-O-M-B? Poutine, in Its Many Forms
If the French-Canadian gutbomb that is poutine is a trend, then hurrah, we say. We're fans of the fries-gravy-and-cheese-curd mess, although we prefer the classic incarnation of the dish to the chicken-and-peas version we tried yesterday at Sheep Station in Park Slope. The bar, co-owned by French- ... More >>
News
June 24, 2009
The Queer Issue: The New Gayborhoods of Fort Greene, Sunset Park, and Jackson Heights
Breaking the outer limits
Voice Choices
May 6, 2009
HUNTER GATHERERS
Vintage vinyl collectors can't go wrong
Blogs
February 6, 2009
Open: Scandinavian Grace Cafe
Vintage vinyl collectors can't go wrong
Blogs
January 26, 2009
The Early Word--Brook-vin
Courtesy Brooklyn Paper/Julie RosenbergThis weekend, we stopped by south Park Slope's Brook-vin, the newly opened wine bar from the owners of Big Nose Full Body wine shop. (Owners who clearly cannot resist a pun.) The place is smallish and low-lit with a big wooden bar and the requisite pretty pres ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2008
Brooklyn Nightlife Increasingly Resembles Kansas, 1911
Courtesy Brooklyn Paper/Julie RosenbergThis weekend, we stopped by south Park Slope's Brook-vin, the newly opened wine bar from the owners of Big Nose Full Body wine shop. (Owners who clearly cannot resist a pun.) The place is smallish and low-lit with a big wooden bar and the requisite pretty pres ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 19, 2008
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
A game of seduction and style
NYC Life
June 17, 2008
Gay Pride in the Outer Boroughs
Fringe benefits on the city's fringes
Books
January 15, 2008
Where NYC Writers Like to Drink
Hey, Flann—At swim-two-bars
NYC Life
April 17, 2007
A Brooklyn Barn-anaza
Hey, Flann—At swim-two-bars
NYC Life
October 17, 2006
Hunters Welcome
Hey, Flann—At swim-two-bars
NYC Life
May 9, 2006
Ten-Hut!: Hunker Down for the Night in Park Slope
Hey, Flann—At swim-two-bars
Music
November 1, 2005
Country in the City
As Nashville invades New York, a home-grown hayseed scene thrives beneath the CMA's radar
NYC Life
June 14, 2005
Chick Magnet: The Search for a Lesbian Bar May Be Over
As Nashville invades New York, a home-grown hayseed scene thrives beneath the CMA's radar
NYC Life
October 12, 1999
Mark Erbaugh
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August 4, 1998
Clark Bar
One-bedroom apartment in four-story prewar building
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