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Park Slope

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Film Classics I Don't Want To See In 3D

    Disney has learned that if you bring back a classic cartoon in 3-D, you make many more dimensions of moola. But I pray the same trend doesn't hit some other types of screen gems because in my lifetime, I absolutely never want to see the following: *Gandhi in 3-D Thrill to Mahatma's protruding ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Wickedspoon, Joyride Truck Lead New Frozen Yogurt Onslaught

    Joyride Truck​Now 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.

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Fornino Park Slope: New Grilled Pizzas

    The Sicilian​The 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Andrea Peyser: Elena Kagan's Basically a Lesbian, So Why Don't We Talk to Some Lesbians About Her?

    ​New York Post columnist/professionally misanthropic crazy catlady Andrea Peyser has this entire writing racket figured out: Once you view your respective news outlet as a way to open a hole in the earth and let out all of the worst parts of human culture and intellectual discourse with the as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Fucked in Park Slope Blogger Launches Design Blahg, Promises Continued Bitching

    Hyper-local Brooklyn blog Fucked in Park Slope has veered from snarky news updates to girlier pastures, namely the magical land of crafty interior design blogs. Fucked in Park Slope (FIPS) and its corresponding Twitter @EffedParkSlope have been spotlighting the often ridiculous, neighborhood issues ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Winter BLT With Smoked Tempeh at Brooklyn's Flatbush Farm

    Open wide​A bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich is one of the fleeting joys of summer eating, but Flatbush Farm in Park Slope/Prospect Heights has built a better BLT, one that can be eaten year-round and by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Gorilla Coffee Is Open

    HistoricBrooklyn.comVersion 2.0 now up and running.​ A sign appeared in the window of Gorilla Coffee this past weekend informing passers-by that the fantastically troubled Park Slope shop would re-open this Monday. We just called, and they are indeed open until 9 p.m., presumably with an entir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    We Call April Fools on the Williams-Sonoma Finger Slicer

    No one was harmed in the making of these fingers. Because they are obviously fake.​Okay, let's play One of These Things Does Not Belong. As recently reported by the New York Post: A Park Slope woman is suing Williams-Sonoma for $2 million, claiming one of the high-end homeware company's ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2010

    What's Up With the Vietnam War Allusions When Talking About Vietnamese Sandwiches?

    Sarah DiGregorioHanco's and Henry's banh mi.​ What is it about banh mi or banh mi-like sandwiches that moves people to make tasteless allusions to the Vietnam War? Today, Midtown Lunch takes a look at Cer Te's "The Fall of Saigon," a vaguely banh mi-ish cocoction with buffalo chicken julienned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Balaka's Best Dish: Lamb Achari

    Indian pickle is spicy, bitter, and tart​ We finally had a chance to check out Balaka, the new Indian restaurant on Sixth Avenue in South Park Slope. Of three dishes, the papri chaat was good, the Bengali crab disappointing, the lamb achari excellent. But it's hard to evaluate a restaurant bas ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    Robbie Fulks & Jenny Scheinman

    Indian pickle is spicy, bitter, and tart​ We finally had a chance to check out Balaka, the new Indian restaurant on Sixth Avenue in South Park Slope. Of three dishes, the papri chaat was good, the Bengali crab disappointing, the lamb achari excellent. But it's hard to evaluate a restaurant bas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    New Parking Spot App May Signal New Tech Wave

    ​The makers of Roadify probably thought they were stealing a march with their pilot program in Park Slope, by means of which users can trade "points" by identifying open parking spaces to comrades, using SMS and Twitter, which they can redeem for parking spots for themselves. But now the Times ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Park Slope Mainstay Miracle Grill Appears to be Closed

    ​ The Miracle Grill, which opened on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope in 2005, is apparently closed. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn reports that it shuttered on Sunday, noting that prior to the restaurant's tenancy, the space had a high turnover rate.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    1 Dead, 1 Injured in G Train Incident; Delays Reported (Updated)

    ​That big delay on the F line this morning has been explained: not one but two people were injured -- one fatally, one critically -- by a northbound G train at the Seventh Avenue station in Park Slope around 7:45 a.m. The incident rerouted the F to the D line, and also cocked up G train serv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to Abe & Arthur's; Goodbye to T Thai

    Piquant has opened in the bi-level space that once occupied Mitchell's. Texas-born David Sharp will serve up takes on Southwestern favorites like flautas stuffed with slow-roasted brisket, corn tamales with duck confit, and ancho molasses barbecue pulled pork sliders. [Thrillist] Abe & Arthur's has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    When Children and Fine Dining Collide

    mdanys/flickr​Because nothing says "child-friendly" like Italian beer: Now that summer's over, Provini has apparently become the latest Park Slope restaurant to fall victim to the Bugaboo mafia. Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn has an angry dispatch from the former "peaceful haven for grown-ups wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    "Irate" Ice Cream Mom Knows a Few Things About Sugar Pushing Herself

    BotheredByBees/flickrThe mighty deep-fried Mars Bar​Yesterday's Times piece on the Mister Softee - Angry Mom turf war featured a few choice quotes from Vicki Sell, a Park Slope mom who described herself as "irate" over the ice cream man's presence in her 3-year-old daughter's otherwise bucolic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    News From Brooklyn Heights

    Brooklyn Heights Blog attended last night's Community Board 2 meeting and reports on some goings-on in the neighborhood, which is becoming an increasingly popular dining destination: Park Slope's Tea Lounge was approved for a liquor license for its latest location on Clark Street, while the new inca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Things We Hate--Bread Confusion

    "Would you like some bread?" the server asked my friend, who was eating at Get Fresh in Park Slope, Brooklyn. "Sure," my friend replied. Later, she discovered an $8 charge for a basket of bread on her check. Offering great bread for a small extra charge is a new notion making the rounds lately. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2009

    Undercover Homemade Channa Masala at a Health Food Shop

    Balance Life is a small, family-owned health food store/grocery in South Park Slope. The expensive groceries are not the reason to go here--instead, find a little hand-lettered sign on the refrigerator that reads "homemade Indian food." The exceedingly nice woman who owns the store comes from the Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    The Early Word--Park Slope's Mee Thai

    Mediocre Thai places breed like bunnies in and around Park Slope, so the opening last June of Mee Thai on Fifth Avenue went mostly unremarked. But I stopped in for lunch today just for the hell of it, and it turned out that the food is much better than expected--making it a solid neighborhood Thai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2009

    Banh Mi Inflation Eases, Slightly

    When the new Hanco's opened in Park Slope (350 7th Avenue), it was a bittersweet affair. Yes, there was banh mi to be had, but it wasn't cheap. Sandwiches were $7 a pop, especially galling when they're just $5.25 each at their Boerum location and far cheaper (just $3.50) at the likes of Ba Xuyen. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    Drama at the Food Coop

    There's drama at the Park Slope Food Coop over a proposal to ban Israeli food products to protest fighting in Gaza. [NY Post]A new study finds that living in a neighborhood with a high concentration of fast food restaurants may increase your risk of stroke by 13 percent.[U.S. News & World Report ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Housing Collapse Makes Real Estate More Affordable to Millionaires

    Brownstoner celebrates the dip in local real estate prices caused by our housing price collapse. The Park Slope brownstone that was going for $2,990,000 six months ago? Slashed to $2.8 million! And there's a building in Crown Heights that you can get for (just barely) under a million. We hope wor ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 26, 2008

    Park Slope Gets Serious at Bussaco

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    Edible News Roundup

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2008

    Aspirational Neighborhoods: Slope You Are If You Think You Are

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2008

    Park Slope Stabbing Update

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2008

    NYC RFD: Damned Kids, Dirt Bikes, and Johns

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Eurotrip Opens Next Week (the Restaurant not the Crappy Movie)

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Beer for Lent

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    Who's the Project Runway Winner Dating?

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • NYC Life

    September 12, 2006

    Great Outdoors

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • NYC Life

    January 17, 2006

    A Wine Bar Built in New Orleans and Raised in Brooklyn

    A new eatery brings lavishly good food to the neighborhood

  • NYC Life

    December 20, 2005

    The Scene in Park Slope

    Your Barista on Strike Day? Pregnant and walked almost two hours from East New York

  • NYC Life

    March 29, 2005

    Willy Wonka Goes Sideways: A Decadent Bar Sets the Standard

    Your Barista on Strike Day? Pregnant and walked almost two hours from East New York

  • NYC Life

    February 1, 2005

    Close-Up on Park Slope

    Your Barista on Strike Day? Pregnant and walked almost two hours from East New York

  • Dining

    December 28, 2004

    Fool's Gold

    A Park Slope trattoria adds new recipes to the repertoire

  • NYC Life

    November 23, 2004

    Where to Flee in Park Slope When the Barbarians Invade

    A Park Slope trattoria adds new recipes to the repertoire

  • Dining

    October 26, 2004

    Lazy Flesh of the Ray

    Fashionably foamy farmstead found in the south Slope

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    Heartbreak Hotel

    Coming soon: Upscale Park Slope condos—just ignore the ghost in the shower

  • NYC Life

    February 18, 2003

    Close-Up on Gowanus

    Coming soon: Upscale Park Slope condos—just ignore the ghost in the shower

  • Dining

    August 13, 2002

    Schnitzel Watch

    Coming soon: Upscale Park Slope condos—just ignore the ghost in the shower

  • NYC Life

    September 4, 2001

    Railroad Apartment in Tenement

    Coming soon: Upscale Park Slope condos—just ignore the ghost in the shower

  • NYC Life

    May 1, 2001

    Listings

    Coming soon: Upscale Park Slope condos—just ignore the ghost in the shower

  • NYC Life

    July 27, 1999

    Beach Blanket Surgery

    Summertime Blues

  • News

    November 24, 1998

    Nannypacks

    Public issues stay private as Park Slope parents plumb underclass

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