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March 23, 2012
Say Goodbye to Eighty Four on Seventh, Sweet Paradise
Home/Made in Red Hook was severely damaged in a fire on March 19, and had to temporarily shut down. Red Hook CSA is taking donations to help the owners rebuild the restaurant. [Red Hook CSA] Eighty Four on Seventh has closed after a year and will be replaced by Leyla, a new American restaurant. [Gr ... More >>
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February 29, 2012
Andy Rourke of The Smiths to DJ at Choice Eats; Sixth and Final Group of Participating Restaurants Announced
Fork in the Road is proud to announce former Smiths bass guitarist and veteran DJ Andy Rourke will be spinning the wheels of steel at this year's Choice Eats tasting event. Which raises the question: Can you pogo while eating?
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February 15, 2012
Updated: Choice Eats Announces Additional Participants, Still More Coming Up
Mile End's legendary smoked-meat poutine, with curds and gravy, of course. Choice Eats proudly announces the fourth group of restaurants, bakeries, and other purveyors of delicious foodstuffs to its Tuesday, March 13 festival line-up. Newcomers include: Bep, Brooklyn Brine Co., Fay Da Bake ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
Brooklyn Ice House: For the Cheap in You
Lauren BloombergRed Hook sliders bourbon No, Red Hook is not the most convenient place to trek just for a beer. Mayor Bloomberg: I think they need a subway already, at least to make it easier to get to Ikea. However, if you're looking to spend an hour or two off the grid, nursing a beer, ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Atheists Angry With 'Seven in Heaven' Sign Honoring 9/11 Firefighters
There's a new street sign hanging on Richards Street in Red Hook that honors seven firefighters from Engine 202 and Ladder 101 who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The sign says "Seven in Heaven Way," which is causing some controversy, reports the Brooklyn Paper. After all, some peo ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Put on Those Elastic Skorts! The Red Hook Food Vendors Return This Weekend
Red Hook Food VendorsThe original food truckersWarm weather is reason enough to celebrate, but adding to the seasonal fun is this weekend's return of the the Red Hook Food Vendors to the Red Hook Ball Fields. Fans of pupusas, arepas, tacos, ceviche and more--it's time to start the party! An ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
Steve's Key Lime Pie Will Bestow Swingles Upon the Brooklyn Flea
Rebecca MarxThe return of the Red Hook Ball Fields vendors isn't the only reason to brave weekend subway service: this Sunday, the Williamsburg Flea roster will include Steve's Key Lime Pies. According to the Brooklyn Flea blog, the Red Hook bakery, which was doing the single-menu-item thing ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Fork in the Road's Favorite Lobster Rolls
Flickr/jshyunWill Maine-style or Connecticut-style triumph? Welcome to Tuesday Toasts, our new weekly feature highlighting the Fork in the Road team's favorite versions of popular dishes and favorite spots in the city for a given activity. They might not be the best or the coolest or the ne ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Fiji Water to Pull Out of Fiji; Bees in Red Hook Caught Red-Bodied
Fiji Water is shutting down its operations on the island due to a tax hike imposed by Fiji's government. The company is owned by billionaire investors Lynda Resnick and Stewart Resnick, who also own POM Wonderful. [Wall Street Journal] Burger King's monthlong "King of the Road" bus tour has ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Red Hook Lobster Pound Gets Busy This Weekend
beckendorf/flickrLobster, lobster, everywhere.The Red Hook Lobster Pound is about to have a pretty big Saturday. First, you can find them at the New New York Street Fair on 3rd Street between Bond and Hoyt in Carroll Gardens, where GreenHomeNYC will be teaching folks how to install and plant ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
Stumptown's Red Hook Coffee Bar Opens Today
Although there are now relatively few places where you can't find Stumptown coffee, true caffeine fanatics will be happy to know that the Portland, Oregon-based roaster has finally opened its Red Hook coffee bar. The Times' T Magazine blog has details and a slide show displaying the bar's tas ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Fat Pants Friday: Baked's Peanut S'mores Bar
Last weekend, en route to the Red Hook Ballfields, we stopped at Baked and ordered a peanut butter-banana s'mores bar. The bakery was crowded and the lady behind the counter was slightly harried, so instead of the peanut butter-banana thing, we ended up with the almost-identical peanut s'mo ... More >>
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September 10, 2010
Red Hook to Get Adorable Old-School Trolleys? Only a $295,000 Transportation Study Will Tell
via Don Ross GroupA five-month study will determine if streetcars will be part of Red Hook's future transportation (rooted in its past). The study aims to find the best option to link Red Hook with surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods to "support economic development," according to the Department o ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Red Hook Lobster Pound Opens Seating Area
Have a seat.No longer will we wander in the desert looking for a place to eat our lobster roll. We told you it was coming, and now it's opened: Just in time for cooler weather, Red Hook Lobster Pound's seating annex is up and running. The simple wooden room holds five homemade picnic tables a ... More >>
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August 8, 2010
Food at Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows Mildly Disappointing
Dragon Boat afloat in Flushing Meadows Pond. I went expecting to find a food scene something like the Red Hook soccer fields or the Labor Day parade in Brooklyn, and indeed there were tents, pavilions, and penants galore at the north end of the lake, like some medieval jousting match. Most o ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Red Hook Lobster Pound Gets a New Dining Area
More for lobsters to worry aboutAlex Van Buren Good news for lobster lovers and cranky Yelpers: Red Hook Lobster Pound, the popular crustacean-slinging shop on the Red Hook waterfront, is expanding its sit-down area by 40 seats in about two weeks. Seating at the Pound, which sells wholesale l ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
The Best Cupcake in New York?
clevercupcakes/FlickrAfter conducting an epic search for the best cupcake in the city, Serious Eats has awarded the honor to Baked in Red Hook for its "consistently moist cake, good cake-to-frosting ratio, and interesting flavors that highlighted the title ingredient." Tellingly, behemoths li ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Things to Eat at Locavorish Outdoor Markets
The Red Hook Lobster Pound's lobster roll sure is pretty, but will it make our 10 best?The Greenpoint Food Market may have closed in the face of threats from the killjoys at the Health Department, but the summer months are rife with plenty of other markets where vendors hawk painstakingly sou ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
Our 10 Best Red Hook Restaurants
The Washington PostThe dogs of Red Hook await their next tasty meal. Red Hook -- along with the Rockaways -- is perhaps the city neighborhood most defined by its proximity to the water. It's been a working port for hundreds of years, its docks curving out into the southern part of the East Ri ... More >>
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May 20, 2010
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Red Hook Restaurants
Fultummy's chicken cutlet sandwich is awfully tasty, but is it one of Red Hook's best?Red Hook was named by Dutch settlers for its red clay soil and the way the spit of land juts out into the East River. In 1927, H.P. Lovecraft wrote The Horror at Red Hook, a murder mystery fueled by the auth ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Red Hook Mercado's Food Offerings
Robicelli's butterbeer-- a cupcake soaked in butterscotch with butterscotch frosting The newly opened Red Hook Mercado was in full swing this weekend, operating out of an old vacant lot turned lush and green by Liberty Sunset Garden Center's landscaping. There were three food vendors there ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
Red Hook Food Vendors to Spawn Red Hook Mercado
BlondieandBrownie.comA Soler Dominican pupusa.The Red Hook Ball Fields food vendors kick off their much-anticipated season on May 1, but in the near future, some of them may find a more permanent home in the neighborhood.
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March 29, 2010
Red Hook Vendors Will Return on May 1
Gary Soup/FlickrThirty-three days and counting...Yet another sign that the silly season is almost upon us: the Red Hook Ball Fields food vendors will return on May 1, per NYC Food Guy. If you want to start drooling prematurely, check out this slideshow of the Ball Fields opening day in 2008. ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
Open & Closed: Say Hello to The Plump Dumpling; Goodbye to the Rockaway Lobster House
The Rockaway Lobster House in Jamaica Bay, which featured arguably the best views of the bay, has closed and is for sale. The space is now owned by the Wharf, a bar and grill hidden behind a gas station. [Grub Street] DUB Pies, the Australian pie joint in Red Hook, is shuttering its Columbia Street ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Brooklyn's Botanica "On the Verge of Closing," Says GM
Is it lights out for Botanica (and its unlit 17th-century Dutch facade)?Botanica in Red Hook may be closing its doors. According to general manager Pat White, the one-year-old spot's problems stem from it being an "expensive concept. Plus an owner that is hell bent on esthetics rather than fu ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Chatting With The Good Fork's Sohui Kim: Red Hook, New Year's Eve, and Wearying of Steak and Eggs
Tony Cenicola/The New York TimesSohui Kim's first-born is a restaurant No one ever said it was easy to open a restaurant, but it's even harder to keep a restaurant running, turning out great food every single day. Beloved Red Hook stalwart The Good Fork celebrates its fourth anniversary next ... More >>
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October 19, 2009
Update: Fort Defiance's New Dinner Menu
Since the Fort Defiance review ran, owner St. John Frizell has added a proper dinner menu, so we headed to Red Hook to check it out this weekend. Frizell is a master of coziness and simplicity--he knows what would hit the spot, and serves it without fuss. When the weather was hot, he slung pl ... More >>
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August 10, 2009
Stumptown Red Hook Roastery Opens
Stumptown is all over New York these days -- even our little far-north-Greenpoint neighborhood has been penetrated -- and this weekend they held a little gala to celebrate the opening of their Red Hook Roastery in a converted artist's space at Commerce Street and Van Brunt, equippe ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Guinness Distributor Will Begin Building Red Hook Facility Next Month
Peter Baker/flickrOn Monday, Mayor Bloomberg held a press conference to announce the city's plan to invest more than $165 million into the revitalization of the Brooklyn waterfront. According to the accompanying press release, Phoenix Beverages, a large beer and beverage distributor whose brands inc ... More >>
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July 3, 2009
Posts of the Week
Hey folks, just popping in here to bring you our favorite posts from the past week. Happy 4th, and see you on Monday. Coverage of the Un-Fancy Food show, including salty caramels and beer. Cheap lobster from Red Hook Lobster Pound? Grill it! (Maybe give it a valium first.) Ah, summer, when thoug ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 11, 2009
Tony Scherr
Hey folks, just popping in here to bring you our favorite posts from the past week. Happy 4th, and see you on Monday. Coverage of the Un-Fancy Food show, including salty caramels and beer. Cheap lobster from Red Hook Lobster Pound? Grill it! (Maybe give it a valium first.) Ah, summer, when thoug ... More >>
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January 30, 2009
This Week in Booze
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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December 19, 2008
Hot Alcohol!
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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December 5, 2008
"Real World: Brooklyn" Kids Plead For Your Love
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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October 8, 2008
Fork in the Road Gorging in Red Hook
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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September 18, 2008
amNY: If You're Thinking of Living in Red Hook...
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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September 15, 2008
TV Show Adds Needed "Grit" to Red Hook Gentrification
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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July 24, 2008
The Knives Come Out in Williamsburg
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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July 23, 2008
Red Hook Ballfields Slideshow
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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July 16, 2008
Red Hook Vendors Return, Weeks Late and Many, Many Dollars Short
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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June 3, 2008
The Scoop on Red Hook Tacos
It's rumored that Momofuku Milk Bar (207 Second Avenue) is planning to add a real bar, with real liquor![The Feed]New York liquor stores are not too happy about Governor Paterson's proposal to allow supermarkets to sell wine. We, however, are quite happy about it.[Boozy NYC]Beloved Red Hook liquor s ... More >>
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June 3, 2008
On the Waterfront
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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October 19, 2007
Red Hook Ball Field Season Ends Sunday!
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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October 19, 2007
This Weekend: Press Cider, Eat Kimchi
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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September 11, 2007
Red Hook Ball Field Party: You're Invited
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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September 6, 2007
And... Exhale, Taco Lovers
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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June 26, 2007
Adrian Benepe's Response to Ballfield Supporters
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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June 15, 2007
Our Summer Fling with Japanese Turnips
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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May 4, 2007
A Cinco de Mayo Miracle: Red Hook Ballfields Opening -- For Real
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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April 10, 2007
Red Hook Ball Fields, This Sunday?
One last sleepy Red Hook weekend before Ikea arrives
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