Guidebook for Brooklyn (Old)

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Guidebook for Brooklyn (Old)

Entertainment & Activities

Great movie theater
9 locals recommend
Spectacle Theater
124 S 3rd St
9 locals recommend
Great movie theater
The only movie theater in the city where you can have a drink and eat dinner while watching a movie.
941 locals recommend
Nitehawk Cinema
136 Metropolitan Ave
941 locals recommend
The only movie theater in the city where you can have a drink and eat dinner while watching a movie.
Showing the best new and repertory cinema from around the world
13 locals recommend
Film at Lincoln Center
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
13 locals recommend
Showing the best new and repertory cinema from around the world

Drinks & Nightlife

Great cocktail bar specializing in absinthe and seafood.
522 locals recommend
Maison Premiere
298 Bedford Ave
522 locals recommend
Great cocktail bar specializing in absinthe and seafood.
Cinephile bar with movie trivia on some nights
70 locals recommend
Videology
70 locals recommend
Cinephile bar with movie trivia on some nights
Good cocktail bar
94 locals recommend
Dram
94 locals recommend
Good cocktail bar
Great Belgian beer bar with nice outdoor garden.
125 locals recommend
Spuyten Duyvil
359 Metropolitan Ave
125 locals recommend
Great Belgian beer bar with nice outdoor garden.
Hip New Orleans-style bar with fun cocktails
63 locals recommend
Loosie Rouge
93 S 6th St
63 locals recommend
Hip New Orleans-style bar with fun cocktails
One of NYC's premier concert venues
303 locals recommend
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th St
303 locals recommend
One of NYC's premier concert venues
A bar, restaurant, bowling alley, and concert venue!
825 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave
825 locals recommend
A bar, restaurant, bowling alley, and concert venue!
Great beer bar
154 locals recommend
Tørst
615 Manhattan Ave
154 locals recommend
Great beer bar
Great relaxed cocktail bar with Southern food. Ask for Peaches and tell him I sent you. He will make sure you have a good time.
Belle Shoals
10 Hope St
Great relaxed cocktail bar with Southern food. Ask for Peaches and tell him I sent you. He will make sure you have a good time.
They have very good live jazz at night
216 locals recommend
St. Mazie Bar & Supper Club
345 Grand St
216 locals recommend
They have very good live jazz at night
456 locals recommend
Brooklyn Brewery
79 N 11th St
456 locals recommend
Bar/Arcade
587 locals recommend
Barcade
388 Union Ave
587 locals recommend
Bar/Arcade
339 locals recommend
Radegast Hall & Biergarten
113 N 3rd St
339 locals recommend
One of the best cocktail bars in the world
122 locals recommend
The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog
30 Water St
122 locals recommend
One of the best cocktail bars in the world
Great and beautiful cocktail bar with solid food (try the foie gras and chicken liver). Ask for Tom Richter and tell him I sent you. He will make you some of the best drinks you have ever had.
59 locals recommend
Dear Irving Gramercy
55 Irving Pl
59 locals recommend
Great and beautiful cocktail bar with solid food (try the foie gras and chicken liver). Ask for Tom Richter and tell him I sent you. He will make you some of the best drinks you have ever had.
Beautiful, hip, and hidden cocktail bar. Ask for Cervantes, Mark, or Yo and tell them I sent you. They will make you some great drinks.
27 locals recommend
The Ship
158 Lafayette St
27 locals recommend
Beautiful, hip, and hidden cocktail bar. Ask for Cervantes, Mark, or Yo and tell them I sent you. They will make you some great drinks.
Great cocktail bar
63 locals recommend
Pouring Ribbons
225 Avenue B
63 locals recommend
Great cocktail bar
Very popular new Japanese-style cocktail bar. Try the wings and the okonomiyaki - they are fantastic.
17 locals recommend
BAR GOTO
245 Eldridge St
17 locals recommend
Very popular new Japanese-style cocktail bar. Try the wings and the okonomiyaki - they are fantastic.
One of the best cocktail bars in the world
203 locals recommend
Death & Company
433 E 6th St
203 locals recommend
One of the best cocktail bars in the world
Great cocktail bar. No menu so just tell them what you like.
102 locals recommend
Attaboy
134 Eldridge St
102 locals recommend
Great cocktail bar. No menu so just tell them what you like.
If you like tequila or mezcal cocktails, this is the place for you.
71 locals recommend
Mayahuel Mariposa
304 East 6th Street
71 locals recommend
If you like tequila or mezcal cocktails, this is the place for you.
Go to the downstairs area of this pub to find a hidden cocktail bar
8 locals recommend
Underdog
55 Stone St
8 locals recommend
Go to the downstairs area of this pub to find a hidden cocktail bar
A cocktail bar specializing in amari (bittersweet Italian aperitifs) and bitters. One of the most innovative bars in NYC. Not for beginners.
73 locals recommend
Amor y Amargo
95 E 6th St
73 locals recommend
A cocktail bar specializing in amari (bittersweet Italian aperitifs) and bitters. One of the most innovative bars in NYC. Not for beginners.
Science + Cocktails = Booker + Dax. Darn good cocktails.
23 locals recommend
Booker and Dax
207 2nd Avenue
23 locals recommend
Science + Cocktails = Booker + Dax. Darn good cocktails.
Great cocktail bar that focuses on Latin spirits so get ready for some rum, tequila, mezcal, and pisco!
26 locals recommend
Leyenda
221 Smith St
26 locals recommend
Great cocktail bar that focuses on Latin spirits so get ready for some rum, tequila, mezcal, and pisco!
One of the best bars in NYC
107 locals recommend
The NoMad Hotel
1170 Broadway
107 locals recommend
One of the best bars in NYC
Very cool new cocktail bar by legendary bartender Giuseppe Gonzalez.
SUFFOLK ARMS
269 E Houston St
Very cool new cocktail bar by legendary bartender Giuseppe Gonzalez.
Best new bar in the city. Serves excellent cocktails.
40 locals recommend
Fresh Kills Bar
161 Grand St
40 locals recommend
Best new bar in the city. Serves excellent cocktails.

Food Scene

Good burgers
28 locals recommend
Blue Collar
1554 Dekalb Ave
28 locals recommend
Good burgers
Best pies
357 locals recommend
Pies 'n' Thighs
166 S 4th St
357 locals recommend
Best pies
Best steak
503 locals recommend
Peter Luger Steak House
178 Broadway
503 locals recommend
Best steak
A unique Michelin star meal for a good deal
38 locals recommend
Delaware and Hudson
135 N 5th St
38 locals recommend
A unique Michelin star meal for a good deal
A great vegetable-forward meal
18 locals recommend
Semilla
160 Havemeyer Street
18 locals recommend
A great vegetable-forward meal
Great pizza
105 locals recommend
Fornino
291 Kent Ave
105 locals recommend
Great pizza
Great pizza
125 locals recommend
Motorino Pizzeria
139 Broadway
125 locals recommend
Great pizza
Great pizza
106 locals recommend
Best Pizza
33 Havemeyer St
106 locals recommend
Great pizza
Great bakery. Try the crack pie and birthday cake truffles.
170 locals recommend
Milk Bar Williamsburg
382 Metropolitan Ave
170 locals recommend
Great bakery. Try the crack pie and birthday cake truffles.
A wonderful ramen restaurant by night that pioneered the less broth more sauce approach to ramen called mazemen in NYC. During the day, they serve a fantastic Japanese brunch.
131 locals recommend
OKONOMI // YUJI Ramen
150 Ainslie St
131 locals recommend
A wonderful ramen restaurant by night that pioneered the less broth more sauce approach to ramen called mazemen in NYC. During the day, they serve a fantastic Japanese brunch.
Bib Gourmand restaurant with an interesting cuisine - a fusion of Japanese and Jewish food.
72 locals recommend
Shalom Japan
310 S 4th St
72 locals recommend
Bib Gourmand restaurant with an interesting cuisine - a fusion of Japanese and Jewish food.
Reasonably priced Michelin restaurant
64 locals recommend
Meadowsweet
149 Broadway
64 locals recommend
Reasonably priced Michelin restaurant
Great Texas-style barbecue
53 locals recommend
Delaney Barbecue
359 Bedford Avenue
53 locals recommend
Great Texas-style barbecue
Wine bar with some interesting, affordable choices and great food
89 locals recommend
The Four Horsemen
295 Grand St
89 locals recommend
Wine bar with some interesting, affordable choices and great food
Barbecue
441 locals recommend
Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan Ave
441 locals recommend
Barbecue
Ice cream
67 locals recommend
OddFellows Ice Cream Co. The Parlor
67 locals recommend
Ice cream
Great experimental Chinese restaurant
96 locals recommend
Kings Co Imperial
20 Skillman Ave
96 locals recommend
Great experimental Chinese restaurant
Good restaurant
65 locals recommend
Reynard
80 Wythe Ave
65 locals recommend
Good restaurant
Experimental Michelin-starred restaurant
154 locals recommend
Tørst
615 Manhattan Ave
154 locals recommend
Experimental Michelin-starred restaurant
Great Chinese restaurant
179 locals recommend
Mission
171 E Broadway
179 locals recommend
Great Chinese restaurant
Great ramen spot
124 locals recommend
Ivan Ramen
25 Clinton St
124 locals recommend
Great ramen spot
Great Italian food
190 locals recommend
Lilia
567 Union Ave
190 locals recommend
Great Italian food
Great Peruvian food
109 locals recommend
Llama Inn
50 Withers St
109 locals recommend
Great Peruvian food
Great cheap Chinese food
57 locals recommend
西安名吃 Xi'an Famous Foods
648 Manhattan Ave
57 locals recommend
Great cheap Chinese food
Classic Deli
68 locals recommend
Frankel's Delicatessen & Appetizing
631 Manhattan Ave
68 locals recommend
Classic Deli
Great street market
777 locals recommend
Smorgasburg
90 Kent Ave
777 locals recommend
Great street market
Old school Italian red sauce joint
44 locals recommend
Bamonte's
32 Withers St
44 locals recommend
Old school Italian red sauce joint
Good sandwiches
158 locals recommend
The Meat Hook
397 Graham Ave
158 locals recommend
Good sandwiches
Hotdogs
134 locals recommend
Crif Dogs
113 St Marks Pl
134 locals recommend
Hotdogs
Best restaurant in NYC in my opinion. Pricey.
26 locals recommend
The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
431 W 37th St
26 locals recommend
Best restaurant in NYC in my opinion. Pricey.
Great Italian-influenced tasting menu.
30 locals recommend
Blanca
261 Moore St
30 locals recommend
Great Italian-influenced tasting menu.
Great Japanese tasting menus (sushi and omakase)
Shuko
47 E 12th St
Great Japanese tasting menus (sushi and omakase)
Excellent experimental tasting menus. Pricey.
6 locals recommend
atera
77 Worth St
6 locals recommend
Excellent experimental tasting menus. Pricey.
Best smoked salmon bagel anywhere in the world
251 locals recommend
Russ & Daughters
179 E Houston St
251 locals recommend
Best smoked salmon bagel anywhere in the world
One of the better prix fixes in New York. Great food. Try the octopus pastrami.
9 locals recommend
Bâtard
239 W Broadway
9 locals recommend
One of the better prix fixes in New York. Great food. Try the octopus pastrami.
Pre-recession dining at its best. Also the best Italian restaurant in NYC. Get the astice (lobster and burrata) and the fusili with bone marrow and octopus.
39 locals recommend
Marea
240 Central Park S
39 locals recommend
Pre-recession dining at its best. Also the best Italian restaurant in NYC. Get the astice (lobster and burrata) and the fusili with bone marrow and octopus.
Still one of the best restaurants in NYC. The only one of the grand old restaurants of 10 years ago that is still at the peak of its powers. The best seafood in New York.
33 locals recommend
Le Bernardin
155 W 51st St
33 locals recommend
Still one of the best restaurants in NYC. The only one of the grand old restaurants of 10 years ago that is still at the peak of its powers. The best seafood in New York.
A Korean restaurant/bar/karaoke bar. You could spend your whole night here.
35 locals recommend
Insa
328 Douglass St
35 locals recommend
A Korean restaurant/bar/karaoke bar. You could spend your whole night here.
Delicious Italian/Mediterranean food
14 locals recommend
Santina
820 Washington St
14 locals recommend
Delicious Italian/Mediterranean food
Their Black Label Burger is one of the best burgers in NYC
135 locals recommend
Minetta Tavern
113 MacDougal St
135 locals recommend
Their Black Label Burger is one of the best burgers in NYC
Fantastic vegetarian restaurant. They make a vegetarian sloppy joe that is actually delicious. That's a heck of an achievement.
48 locals recommend
Superiority Burger
119 Avenue A
48 locals recommend
Fantastic vegetarian restaurant. They make a vegetarian sloppy joe that is actually delicious. That's a heck of an achievement.
Signature Burger is in competition for best NYC burger
Salvation Burger
Signature Burger is in competition for best NYC burger
Fantastic prix fixe-only menu.
28 locals recommend
Contra
138 Orchard St
28 locals recommend
Fantastic prix fixe-only menu.
Good ramen.
271 locals recommend
Momofuku Noodle Bar
171 1st Ave.
271 locals recommend
Good ramen.
Be prepared for a long wait, but the food is darn good.
264 locals recommend
The Spotted Dog
1154 1st Ave.
264 locals recommend
Be prepared for a long wait, but the food is darn good.
Forget the cronut and order the DKA - the best croissant you will ever have.
157 locals recommend
Dominique Ansel Bakery
189 Spring St
157 locals recommend
Forget the cronut and order the DKA - the best croissant you will ever have.
Possibly the best Mexican restaurant in NYC.
23 locals recommend
Cosme
35 E 21st St
23 locals recommend
Possibly the best Mexican restaurant in NYC.
The only other challenger for best Mexican restaurant in NYC.
15 locals recommend
Empellón Cocina
15 locals recommend
The only other challenger for best Mexican restaurant in NYC.
Get the truffle chicken. Real truffles here, none of that truffle oil stuff.
107 locals recommend
The NoMad Hotel
1170 Broadway
107 locals recommend
Get the truffle chicken. Real truffles here, none of that truffle oil stuff.
Some of the best Thai food in New York
97 locals recommend
Pok Pok NY
117 Columbia Street
97 locals recommend
Some of the best Thai food in New York
Get ready for a wait, but the pizza is great.
1621 locals recommend
Roberta's
261 Moore St
1621 locals recommend
Get ready for a wait, but the pizza is great.
Best barbecue in NYC
101 locals recommend
Hometown Bar-B-Que
454 Van Brunt St
101 locals recommend
Best barbecue in NYC
The best new pizza place in the city. Also the best new burger in the city!
65 locals recommend
Emmy Squared - Brooklyn
364 Grand St
65 locals recommend
The best new pizza place in the city. Also the best new burger in the city!
Highly touted return of the great Scandinavian restaurant.
22 locals recommend
Aska
47 S 5th St
22 locals recommend
Highly touted return of the great Scandinavian restaurant.
The best baker in the area. Highly recommended for a breakfast treat.
Meyers Bageri
667 Driggs Avenue
The best baker in the area. Highly recommended for a breakfast treat.
Great modern take on Italian American cuisine.
11 locals recommend
Barano
26 Broadway
11 locals recommend
Great modern take on Italian American cuisine.
Very good Algerian food
Bar Omar
188 Grand St
Very good Algerian food

Shopping

Great place to buy some fresh bread and choose from a wide assortment of delicious cheeses and charcuterie.
132 locals recommend
Bedford Cheese Shop
265 Bedford Ave
132 locals recommend
Great place to buy some fresh bread and choose from a wide assortment of delicious cheeses and charcuterie.
Wine shop
42 locals recommend
Uva Wines & Spirits
237 Bedford Ave
42 locals recommend
Wine shop
Great place to buy cheese
179 locals recommend
Murray's Cheese Bar
28-30 Jackson Avenue
179 locals recommend
Great place to buy cheese
If you are willing to spend quite a bit of money on a bottle of wine, this is one of the only places you will get the rare, top-of-the-line stuff.
Tribeca Wine Merchants
40 Hudson St
If you are willing to spend quite a bit of money on a bottle of wine, this is one of the only places you will get the rare, top-of-the-line stuff.
The wine shop for the wine nerds who do not necessarily feel like spending a fortune on wine.
10 locals recommend
Chambers Street Wines
79 Chambers St
10 locals recommend
The wine shop for the wine nerds who do not necessarily feel like spending a fortune on wine.
A bit over priced, but this is the place to buy spirits or liqueurs because they have such a large and great selection.
37 locals recommend
Astor Wines & Spirits
399 Lafayette St
37 locals recommend
A bit over priced, but this is the place to buy spirits or liqueurs because they have such a large and great selection.

Essentials

7 locals recommend
JS Laundromat and Cleaners
7 locals recommend
Anything you might need, they sell it here.
311 locals recommend
Duane Reade
5411 Myrtle Ave
311 locals recommend
Anything you might need, they sell it here.

Parks & Nature

798 locals recommend
McCarren Park
776 Lorimer St
798 locals recommend
88 locals recommend
Bushwick Inlet Park
Kent Avenue
88 locals recommend