Guidebook for Brooklyn
Essentials
Eco-minded chain with natural & organic grocery items, housewares & other products (most sell wine).
800 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
214 3rd StEco-minded chain with natural & organic grocery items, housewares & other products (most sell wine).
Shopping
Key Food Supermarket
55 Fulton StGrocery Store.
Food Scene
https://www.croptocup.com/
Outstanding coffee house. Every coffee has a story to tell. It starts with the farmer, who translates wind and rain, soil and sun, into a sensational array of sugars and acidity, body and balance. And it continues from the crop to the cup, engaging and celebrating every actor in between. At Crop to Cup Coffee Importers, we complete the story by carrying it back to the farm in the form of pride and recognition, learning and improvement. And the cycle continues year after year, with the power to energize your menu, educate your staff and engage your customers.
13 locals recommend
Crop to Cup Coffee Importers
157 3rd Avehttps://www.croptocup.com/
Outstanding coffee house. Every coffee has a story to tell. It starts with the farmer, who translates wind and rain, soil and sun, into a sensational array of sugars and acidity, body and balance. And it continues from the crop to the cup, engaging and celebrating every actor in between. At Crop to Cup Coffee Importers, we complete the story by carrying it back to the farm in the form of pride and recognition, learning and improvement. And the cycle continues year after year, with the power to energize your menu, educate your staff and engage your customers.
Coal Oven Pizza- New York is home to a lot of beautiful things: Lady Liberty, the Empire State Building, Beyoncé and the gleam of a coal fired oven filled with bubbling cheese thin crust pizzas after a late night. Although the ratio of slice joints in the city seems to be two per every New Yorker, only a few actually do it right. Table 87 does it right with the help of a coal oven, house-made mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes. Whether you order a full pie or just a slice to go, each crispy bite features a sufficiently charred crust and a drizzle of olive oil just like a true coal fired pizza should.
The true NY slice has gone nationwide! Share that beautiful trifecta of crust, tomato and cheese with family and friends—that is, if you’re some kind of weird pizza sharer…
Table 87's pizza is not just pizza...It's truly a work of art. They have that NYC style coal oven charred crust with a gorgeous rich red house-made tomato sauce and luscious fresh mozzarella. And it's topped off with a few delicately placed basil leaves and drizzles of olive oil...Real NY Pizza by the slice delivered nationwide. MANGIA!
https://www.goldbely.com/table-87
60 locals recommend
Table 87 Gowanus
473 3rd AvenueCoal Oven Pizza- New York is home to a lot of beautiful things: Lady Liberty, the Empire State Building, Beyoncé and the gleam of a coal fired oven filled with bubbling cheese thin crust pizzas after a late night. Although the ratio of slice joints in the city seems to be two per every New Yorker, only a few actually do it right. Table 87 does it right with the help of a coal oven, house-made mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes. Whether you order a full pie or just a slice to go, each crispy bite features a sufficiently charred crust and a drizzle of olive oil just like a true coal fired pizza should.
The true NY slice has gone nationwide! Share that beautiful trifecta of crust, tomato and cheese with family and friends—that is, if you’re some kind of weird pizza sharer…
Table 87's pizza is not just pizza...It's truly a work of art. They have that NYC style coal oven charred crust with a gorgeous rich red house-made tomato sauce and luscious fresh mozzarella. And it's topped off with a few delicately placed basil leaves and drizzles of olive oil...Real NY Pizza by the slice delivered nationwide. MANGIA!
https://www.goldbely.com/table-87
Casual counter-serve spot for traditional & modern pit-smoked meat by the pound, plus a full bar.
Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue is a 50-seat counter service restaurant in Gowanus, Brooklyn, honoring the uniquely American tradition of crafting pit smoked barbecue. Barbecue is religion to most Americans; wherever you’re from is the only real barbecue to you. We tend to think you’re right. Whether it be brisket and sausage in texas, pork in the carolinas, ribs in the midwest, or tacos on the west-coast, it’s all authentic barbecue. We’re true fans of all ‘cue, but we don’t try to recreate regional styles. Here in Brooklyn, we create our own style of ‘cue that melds the tradition of wood fire cooking with responsible farming and flavor profiles inspired from the many ethnicities experienced while walking the streets of the largest borough of New York City.
http://www.fletchersbklyn.com/
28 locals recommend
Fletcher's Brooklyn Barbecue
408 3rd AveCasual counter-serve spot for traditional & modern pit-smoked meat by the pound, plus a full bar.
Fletcher’s Brooklyn Barbecue is a 50-seat counter service restaurant in Gowanus, Brooklyn, honoring the uniquely American tradition of crafting pit smoked barbecue. Barbecue is religion to most Americans; wherever you’re from is the only real barbecue to you. We tend to think you’re right. Whether it be brisket and sausage in texas, pork in the carolinas, ribs in the midwest, or tacos on the west-coast, it’s all authentic barbecue. We’re true fans of all ‘cue, but we don’t try to recreate regional styles. Here in Brooklyn, we create our own style of ‘cue that melds the tradition of wood fire cooking with responsible farming and flavor profiles inspired from the many ethnicities experienced while walking the streets of the largest borough of New York City.
http://www.fletchersbklyn.com/
http://www.birdsblack.com/
Four & Twenty Blackbirds pie was founded in 2009 by sisters and pie makers Melissa Elsen and Emily Elsen.
Melissa and Emily were born and raised in the rural farm town of Hecla, South Dakota. Their mother and her sisters owned the popular Calico Kitchen restaurant for which their Grandmother Liz made all the pies. After finishing a degree in Finance at the University of South Dakota, Melissa traveled throughout Scotland, New Zealand and Australia before settling down in Brooklyn to make pie. Emily has lived in Brooklyn for over fifteen years and has a BFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
The sisters learned to appreciate the art of pie-making from their Grandma Liz, and have taken inspiration from her culinary traditions along with their passion for seasonal ingredients and creativity with flavor combinations and put their pies on the international culinary map. The sisters originally custom-baked pies in their Brooklyn apartment before opening their popular flagship Four & Twenty Blackbirds pie and coffee shop in 2010. They have created a local enterprise in Brooklyn that includes four locations: a pie shop, a cafe in the Brooklyn Public Library, a production kitchen, along with a seasonal storefront shop in the small fishing village of Orient, Long Island NY.
Named “Artisans of the Year” by Time Out New York in 2011, their pies have received critical praise and have been featured in a variety of international food media including the Food Network and the Cooking Channel, in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Good Morning America, Oprah and New York Magazine. Emily and Melissa Elsen's first book of pie recipes The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop was released in October of 2013. The book has received critical praise and sold over 35,000 copies worldwide, and has been translated to the French by Marabout and Swedish by Natur & Kultur.
89 locals recommend
Four & Twenty Blackbirds
439 3rd Avehttp://www.birdsblack.com/
Four & Twenty Blackbirds pie was founded in 2009 by sisters and pie makers Melissa Elsen and Emily Elsen.
Melissa and Emily were born and raised in the rural farm town of Hecla, South Dakota. Their mother and her sisters owned the popular Calico Kitchen restaurant for which their Grandmother Liz made all the pies. After finishing a degree in Finance at the University of South Dakota, Melissa traveled throughout Scotland, New Zealand and Australia before settling down in Brooklyn to make pie. Emily has lived in Brooklyn for over fifteen years and has a BFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn.
The sisters learned to appreciate the art of pie-making from their Grandma Liz, and have taken inspiration from her culinary traditions along with their passion for seasonal ingredients and creativity with flavor combinations and put their pies on the international culinary map. The sisters originally custom-baked pies in their Brooklyn apartment before opening their popular flagship Four & Twenty Blackbirds pie and coffee shop in 2010. They have created a local enterprise in Brooklyn that includes four locations: a pie shop, a cafe in the Brooklyn Public Library, a production kitchen, along with a seasonal storefront shop in the small fishing village of Orient, Long Island NY.
Named “Artisans of the Year” by Time Out New York in 2011, their pies have received critical praise and have been featured in a variety of international food media including the Food Network and the Cooking Channel, in the New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Good Morning America, Oprah and New York Magazine. Emily and Melissa Elsen's first book of pie recipes The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop was released in October of 2013. The book has received critical praise and sold over 35,000 copies worldwide, and has been translated to the French by Marabout and Swedish by Natur & Kultur.
Buttermilk Channel is an American bistro located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Come check us out for dinner, brunch or cocktails!
159 locals recommend
Buttermilk Channel
524 Court StButtermilk Channel is an American bistro located in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Come check us out for dinner, brunch or cocktails!
Spare Vietnamese noodle shop highlighting a sharing-style menu inspired by native food stalls.
At Nightingale Nine, Chef Rob Newton explores the intersection of Asian cuisines with those of the American South.
Newton, who grew up in Arkansas, has traveled through Vietnam, China, and Burma and is continually inspired by the crossover of ingredients, techniques, and dishes.
Nightingale Nine Is located in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
17 locals recommend
Nightingale Nine
329 Smith StSpare Vietnamese noodle shop highlighting a sharing-style menu inspired by native food stalls.
At Nightingale Nine, Chef Rob Newton explores the intersection of Asian cuisines with those of the American South.
Newton, who grew up in Arkansas, has traveled through Vietnam, China, and Burma and is continually inspired by the crossover of ingredients, techniques, and dishes.
Nightingale Nine Is located in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
Drinks & Nightlife
Tranquil, late-night neighborhood haunt for classic cocktails, bar bites, trivia & sports viewing.
17 locals recommend
Halyards
406 3rd AveTranquil, late-night neighborhood haunt for classic cocktails, bar bites, trivia & sports viewing.