Guidebook for Brooklyn

Brenda
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Cool low key pizza / Italian fare in Bed Stuy.
1260 locals recommend
Saraghina
350 Lewis Ave
1260 locals recommend
Cool low key pizza / Italian fare in Bed Stuy.
New Yorkers are very serious about their pizza and this hip & trendy pizza joint is extremely popular among locals.
1621 locals recommend
Roberta's
261 Moore St
1621 locals recommend
New Yorkers are very serious about their pizza and this hip & trendy pizza joint is extremely popular among locals.
114 locals recommend
Salud Bar & Grill
1413 Bushwick Ave
114 locals recommend
163 locals recommend
Sincerely Burger
41 Wilson Avenue
163 locals recommend
106 locals recommend
Miles
101 Wilson Avenue
106 locals recommend
350 locals recommend
L'Antagoniste
238 Malcolm X Blvd
350 locals recommend
173 locals recommend
Little Mo
1158 Myrtle Ave
173 locals recommend
297 locals recommend
Le Barricou
533 Grand St
297 locals recommend
Casual restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that serves chicken and honey biscuits. Equally popular and tiny - be prepared to wait.
357 locals recommend
Pies 'n' Thighs
166 S 4th St
357 locals recommend
Casual restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives that serves chicken and honey biscuits. Equally popular and tiny - be prepared to wait.
Meatballs executed deliciously! The menu is in the form of a checklist that allows you to choose how you want to your meatballs prepared, the type of meat you'd like, and how you want to compliment it. TMS is one of the only restaurants in this town where you can have a proper sit down dinner for cheap.
580 locals recommend
The Meatball Shop
64 Greenwich Ave
580 locals recommend
Meatballs executed deliciously! The menu is in the form of a checklist that allows you to choose how you want to your meatballs prepared, the type of meat you'd like, and how you want to compliment it. TMS is one of the only restaurants in this town where you can have a proper sit down dinner for cheap.
Popular for their chicken and waffles set to hip hop music, the bacon and cheddar waffle is the very best.
268 locals recommend
Sweet Chick
178 Ludlow St
268 locals recommend
Popular for their chicken and waffles set to hip hop music, the bacon and cheddar waffle is the very best.
Peter Luger is a Brooklyn steak house institution. Zagat rated. Consistent. Locally famous.
503 locals recommend
Peter Luger Steak House
178 Broadway
503 locals recommend
Peter Luger is a Brooklyn steak house institution. Zagat rated. Consistent. Locally famous.
Fette Sau is how Brooklyn does BBQ - dry rubbed smoked meats by the pound with the bbq sauce on the side. Stylishly industrial look and feel with a hip crowd.
441 locals recommend
Fette Sau
354 Metropolitan Ave
441 locals recommend
Fette Sau is how Brooklyn does BBQ - dry rubbed smoked meats by the pound with the bbq sauce on the side. Stylishly industrial look and feel with a hip crowd.
522 locals recommend
Maison Premiere
298 Bedford Ave
522 locals recommend
280 locals recommend
Northeast Kingdom
18 Wyckoff Avenue
280 locals recommend
We love unpretentious diners. Paphos will never impress you aesthetically - the seats and tables are run down but the food is great. This is the type of classic diner that would appear on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives where locals enjoy cheap eats.
16 locals recommend
Paphos Diner
2501 Fulton St
16 locals recommend
We love unpretentious diners. Paphos will never impress you aesthetically - the seats and tables are run down but the food is great. This is the type of classic diner that would appear on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives where locals enjoy cheap eats.
Equally great food experience for brunch or dinner. Aesthetically super cool - it's styled as a gritty pawn shop storefront and a uber glamorous restaurant in the back.
235 locals recommend
Beauty & Essex
146 Essex St
235 locals recommend
Equally great food experience for brunch or dinner. Aesthetically super cool - it's styled as a gritty pawn shop storefront and a uber glamorous restaurant in the back.
Super cool rooftop live jazz brunch on the weekends with $1 drinks.
135 locals recommend
Hotel Chantelle
92 Ludlow St
135 locals recommend
Super cool rooftop live jazz brunch on the weekends with $1 drinks.
Italian food for the LES cool kids who are "in-the-know"
149 locals recommend
Lil Charlie's NYC
19 Kenmare St
149 locals recommend
Italian food for the LES cool kids who are "in-the-know"
Chic, trendy and popular upscale Italian restaurant juxtaposed with hip hop music in Soho.
37 locals recommend
Charlie Bird
5 King St
37 locals recommend
Chic, trendy and popular upscale Italian restaurant juxtaposed with hip hop music in Soho.
Aesthetically this is our favorite restaurant in the entire city. It's perfectly hidden in the back of an alley called 'freeman's alley'.
199 locals recommend
Freemans
Freeman Alley
199 locals recommend
Aesthetically this is our favorite restaurant in the entire city. It's perfectly hidden in the back of an alley called 'freeman's alley'.
Austrian food done right. Also, it appears as though all the beautiful and refined New Yorkers gather here.
90 locals recommend
Edi & The Wolf
90 locals recommend
Austrian food done right. Also, it appears as though all the beautiful and refined New Yorkers gather here.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful serene park with a lovely scenic run / wall trail.
87 locals recommend
Highland Park
Jackie Robinson Parkway
87 locals recommend
Beautiful serene park with a lovely scenic run / wall trail.

Drinks & Nightlife

83 locals recommend
The Evergreen
109 Moffat St
83 locals recommend
Andalucia Bar Lounge
1336 Bushwick Ave
46 locals recommend
Bridge and Tunnel Brewery
15-35 Decatur St
46 locals recommend
My favorite bar in Brooklyn the drinks are delicious and the vibe is perfect.
307 locals recommend
Casablanca Cocktail Lounge
300 Malcolm X Blvd
307 locals recommend
My favorite bar in Brooklyn the drinks are delicious and the vibe is perfect.
194 locals recommend
Bizarre
12 Jefferson St
194 locals recommend
88 locals recommend
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway
88 locals recommend
133 locals recommend
Lone Wolf
1089 Broadway
133 locals recommend
521 locals recommend
Union Pool
484 Union Ave
521 locals recommend
369 locals recommend
Hotel Delmano
82 Berry St
369 locals recommend
If you've got an appreciation for nostalgic arcade décor you'll enjoy this place. Trendy hipster bar with old-school pac-man / pinball-esque machines.
587 locals recommend
Barcade
388 Union Ave
587 locals recommend
If you've got an appreciation for nostalgic arcade décor you'll enjoy this place. Trendy hipster bar with old-school pac-man / pinball-esque machines.
This is not your average bowling alley, in fact, bowling is just a pleasant aside to the awesome food and music with a decent sized dance floor. Think: nightclub meets restaurant meets bowling alley. Bonus: ?uestlove (The Roots / Jimmy Fallon fame) plays a resident DJ set on Thursdays.
825 locals recommend
Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Ave
825 locals recommend
This is not your average bowling alley, in fact, bowling is just a pleasant aside to the awesome food and music with a decent sized dance floor. Think: nightclub meets restaurant meets bowling alley. Bonus: ?uestlove (The Roots / Jimmy Fallon fame) plays a resident DJ set on Thursdays.
399 locals recommend
Output
74 Wythe Ave
399 locals recommend
Great parties where people actually DANCE.
96 locals recommend
Kinfolk 90
90 Wythe Ave
96 locals recommend
Great parties where people actually DANCE.
Secret hidden bar with a prohibition era type décor - drinks prepared by "mixologists" served in tea cups. Bookcase in the back turns into a hidden-hidden back room where the celebs hang.
127 locals recommend
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St
127 locals recommend
Secret hidden bar with a prohibition era type décor - drinks prepared by "mixologists" served in tea cups. Bookcase in the back turns into a hidden-hidden back room where the celebs hang.
Tiny secret bar frequented by celebs who want to remain incognito.
14 locals recommend
Cabin Down Below
14 locals recommend
Tiny secret bar frequented by celebs who want to remain incognito.

Entertainment & Activities

Cocktails, craft beer and outdoor movies.
Night Hawk Entertainment Corporation
401 Broadway
Cocktails, craft beer and outdoor movies.
Hip dinner & a movie theater / bar plays the classics for $3-$5 (i.e. Jaws, Speed, My Girl, Friday, Eddie Murphy's Raw etc...)
274 locals recommend
Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen
40 Bogart St
274 locals recommend
Hip dinner & a movie theater / bar plays the classics for $3-$5 (i.e. Jaws, Speed, My Girl, Friday, Eddie Murphy's Raw etc...)

Shopping

THE best flea market in Brooklyn - find jewelry, antiques, cool vintage-y furniture / clothes and several food vendors
777 locals recommend
Smorgasburg
90 Kent Ave
777 locals recommend
THE best flea market in Brooklyn - find jewelry, antiques, cool vintage-y furniture / clothes and several food vendors