Emilie & Ben’s guidebook

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Emilie & Ben’s guidebook

Food scene

Best neighborhood hangout! Has an outdoor patio, open all day, they have great breakfast and coffee, and a casual lunch menu. At night, there is live music or a DJ and delicious cocktails.
190 locals recommend
Father Knows Best
611A Wilson Ave
190 locals recommend
Best neighborhood hangout! Has an outdoor patio, open all day, they have great breakfast and coffee, and a casual lunch menu. At night, there is live music or a DJ and delicious cocktails.
Food-fired pizza and Italian dishes, this large restaurant is great for families or just about any occasion. Very nice outdoor area too.
11 locals recommend
pan
1563 Decatur St
11 locals recommend
Food-fired pizza and Italian dishes, this large restaurant is great for families or just about any occasion. Very nice outdoor area too.
Bar with outdoor space that is great for casual dining (burgers, quesadillas, grilled chicken).
114 locals recommend
Salud Bar & Grill
1413 Bushwick Ave
114 locals recommend
Bar with outdoor space that is great for casual dining (burgers, quesadillas, grilled chicken).
Delicious Vietnamese food cafe that is open late-night.
19 locals recommend
Money Cat Vietnamese Kitchen
554 Wilson Avenue
19 locals recommend
Delicious Vietnamese food cafe that is open late-night.
A bit of a long walk, but sooo worth it! Hop on a City Bike or Revel Scooter to get there in 5-10 mins! The food and atmosphere are both great. There is also a cafe/shop where you can buy fresh ice cream, fresh bread and pastries, and fresh pasta!
25 locals recommend
Rolo’s
853 Onderdonk Avenue
25 locals recommend
A bit of a long walk, but sooo worth it! Hop on a City Bike or Revel Scooter to get there in 5-10 mins! The food and atmosphere are both great. There is also a cafe/shop where you can buy fresh ice cream, fresh bread and pastries, and fresh pasta!
Cool vibe inside, it’s cool to watch the kitchen work.
12 locals recommend
The Acre
68-22 Forest Avenue
12 locals recommend
Cool vibe inside, it’s cool to watch the kitchen work.
Vegetarian restaurant with coffee shop that offers tons of tasty bites and cocktails.
8 locals recommend
tikal cafe
1312 Decatur St
8 locals recommend
Vegetarian restaurant with coffee shop that offers tons of tasty bites and cocktails.
Another hipster coffee shop like Father Knows Best or Little Skips, but we think the food here is the best. Worth the walk!
143 locals recommend
Sunrise/Sunset
351 Evergreen Ave
143 locals recommend
Another hipster coffee shop like Father Knows Best or Little Skips, but we think the food here is the best. Worth the walk!
French restaurant in Bed Stuy with good vibes and outdoor space.
329 locals recommend
Chez Oskar
310 Malcolm X Blvd
329 locals recommend
French restaurant in Bed Stuy with good vibes and outdoor space.
Very good and flavorful ramen. Several options including a vegetarian ramen. Cash only.
134 locals recommend
Nana Ramem
330 Malcolm X Blvd
134 locals recommend
Very good and flavorful ramen. Several options including a vegetarian ramen. Cash only.
Very nice bar with great cocktails. Their burger is excellent and the atmosphere is cozy.
BarRoom, at Dick & Jane’s
Very nice bar with great cocktails. Their burger is excellent and the atmosphere is cozy.
Cozy restaurant & bar serving traditional Japanese cuisine in a brick-walled dining room. Best if you can reserve a table since it's often busy.
108 locals recommend
Trad Room
266 Malcolm X Blvd
108 locals recommend
Cozy restaurant & bar serving traditional Japanese cuisine in a brick-walled dining room. Best if you can reserve a table since it's often busy.

Nightlife

Very cool nightclub 15 mins away by foot! Great outdoor space, minimalist aesthetic, good cocktails and bar bites, an outdoor space and late night DJs/ dancing.
215 locals recommend
Nowadays
56-06 Cooper Ave
215 locals recommend
Very cool nightclub 15 mins away by foot! Great outdoor space, minimalist aesthetic, good cocktails and bar bites, an outdoor space and late night DJs/ dancing.
Great event venue with good DJs and bands.
34 locals recommend
Knockdown Center
52-19 Flushing Ave
34 locals recommend
Great event venue with good DJs and bands.
Huge event complex, a must go-to to enjoy the outdoors Brooklyn Mirage during the summer season and the indoors Great Hall and Kings Hall open year-round.
61 locals recommend
The Brooklyn Mirage
140 Stewart Ave
61 locals recommend
Huge event complex, a must go-to to enjoy the outdoors Brooklyn Mirage during the summer season and the indoors Great Hall and Kings Hall open year-round.
Great venue for concerts, shows & live music
82 locals recommend
Trans-Pecos
9-15 Weirfield St
82 locals recommend
Great venue for concerts, shows & live music
Nice music venue in Brooklyn, the spot is very well kept, clean and nice steel aesthetic!
84 locals recommend
Brooklyn Steel
319 Frost St
84 locals recommend
Nice music venue in Brooklyn, the spot is very well kept, clean and nice steel aesthetic!
Amazing rooftop with art space, has concerts/DJs!
77 locals recommend
Elsewhere
599 Johnson Ave
77 locals recommend
Amazing rooftop with art space, has concerts/DJs!

Drinks

Nice local micro-brewery with great beer options on tap.
46 locals recommend
Bridge and Tunnel Brewery
15-35 Decatur St
46 locals recommend
Nice local micro-brewery with great beer options on tap.
Great brewery with unique and delicious brews. Large greenhouse-like building with outdoor patio as well; they also have a food truck in front by the entrance.
20 locals recommend
Evil Twin Brewing NYC
1616 George St
20 locals recommend
Great brewery with unique and delicious brews. Large greenhouse-like building with outdoor patio as well; they also have a food truck in front by the entrance.
The perfect pregame spot to start the day off. This location offers great service from staff and so many different types of dope art on the walls throughout the place.
23 locals recommend
Wyckoff Beer Garden
33 Wyckoff Ave
23 locals recommend
The perfect pregame spot to start the day off. This location offers great service from staff and so many different types of dope art on the walls throughout the place.
Really chill brewery and bar offering a variety of beers. The space is an open design with large windows.
68 locals recommend
Kings County Brewers Collective
381 Troutman St
68 locals recommend
Really chill brewery and bar offering a variety of beers. The space is an open design with large windows.
Cute spot with good drinks and great tacos. Cool 80s vibe with a vhs/arcade aesthetic.
50 locals recommend
All Night Skate
54 Rockaway Ave
50 locals recommend
Cute spot with good drinks and great tacos. Cool 80s vibe with a vhs/arcade aesthetic.
Low-key, cute neighborhood bar.
83 locals recommend
The Evergreen
109 Moffat St
83 locals recommend
Low-key, cute neighborhood bar.

Coffee

Great place to grab a quick breakfast and coffee.
Café Pri
627 Schaefer St
Great place to grab a quick breakfast and coffee.
Lots of tables inside and out, there’s always a spot for you and friends or a laptop. They have pastries and breakfast/lunch options.
74 locals recommend
Daily Press Coffee and Bar
38 Somers St
74 locals recommend
Lots of tables inside and out, there’s always a spot for you and friends or a laptop. They have pastries and breakfast/lunch options.
Very nice hipster coffee shop with delicious breakfast & lunch food.
89 locals recommend
Little Skips East
1643 Broadway
89 locals recommend
Very nice hipster coffee shop with delicious breakfast & lunch food.
Very cute coffee place with delicious pastries and sandwiches
september
Very cute coffee place with delicious pastries and sandwiches
Cute bakery with delicious donuts, rolls and focaccia
Bread & Butter
Cute bakery with delicious donuts, rolls and focaccia
Chill and well designed spot for coffee and pastries.
Covert Cafe
Chill and well designed spot for coffee and pastries.

Neighborhoods

Bushwick is in northern Brooklyn, near Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant. This vibrant neighborhood has become synonymous with new music and buzzy eateries, cutting-edge art and fashion trends. You’ll find galleries and electro venues in former warehouses and some of the borough’s best nightlife. Stay for rooftop music venues with a view of the Manhattan skyline and cool dive bars with happy-hour specials. Go for vintage shopping, creative restaurants like pizza trendsetter Roberta’s and the murals along Troutman Street.
223 locals recommend
Bushwick
223 locals recommend
Bushwick is in northern Brooklyn, near Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant. This vibrant neighborhood has become synonymous with new music and buzzy eateries, cutting-edge art and fashion trends. You’ll find galleries and electro venues in former warehouses and some of the borough’s best nightlife. Stay for rooftop music venues with a view of the Manhattan skyline and cool dive bars with happy-hour specials. Go for vintage shopping, creative restaurants like pizza trendsetter Roberta’s and the murals along Troutman Street.

Groceries

Christa's kitchen and market is the newest spot in the area for grocery shopping. Our go-to in the neighborhood.
Christa's Kitchen & Market
Christa's kitchen and market is the newest spot in the area for grocery shopping. Our go-to in the neighborhood.

City advice

Getting around

Subways are the fastest way to get around

1/ Subways stations and trains: - Chauncey St station: J and Z trains, 2 min walk, direct from/to JFK airport and express to/from Manhattan at office hours - Bushwick Av - Aberdeen St station: L train, 6 min walk - Rockaway Av station: C train, 7-9 min walk - Broadway Junction station: A (express) train, 10 min walk, direct from/to JFK airport 2/ Approximately 25-minute subway ride into Manhattan and 15 minutes into popular Williamsburg 3/ Citi bike with several docking station nearby 4/ Free street parking with plenty of available spots