Public Records is a new nightlife destination led by an ambitious and experimental music and food program.
Restaurants & Bars
Emma’s Torch, which already has a Carroll Gardens restaurant, is a nonprofit designed to provide restaurant training to refugees.
From a 2019 vantage point, here are some of the can’t-miss spots in the area.
Big aLICe may be the first Queens-born brewery to open its doors in Brooklyn, but it’s not the only one.
The Prospect Heights restaurant has become a case study in how a cocktail program can be used to help reduce a restaurant’s food waste.
Strong Rope Brewery sees itself as a sort of missionary for New York hop farmers and malt houses. And the beer’s delicious, too.
When it comes to eating and drinking, we dream of Greenpoint.
The team plays with everything from rhubarb and rose to langoustines.
The menu takes several departures from the beloved Cobble Hill delicatessen, namely with pork.
In a kitchen led by a Marlow Collective–alum, Gertie serves old-school lunch counter offerings updated for 2019.
The new sister spot to Pilar Cuban Eatery serves delicious coffees and pastries including guava pastelitos, breakfast empanadas and Cuban bread.
While there’s a definite time and place for meticulously designed concepts, just as many of life’s moments call for the no-pretense dive.













