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Starker is Remixing a Sacred New York Rap Formula
It’s cold enough on a Wednesday evening towards the end of April to get away with a Polo sweater, so I throw one on before heading downtown to get drinks at a steakhouse on Fulton Mall with the rapper Starker, in an attempt to make a good impression. The Brooklynite is a Polo head, sneakerhead, and model who grew up…
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Red Hook Tavern Opens a Dark, Moody Cocktail Bar with The Best Burger in Town
The Tavern Next Door is located at 327 Van Brunt Street, between Sullivan and King Streets, and is currently open for drinks and dinner starting at 5:00 p.m. daily, with the kitchen closing at 9:30 Let’s get this out of the way quick and early: Billy Durney’s brand new cocktail bar Tavern Next Door serves the exact same burger—huge, juicy,…
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Alison Roman to Open Boutique Grocery and Cafe in Brooklyn Heights
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Finally, a Fandango-ish Site Built for (and by) Cinephiles
If you’re the type of seasoned or aspiring New York cinephile that’s easily overwhelmed by the sheer range and frequency of classic movie screenings and repertory film programming on offer any given day of the week in this city, prepare to be pushed to the brink. Gone are the days of crawling Fandango or binge-following local indies, only to realize…
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How The Brooklyn Mirage Permitting Disaster Actually Unfolded
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A $15,000,000 Promenade View, Boarded Up and Vacant for Decades in Brooklyn Heights
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The Little Crown Heights Cafe Taking Big Leaps with an All-Vegan Menu
Nacha Focaccia is located at 800 Franklin Avenue, just north of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, and is currently open on Wednesday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Charlise Rookwood has lived a lot of lives. Born and raised in East London, with family spread from Jamaica…
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A Colossal Record Fair is Landing in Industry City Next Month
Calling all crate-diggers, basement raiders, casual and obsessive record collectors alike: a vinyl convention of epic proportions is coming to Brooklyn. VinylCon, a massive traveling record fair that’s been roadtripping around the country for the last year and change, has picked Industry City for its next stop. The convention’s NYC debut will take place the weekend of June 13 and…
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Casa Tua is Bringing an Elevated Food Hall to an Iconic Downtown Brooklyn Tower
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Yankees or Mets? Inside The Ideological Battle for The Soul of New York Baseball.
“Welcome to Le Pére, the home of not just slacks for demonic 25-year-old twinks, but also spirited literary philosophical debate,” the author, illustrator, rare genuine baseball agnostic, and, for a night, debate moderator Mattie Lubchansky said, addressing a packed house on the Lower East Side. We have gathered, at this “elevated menswear” boutique on Orchard Street, to once and for…
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