Spuyten Duyvil December 16, 2018[CLOSED] It’s like a party at your friend’s shitty borough apartment. Because it’s a bar in a shitty...
Iona November 4, 2014My grandfather (b. 1910), who lived a good chunk of his adolescent and adult life in Williamsburg, would...
Matchless July 19, 2014[CLOSED] Brunch is supposed to be eaten at nice white tables on a sunny garden patio with stemware...
Fette Sau December 29, 2013I’m not really certain why they gave this thing a German name, as there seems to be little...
Spritzenhaus April 28, 2013I swear it was like 2008 or so when hot dogs became hip — or gourmet, at the...
Music Hall of Williamsburg September 7, 2012There was a day not long ago that I convinced myself that I’d never see a show in...
Oasis August 12, 2012[CLOSED] I could see how having this joint right next to the subway exit could get dangerous. You’ve...
Radegast Hall & Biergarten April 15, 2012If you’re coming to Radegast, you better leave your noodle-arms at home. The beers go about 20-25 pounds...
Mable’s Smokehouse & Banquet Hall February 28, 2012What? BBQ in the middle of hipster central? Kinda like having an ironic pastrami sandwich in Anchorage. Or...
The Lovin’ Cup Cafe February 1, 2012[CLOSED] I will come right out and say that I’m by no means a local when in Brooklyn....
Cameo Gallery December 2, 2011[CLOSED] There are more music spaces these days in Williamsburg than there are ironic mustaches on the M...
Zablozki’s September 5, 2011[CLOSED] I think this is what Brooklyn had in mind when it decided to become the new Brooklyn....
Superfine July 24, 2010They weren’t kidding about that whole bridge thing. DUMBO is indeed under an overpass, its span spreading a...
Enid’s May 13, 2009[CLOSED] “More hipsters than you can shake an ironic mustache at” inhabit this, the crown jewel of hipster...
Sweetwater Restaurant January 11, 2009And here is Mr. Hipster in the ultimate hipster neighborhood eating dinner while the babysitter-meter churns and churns...
Thomas Beisl December 4, 2008[CLOSED] Brooklyn is the land of my ancestors, not of mine. I might as well be in Detroit...
Heights Cafe April 6, 2008[CLOSED] A nice day in Brooklyn Heights is like living somewhere else. It could be anywhere, but it...
The Green’s Vegetarian Restaurant June 9, 2002[CLOSED] Imagine yourself at a kosher, vegan, Chinese restaurant. Now, imagine the food having any hint of flavor–‘cuz...