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Ten years ago, when Williamsburg was well on its gentrification journey but was still without an Apple Store, the Four Horsemen opened on Grand Street and changed what wine could be. Originally a ...
A Trip to Yellow Rose is a Trip to Texas and More On my way to Yellow Rose, a Tex-Mex restaurant near the corner of 13th and 3rd, I was amused to see that the restaurant was almost directly next to a ...
VHH Foods serves up some exquisite dishes. Photo by Ingalls Photography. May 2019 Editor’s Note: since we first published this story, in July 2017, dining options on the DUMBO waterfront have expanded ...
There was a time when you could judge a coffee shop by the menu. The best cafés had the simplest drinks, with nothing more baroque on offer than a latte—and even that was treated with some snobby ...
Staying in for coffee is a simple luxury in a fast-moving city. Sure, Brooklyn is spoilt for choice among eclectic, world-class coffee shops in which to sip and be seen sipping. But aren’t those rare ...
Let’s face it: the American food system is in a precarious place right now. Between egg shortages, skyrocketing prices, and never-ending product recalls, shopping for healthy, affordable, delicious ...
Photo courtesy of Forthave Spirits. When I profiled Forthave Spirits for this magazine early last year, they’d only been in business for about a month: “This DIY punk approach to spirits has resulted, ...
You’re right to assume that I had selfish intentions when I assigned myself a food- and drink-themed road trip across North Carolina. If barbecue speaks to you like it does to me, then the state’s ...
Baked Apple Old Fashioned involves a little bit of fire. Photo by Lily Brown. Bushwick mainstay Brooklyn Cider House, known for their natural ciders and spacious patio, offers plenty for cider fans ...
Doc uses his Southern grandmother’s recipes, with minor tweaks here and there, save one. Her yellow cake recipe is not to be trifled with and is replicated rigidly, no substitutions allowed. Tucked ...
If you’ve read our feature on the Four & Twenty Blackbirds pie shop in our current issue, then you might be ready to roll up your sleeves and roll out some dough. Well, you’re in luck. The sweet ...
David Carrell, one of the three cofounders of People’s Pops, is standing in his office talking a mile a minute about the four-year-old company’s many irons in the fire—a new Park Slope retail shop, ...