Guidebook for Brooklyn

Philippa
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

excellent for breakfast or brunch during the week, good food, efficient, outside dining, inside is loud, crowded on weekends
800 locals recommend
Five Leaves
18 Bedford Ave
800 locals recommend
excellent for breakfast or brunch during the week, good food, efficient, outside dining, inside is loud, crowded on weekends
Breakfast or Lunch, sandwiches to go, smoothies, coffee etc.. Grab something and sit in park
57 locals recommend
Urban Rustic
57 locals recommend
Breakfast or Lunch, sandwiches to go, smoothies, coffee etc.. Grab something and sit in park
Best Polish restaurant. Wonderfully kitsch-y decor, friendly costumed wait staff, good food. You will love your bill. Perfect on a cold winter night.
83 locals recommend
Karczma
136 Greenpoint Ave
83 locals recommend
Best Polish restaurant. Wonderfully kitsch-y decor, friendly costumed wait staff, good food. You will love your bill. Perfect on a cold winter night.
buy fresh fish here or have a small tasty meal. (Buy good smoked fish at any of the Polish delis)
93 locals recommend
Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co.
114 Nassau Ave
93 locals recommend
buy fresh fish here or have a small tasty meal. (Buy good smoked fish at any of the Polish delis)
Lovely bakery with nice seating inside in back and backyard. Good coffee.
25 locals recommend
Charlotte Patisserie
596 Manhattan Ave
25 locals recommend
Lovely bakery with nice seating inside in back and backyard. Good coffee.
Real Italian food. Excellent lunch specials. (not particularly hip or interesting, just good food.) Delivers.
17 locals recommend
SCALINO GP
659 Manhattan Ave
17 locals recommend
Real Italian food. Excellent lunch specials. (not particularly hip or interesting, just good food.) Delivers.
Boutique Danish bar. (yep) with seriously boutique hidden restaurant in the back called Luksas which is reservation only $125 tasting menu: a treat.
154 locals recommend
Tørst
615 Manhattan Ave
154 locals recommend
Boutique Danish bar. (yep) with seriously boutique hidden restaurant in the back called Luksas which is reservation only $125 tasting menu: a treat.
Great pizza. Check hours before you go. can be packed. Does NOT deliver.
352 locals recommend
Paulie Gee's
60 Greenpoint Ave
352 locals recommend
Great pizza. Check hours before you go. can be packed. Does NOT deliver.
Very good Pizza. One on Bedford Ave., one on Manhattan Ave. One on Manhattan delivers to 297 Driggs.
105 locals recommend
Fornino
291 Kent Ave
105 locals recommend
Very good Pizza. One on Bedford Ave., one on Manhattan Ave. One on Manhattan delivers to 297 Driggs.
closest coffee to 297 Driggs. Mom and pop owned and he is usually there. Always a NY Times to read.
Uro Cafe
277 Driggs Ave
closest coffee to 297 Driggs. Mom and pop owned and he is usually there. Always a NY Times to read.
Excellent Thai food.
14 locals recommend
Thai Malay Cafe
51-20 Skillman Ave
14 locals recommend
Excellent Thai food.

Essentials

handy grocery shopping on way back from L—ORGANIC produce, good organic bananas
141 locals recommend
Khim's Millennium Market
260 Bushwick Ave
141 locals recommend
handy grocery shopping on way back from L—ORGANIC produce, good organic bananas
Favorite small grocery: fresh veg and fruits, friendly shop
13 locals recommend
Manhattan Fruit Inc
678 Manhattan Ave
13 locals recommend
Favorite small grocery: fresh veg and fruits, friendly shop
Closest big supermarket. Nothing else to recommend it—except it's next to Mcgorlick Park, which is a nice park.
129 locals recommend
Met Foodmarkets
131 Driggs Ave
129 locals recommend
Closest big supermarket. Nothing else to recommend it—except it's next to Mcgorlick Park, which is a nice park.
on Saturdays: Farmers Market here, on Union Street and the Park—opposite the dog run.
798 locals recommend
McCarren Park
776 Lorimer St
798 locals recommend
on Saturdays: Farmers Market here, on Union Street and the Park—opposite the dog run.

Arts & Culture

tiny theater showing contemporary dance
6 locals recommend
Chocolate Factory Theater
3833 24th Street
6 locals recommend
tiny theater showing contemporary dance
Good music venue.
303 locals recommend
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 N 6th St
303 locals recommend
Good music venue.
Brooklyn Academy of Music: take the G straight to Fulton (25 minutes) for best cinema, theater, dance, and music.
859 locals recommend
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Ave
859 locals recommend
Brooklyn Academy of Music: take the G straight to Fulton (25 minutes) for best cinema, theater, dance, and music.
Small theater showing dance and movement-based performance. (NOT a tourist venue.)
8 locals recommend
Triskelion Arts
106 Calyer St
8 locals recommend
Small theater showing dance and movement-based performance. (NOT a tourist venue.)

Shopping

the original thrift clothing in Williamsburg—now just one of many.
454 locals recommend
Beacon's Closet
74 Guernsey St
454 locals recommend
the original thrift clothing in Williamsburg—now just one of many.

Everything Else

pay-as-you-wish yoga studio with consistent schedule, almost every two hours... solid classes: either vinyasa or hot yoga.
133 locals recommend
Yoga To The People
115 W 27th St
133 locals recommend
pay-as-you-wish yoga studio with consistent schedule, almost every two hours... solid classes: either vinyasa or hot yoga.
Excellent vinyasa yoga studio. Longer classes. small cafe and sauna.
26 locals recommend
Kula Brooklyn
101 N 3rd St
26 locals recommend
Excellent vinyasa yoga studio. Longer classes. small cafe and sauna.