Guidebook for Brooklyn

Jason
Guidebook for Brooklyn

Food Scene

Great coffee and food. My favorite breakfast spot.
662 Franklin Ave
662 Franklin Avenue
Great coffee and food. My favorite breakfast spot.
Best Jamaican food in NYC
103 locals recommend
The Islands
671 Washington Ave
103 locals recommend
Best Jamaican food in NYC
Great coffee and croissants
13 locals recommend
Cafe Zelda
728 Franklin Ave
13 locals recommend
Great coffee and croissants
Excellent new Italian restaurant with great cocktails.
163 locals recommend
Cent'Anni
742 Franklin Ave
163 locals recommend
Excellent new Italian restaurant with great cocktails.
Wide variety of coffee and food.
160 locals recommend
Breukelen Coffee House
764 Franklin Ave
160 locals recommend
Wide variety of coffee and food.
Excellent Jamaican and Trinidadian take out
107 locals recommend
Gloria's In & Out
987 Nostrand Ave.
107 locals recommend
Excellent Jamaican and Trinidadian take out
Good, straightforward Thai restaurant.
46 locals recommend
Sweet Basil
670 Franklin Ave
46 locals recommend
Good, straightforward Thai restaurant.
Excellent Indian food
738 Franklin Ave
738 Franklin Avenue
Excellent Indian food
Excellent local farm to table cuisine. Oysters from Long Island Sound!
327 locals recommend
Mayfield
688 Franklin Ave
327 locals recommend
Excellent local farm to table cuisine. Oysters from Long Island Sound!
the best and most authentic New York diner you'll ever find. Excellent food. Only open until 5 PM.
782 Washington Ave
782 Washington Avenue
the best and most authentic New York diner you'll ever find. Excellent food. Only open until 5 PM.
This place is fantastic. All natural juices and smoothies. Jamaican patties and the best soup around.
30 locals recommend
Veggies Natural Juice Bar
785 Franklin Ave
30 locals recommend
This place is fantastic. All natural juices and smoothies. Jamaican patties and the best soup around.
Voted best Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn year after year
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin Ave
566 locals recommend
Voted best Mexican restaurant in Brooklyn year after year
Excellent Panamanian take out...right across from our building!
16 locals recommend
Kelso
648 Franklin Avenue
16 locals recommend
Excellent Panamanian take out...right across from our building!
New Jamaican restaurant. Awesome stew chicken and jerk shrimp.
743 Franklin Ave
743 Franklin Avenue
New Jamaican restaurant. Awesome stew chicken and jerk shrimp.
Great coffee right next to the subway
54 locals recommend
The Pulp & The Bean
809 Franklin Avenue
54 locals recommend
Great coffee right next to the subway
Excellent coffee and bagels
134 locals recommend
Bagel Pub
287 9th St
134 locals recommend
Excellent coffee and bagels

Essentials

Open 8 AM - 10 PM
87 locals recommend
GalaFresh Farms
492 St Marks Ave
87 locals recommend
Open 8 AM - 10 PM
Good selection of products. Cozy sushi bar in the back of the store.
6 locals recommend
744 Franklin Ave
744 Franklin Avenue
6 locals recommend
Good selection of products. Cozy sushi bar in the back of the store.
Good selection of products. Lots of sales. Open late.
87 locals recommend
Bob & Betty's Food Market
805 Franklin Ave
87 locals recommend
Good selection of products. Lots of sales. Open late.

Drinks & Nightlife

Wood-fired oven pizza.
522 locals recommend
Barboncino Pizza
781 Franklin Ave
522 locals recommend
Wood-fired oven pizza.
Drinks, sandwiches, and garden
240 locals recommend
The Crown Inn
724 Franklin Ave
240 locals recommend
Drinks, sandwiches, and garden
The new, trendy place to be in Brooklyn.
260 locals recommend
Doris
1088 Fulton St
260 locals recommend
The new, trendy place to be in Brooklyn.
Old school neighborhood bar. Cheap, unique, and fun.
53 locals recommend
Tiptop Bar & Grill
432 Franklin Ave
53 locals recommend
Old school neighborhood bar. Cheap, unique, and fun.
the #1 biergarten in the neighborhood. Indoor/outdoor seating. Poetry/fiction readings on Monday nights.
437 locals recommend
Franklin Park
618 St Johns Pl
437 locals recommend
the #1 biergarten in the neighborhood. Indoor/outdoor seating. Poetry/fiction readings on Monday nights.
Fun, always busy bar.
84 locals recommend
Soda Bar
629 Vanderbilt Ave
84 locals recommend
Fun, always busy bar.
Unique bar in renovated auto-garage. Indoor and outdoor seating.
152 locals recommend
Hot Bird
152 locals recommend
Unique bar in renovated auto-garage. Indoor and outdoor seating.
One of the best cocktail bars in Brooklyn. Wins awards every year.
102 locals recommend
Tooker Alley
793 Washington Ave
102 locals recommend
One of the best cocktail bars in Brooklyn. Wins awards every year.
New York's only "sci-fi" bar.
95 locals recommend
The Way Station
683 Washington Ave
95 locals recommend
New York's only "sci-fi" bar.
New, standard issue hipster bar. Not bad for a late night drink.
170 locals recommend
Nostrand Avenue Pub
658 Nostrand Ave.
170 locals recommend
New, standard issue hipster bar. Not bad for a late night drink.
The food is okay, but the whiskey list is the best thing here.
199 locals recommend
Catfish
1433 Bedford Ave
199 locals recommend
The food is okay, but the whiskey list is the best thing here.
Great rum and tequila bar
120 locals recommend
King Tai
1095 Bergen St
120 locals recommend
Great rum and tequila bar

Arts & Culture

Great collection. Free parties on first Saturday of the month.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy
3011 locals recommend
Great collection. Free parties on first Saturday of the month.
One of NYC's best performance spaces. Dance, opera, music, theater almost every night of the week. Excellent movie theater as well.
521 locals recommend
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton St
521 locals recommend
One of NYC's best performance spaces. Dance, opera, music, theater almost every night of the week. Excellent movie theater as well.

Shopping

One of the best bookstores in NYC, hands- down.
51 locals recommend
Unnameable Books
615 Vanderbilt Ave
51 locals recommend
One of the best bookstores in NYC, hands- down.
New used bookstore. Small, but impressive collection.
711 Franklin Ave
711 Franklin Avenue
New used bookstore. Small, but impressive collection.
Local, green clothing and housewares.
7 locals recommend
Owl and Thistle General Store
7 locals recommend
Local, green clothing and housewares.

Everything Else

Greenmarket every Saturday. local organic produce and meat.
378 locals recommend
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue
378 locals recommend
Greenmarket every Saturday. local organic produce and meat.

Sightseeing

One of NYC's most beautiful botanic gardens.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington Ave
2030 locals recommend
One of NYC's most beautiful botanic gardens.