Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Couleur Café
435 7th AveInteresting coffees and great breakfast/brunch menu.
Good hearty portions (rarity in NYC) and decently priced. Always lively and busy.
81 locals recommend
Bogota Latin Bistro
141 5th AveGood hearty portions (rarity in NYC) and decently priced. Always lively and busy.
Cute Italian restaurant, with outdoor seating. Great for late night dinners and easy dining. Sit outside in the warmer months!
30 locals recommend
Mariella
492 6th AveCute Italian restaurant, with outdoor seating. Great for late night dinners and easy dining. Sit outside in the warmer months!
NY'er for 10+ years and only been to Staten Island once and it was to go to this restaurant. A different Italian Grandma designs the menu of delicious home-cooked style meals daily. Eclectic and inventive use of ingredients. Warm and cozy dining experience.
38 locals recommend
Enoteca Maria
27 Hyatt StNY'er for 10+ years and only been to Staten Island once and it was to go to this restaurant. A different Italian Grandma designs the menu of delicious home-cooked style meals daily. Eclectic and inventive use of ingredients. Warm and cozy dining experience.
Gather
Great coffee and yummy bites. Seating and wifi available.
Popular and highly rated authentic Italian spot with a wine/dessert bar right next door. A little bit pricier but great food and ambiance, terrific dinner date spot.
205 locals recommend
al di la Trattoria
248 5th AvePopular and highly rated authentic Italian spot with a wine/dessert bar right next door. A little bit pricier but great food and ambiance, terrific dinner date spot.
Well priced Thai kitchen with consistency. Good selection and all the popular Thai offerings. Easy relaxed meal.
6 locals recommend
Sai Thai Kitchen
437 5th AveWell priced Thai kitchen with consistency. Good selection and all the popular Thai offerings. Easy relaxed meal.
Drinks & Nightlife
Very cool bar with old library-esque decor, and bocce ball in the back!
186 locals recommend
Union Hall
702 Union StVery cool bar with old library-esque decor, and bocce ball in the back!
Kitschy space with shuffleboard and other games throughout. There is a foodtruck inside, and it's also right next to Ample Hills Ice Cream (a must visit!).
176 locals recommend
The Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club
514 Union StKitschy space with shuffleboard and other games throughout. There is a foodtruck inside, and it's also right next to Ample Hills Ice Cream (a must visit!).
Dimly lit wine bar with yummy bites. Great easy/relaxing place, and great date spot. Not too loud/rowdy for New York.
56 locals recommend
Brookvin
381 7th AveDimly lit wine bar with yummy bites. Great easy/relaxing place, and great date spot. Not too loud/rowdy for New York.
Great cocktails and environment. Happy hour specials, good people watching.
189 locals recommend
The Wayland
700 E 9th StGreat cocktails and environment. Happy hour specials, good people watching.
Parks & Nature
Right next to Prospect Park, definitely visit this one if you can't make it all the way up to the Bronx one. Free on Saturday mornings.
2030 locals recommend
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
990 Washington AveRight next to Prospect Park, definitely visit this one if you can't make it all the way up to the Bronx one. Free on Saturday mornings.
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is the lesser known little sister of Central Park (designed by same architect). Come to Prospect Park's lawn for picnics, lounging and relaxing, it is much less crowded than the lawn areas in CP.
3418 locals recommend
Prospect Park
Brooklyn's Prospect Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is the lesser known little sister of Central Park (designed by same architect). Come to Prospect Park's lawn for picnics, lounging and relaxing, it is much less crowded than the lawn areas in CP.
Arts & Culture
Come here for Target First Saturdays (of each month) for live music, dancing, and free access to the museum after hours.
3011 locals recommend
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern PkwyCome here for Target First Saturdays (of each month) for live music, dancing, and free access to the museum after hours.
Small gallery with rotating exhibits. A quick stop but hidden gem for visiting this Fashion Capital.
14 locals recommend
The Museum at FIT
227 W 27th StSmall gallery with rotating exhibits. A quick stop but hidden gem for visiting this Fashion Capital.
Check out movies,music, dance and other performances at BAM for a dose of culture!
521 locals recommend
BAM Harvey Theater
651 Fulton StCheck out movies,music, dance and other performances at BAM for a dose of culture!
Essentials
CVS
1070 Flatbush AveUpscale grocery store, very cool selection. High quality, but some items are bit pricier.
522 locals recommend
Union Market
240 E Houston StUpscale grocery store, very cool selection. High quality, but some items are bit pricier.
Large grocery supermarket (as big as you're gonna get in NYC) with all your grocery and household needs. Right next to CVS.
663 locals recommend
CTown Supermarkets
330 Graham AveLarge grocery supermarket (as big as you're gonna get in NYC) with all your grocery and household needs. Right next to CVS.
Great little shop for cuts of meats. Their bone-in Rib-Eye steak is a personal favourite. Great prices, fresh selection.
11 locals recommend
United Meat Market
219 Prospect Park WestGreat little shop for cuts of meats. Their bone-in Rib-Eye steak is a personal favourite. Great prices, fresh selection.