Author Archives: Karen Reyes

12.29.2019  I  Downtown Brooklyn , Eat Local

GO BACK TO BASICS AT COMMONS CAFÉ

If you’re looking for good food, friendly people, and a sense of community, Commons Café on Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn is the right place. This season, when all your colleagues are out of the office, consider posting up here for an hour or two with a house-baked pastry, or a sandwich, or whatever soup […]

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12.23.2019  I  Community , Downtown Brooklyn

YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING YOU WANT (OVER COCKTAILS!) AT THIS SEMI-SECRET BAR IN DEKALB MARKET

’Tis the season to have a packed social calendar! How to keep it interesting? We suggest that you suggest doing drinks with the team at Understudy, a new speakeasy-style cocktail bar in Dekalb Market Hall. Yes, there are inspired drinks, craft beers and natural wines. And yes, there are conversation-friendly booths and diplomatic music choices. […]

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12.11.2019  I  Community , Downtown Brooklyn , Shop Local

SEEKING HOLIDAY SPIRIT? DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN’S GOT IT.

There’s no place like Downtown Brooklyn during the holidays. From the avant-garde to the traditional, here are four don’t-miss holiday mood-setting activities to do this season. ‘A VERY MEOW MEOW HOLIDAY SHOW’ AT BAM, 651 Fulton Street BAM calls it “dazzling with exquisite and original music, glitter for days, and hilarious, biting satire,” we call […]

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