Entries tagged as ‘williamsburg’
Would you like some Dr. Pepper ribs? Or how about some bacon mac and cheese?
I’ve decided nobody really cares about the music I go see because no one ever comments when I talk about it. I cannot imagine being a music writer because I do not know how to put sounds into words. At all. I mean how do you convey the experience of a concert through type? Well, I don’t know! So here’s some food to make us all feel better.
It’s from The Brooklyn Star, where I went with Kelly last week. I think we are doing an entire food tour of Williamsburg with the way this is going. Next up is Marlow and Sons.
The first thing you should know about The Brooklyn Star is that it is tiny. From the outside, I thought I was just peering into the bar area, but it was the whole restaurant itself!
There’s a tall table in the middle that I think would be really fun to sit at. It would be like sitting at a friend’s dining room table. The second thing you should know: food here is good. We had biscuits to start and I had the Dr. Pepper ribs and the mac and cheese, which I took home for lunch the next day. I love day old mac and cheese. Kelly got chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and warm cole slaw. Good, good.
Basically, Kelly and I only go to romantic places together because this would be another great place for a date. And they have Brooklyn root beer!
I had just been reading about The Meatball Shop earlier that day and they have root beer on tap so I was like, “Whaaa? I need that.” This wasn’t tap but I’m sure I’ll be at the Meatball Shop soon.
And there you have it: The Brooklyn Star.
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Tagged: brooklyn, chicken fried steak, food, mac and cheese, new york, restaurants, ribs, the brooklyn star, williamsburg
First: this is the jam you need to listen to while you read this post: D.A.N.C.E. by Justice. A lot of times I come onto City Mitten and tell you I’ve found a new favorite thing. Well, you can add this one to the list: Brooklyn Bowl.
Brooklyn Bowl is a new bowling alley in Williamsburg. It’s also a bar. And a restaurant (serving Blue Ribbon food!). And a concert space. It is amazing. It’s huge and the walls are wooden and the classic bowling theme is done well. It’s truly beautiful.
Basically, I’m thinking of having my birthday party here. And if I don’t, then you should. Because it is awesome.
We went to Brooklyn Bowl for the Hot Chip afterparty/dj set. They had a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg earlier in the evening. Oh, and that’s them djing in that top picture. Hot Chipppppp!
Um, I guess this is the part where I tell you how long we waited outside and how freezing it was. There was a group of nine of us and we waited outside for at least a half hour. We were pretty miserable but we learned our lesson that we will pass on to you: If you’re going to an event/show at Brooklyn Bowl, buy your tickets ahead of time.
Once we finally got in, I was super impressed. Just thought to myself, “Yes, this is Brooklyn. I love you.” I also couldn’t get over the number of good-looking people in attendance. Hello.
We Are Wolves came on and did a live show first and they were a bunch of crazy cats with crazy hats. Totally fun:
They were cool. Oh my goodness I cannot believe how much I was dancing! It helps a lot to have some of your favorite people around, but the overall atmosphere was just fantastic. Big ups to my friends Jodi and Sophia because they had been walking around Manhattan allllll dayyyy and still got down pretty good.
Hot Chip came out probably around 2, with a bunch of their crew dancing on stage. I loved it. The dance floor is huge and everybody was dancing, doing their own crazy thing and it was so much fun! I think the last time I stayed out that late dancing was on a Spring Break trip to Cancun in college. Ha!
Moral of the story: Brooklyn Bowl was definitely the best thing I did this weekend. And yes, I did watch the Superbowl. :)
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Tagged: bars, bowling, brooklyn, brooklyn bowl, concerts, dancing, hipsters, hot chip, i love waiting in lines, it's freezing outside, new york, new york city, superbowl sunday, venues, we are wolves, williamsburg
Have you been to Diner? It’s only the place to be in Williamsburg. It’s a Kullman Diner from the 1920’s and it is sooo cool. I was excited just opening the door.
It’s dim-lit and you feel like people who are people are there with you.
I loved looking at what everyone was wearing: guys in extreme sweaters and girls with giant bows (that was our waitress).
The menu changes, so they write it onto your paper tablecloth as they describe the dishes. It’s legit. I went there with Miss Kelly Purkey and we were both so happy to be there. She ordered steak and I had pork chops and we were both happy. Even happier when we got dessert. Flourless chocolate cake, I think yes!
Very light and fluffy and very delicious. Definitely on my top three in NYC.
The next person who visits me in New York is definitely going with me here. Because it’s awesome.
We walked back to Manhattan over the Williamsburg Bridge, which was a first for both of us and where I got the picture from yesterday. It was so pretty. So here’s another:
Lovely! And my night didn’t even end there.
I met up with my friend Joe and we went to Death & Co for some fancy drinks. Really fancy. My drink had both Absinthe and champagne in it. Just so you know. I love speakeasys and Joe knows them all. He went to a “real” one after Death & Co. and saw Kei$ha. Tik Tok!
A final note: Kelly had her fancy fancy camera with her when we were at Diner and I was sooooo jealous. I need to stop planning trips for awhile and get myself an SLR.
Happy weekend, everyone! I’m going to D.C.! :)
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Tagged: brooklyn, buy me a new camera, chocolate cake, death and co, diner, east village, food, hipsters, hot spots, i need a new camera, new york, nyc, restaurants, scene, the coolest, williamsburg, williamsburg bridge
It’s another Wednesday Craft Day here at City Mitten! Last weekend I went to another craft fair with miss Laura Leebove. We joked that this should be our lives, going to different fairs every weekend. It’s so fun!
We went to the 3rd ward in Brooklyn early Saturday morning for their Handmade Holiday Craft Fair. The 3rd ward is cool. We had to go up a fire escape to get to the second floor, which was more vendors and a bar serving Bloody Marys.
So let’s see. It was a craft fair. There were lots of cool t-shirts and homemade cards and soaps and other fun things. Laura and I were looking at a table full of shirts and I looked up at the two dudes selling them and blurted out, “Wow, you guys look like Williamsburg!” I don’t even know what came over me, they just happened to be the BIGGEST hipsters I’ve ever seen. I mean, I see hipsters all the time but these two gentlemen took the cake. The one guy with the sides of his hair shaved and the rest of it toppled above his head knew what I was saying and laughed, while the moustache dude seemed slightly offended and said, “I don’t even know what that means.”
How do you not know what that means? Williamsburg = hipster. We learned that in kindergarten. You know what that means.
Anyway. I didn’t buy much because I was an idiot and forgot to get cash beforehand. BUT I did see the girl with the SKT ceramics again and my baby penguin was still available and I’m going to pick him up from her this week! I can’t wait to take care of him.
What else? I saw this guy wearing this AWESOME cupcake hat:
I wouldn’t exactly walk around in that thing but I think it’s pretty sweet that he does!
There was also a panda roaming around randomly:
I bonded with one of the vendors over how much this panda reminds us of the Sad Panda that hangs around lower Manhattan and that was profiled in a really sad video on Gothamist.
This panda, however, was not so sad and Laura and I got a profesh picture with him that should be on the 3rd ward’s flickr stream soon.
In other news, last night it did not rain and I was able to enjoy a lovely evening skating around Bryant Park. More on that tomorrow. :)
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Tagged: 3rd ward, bloody marys, brooklyn, craft fairs, cupcake hats, cupcakes, gothamist, hats, hipsters, hipsters with no sense of humor, holiday craft fair, new york, new york city, pandas, sad pandas, skt ceramics, williamsburg
So the rest of my Saturday hanging out with Joe was pretty fantastic too.
Went to Williamsburg. Checked out the park which was closed (boo). Then we walked down this super sketchy road and there was no one in sight and I kept making jokes about us dying. For realz. Cause there was no one. But we finally made it to our destination: Miss Favela, a hidden gem if I’ve ever seen one.
Brazillian food, Brazillian drinks, Brazillian people and Brazilian dancing. That’s all you need to know. Not ten seconds had I walked into the door (with Joe, btw) did some guy start teaching me how to samba. Ha! This is really a great place, somewhere I want to go back to so I can dance like a fool and dance with a stranger. The whole atmosphere was fanfreakingtastic, everyone was happy, everyone was moving and everyone was probably willing to be your friend. They have live music a lot I guess, but the DJ was rockin’ it pretty well on this night. Joe and I danced for a bit and he twirled me around but I need to go back when I’ve got my dancing shoes on.
After Miss Favela, we drove back toward my hood and on our way, what did I see out of the corner of my eye???
Junior’s Cheesecake! I knew of this location in Brooklyn (the original Junior’s) and had never seen it for myself and then there I was and there was it. Score! So I made Joe cut off traffic for the second time in the night and pull over so I could check it out.
Went inside and got a piece of plain to go. One day I’ll be more adventurous but for now the plain is good enough for me. I haven’t even eaten it yet but I’m pretty happy to know that I have it waiting for me in my fridge.
So now you have my complete Saturday night. Thank you Joe and thank you Brooklyn, again, for such a very nice time.
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Tagged: brazil, brooklyn, dancing, friends with cars, junior's cheesecake, skyline, williamsburg, yucca fries, yummies
