FOODIE-IN-CHIEF: Hot food gossip — including a new biergarten

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Published June 14, 2010 at 11:20 a.m.

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Kristen V. Brown ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Better rev up that appetite — it’s been a tasty few weeks in the county of Kings. Here’s the best of the borough’s openings, closings, and of course, restaurant rumors: ... • Yes, more beer gardens for Williamsburg: Finally, North Brooklyn’s newest biergarten, Loreley Williamsburg, has opened, bringing traditional German grub and imported German brews to the borough — thankfully without

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DITMAS PARK: Conspiracy theory? More likely that Vox Pop just isn’t paying its taxes

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Published April 22, 2010 at 2:44 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Stephen Witt ... Community Newspaper Group ... For the second time in less than six months, a quirky, self-styled revolutionary coffeehouse in Ditmas Park has been shuttered by the taxman ... Vox Pop, the bookstore, eatery, and jam space on Cortelyou Road between working class Kensington and hip Ditmas Park was padlocked on Tuesday night by state tax officials who slapped the dreaded word “SEIZED” on the front metal security gate, claiming that the

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PERSPECTIVE: Why I love living in Midwood

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Published April 22, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Rick Pulos ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... The hustle and bustle of New York City can take its toll on native New Yorkers and transplants alike. We all seem to invariably find our own reasons that inspire us to stay here to live and raise our families, whether it’s the diversity of the arts, the recreational activities at our parks or simply the multitude of different people with whom we are constantly discovering and interacting ... Many may not know

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BOOKS: Eat local? How about farm local? This guy did it

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Published April 18, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Elizabeth Dana ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Manny Howard has been raising chickens in his Ditmas Park backyard farm since 2007. But he’s not only doing it for the meat ... Inspired by the “locavore movement” that encourages eating locally grown food, Howard took it one step further: to live off only what he could grow in his backyard for an entire month ... He did it — and got a book out of it, too ... “My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned

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SMARTMOM: Smartmom craves another baby — but Teen Spirit suffices

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Published Jan. 26, 2010 at 12:06 a.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Louise Crawford ... for The Brooklyn Paper ... Smartmom and Hepcat drove out to Ditmas Park last Saturday night to hear Bad Teeth, Teen Spirit’s band, at Vox Pop ... Teen Spirit doesn’t usually allow Smartmom and Hepcat to come to his shows. When he plays at edgy loft music spaces like Shea Stadium in Bushwick, they don’t get the “you are cordially invited” treatment from their boy ... But they were

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Purple Yam: Filipino Pan-Asian Food Coming to Cortelyou Road

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Published Nov. 6, 2009 at 6:17 a.m.

My friend writer Sophia Romero, who runs the blog, The Shiksa from Manila, emailed to say that a Filipino restaurant, PURPLE YAM, is officially opening on November 10th in Ditmas Park (1314 Cortelyou between Rugby and Argyle to be exact). Owned by husband-and-wife team, Romy Dorotan and Amy Besa who ran Cendrillon in SoHo for years, they are bringing the same Filipino Pan-Asian concept to their new digs. "We look forward to continuing our love affair with Keralan, Cantonese, Vietnamese and

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Get deals in Ditmas Park

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Published Nov. 9, 2009 at 7:53 p.m.

Surrounded by Victorian mansions, flower-lined streets and home to a diverse community, Ditmas Park is a peaceful place to live ...

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Purple Yam Opens Today

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Published Nov. 10, 2009 at 10:01 a.m.
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Purple Yam, the long awaited Filipino restaurant from the former owners of Cendrillon in Soho, opens today at 1314 Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park. New York Magazine has a slideshow of the restaurant's interiors and Ditmas Park Blog has a post about Sunday's soft opening; Nelson Ryland has some photos posted on Flickr from the soft opening as well. Are all of you Victorian Flatbushers psyched or what? GMAP ... Photo by Konstantin Sergeyev for New York Magazine ...

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Tallest Tower On the Greenpoint Waterfront, and More Brooklyn Briefs

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Published Nov. 4, 2009 at 5:30 a.m.

- A woman who worked as a manager at Macy’s on Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn was run over and killed by a state correction officer on his way to work ... Brooklyn Eagle ... - The Deer Ticks went as the Sex Pistols on Halloween at the Brooklyn Bowl ... Brooklyn Vegan ... - Purple Yam: Ditmas Park residents will soon experience a "bamboo-accented Pan-Asian eatery serving small plates." Ditmas Park Blog ... - On the market: Hansel and Gretel's "Bay Ridge hidey hole." Curbed ... -

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'Imminently Perilous' Apartments, Crowded Brooklyn Bridge Walkway and More Brooklyn Briefs

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Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 4:35 a.m.

- Martha Stewart tried all the nibbles at the Brooklyn Flea on Sunday! Brooklyn Flea and Brokelyn ... - Streetsblog has an eye-opening video of the crowded conditions on the Brooklyn Bridge walkway on the average day at 4:15 p.m. -- not even really rush hour. It's a wonder more people aren't killed up there! Streetsblog ... - Facebook wants you to reconnect -- with dead friends. Huffington Post ... - Bed-Stuy will lose its last yoga studio on Halloween. Bed-Stuy Blog ... - "Damages" is filming

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