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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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New Dekalb Wine Bar Almost Ready

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Published June 14, 2010 at 11:01 a.m.

Mauzac, the new wine bar going in at 136 Dekalb Avenue next to Carol's Daughter, is almost ready for primetime. A reader was able to sneak a look inside and snap this interior photo earlier this week; a worker told him the new spot should be open "this month." As we mentioned when we first broke the news, this should be good news for street life and safety along this otherwise desolate night-time stretch ... Streetlevel: New Wine Bar for Dekalb [Brownstoner] GMAP ...

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Transit Blog: NYSDOT Shot Self in Foot with BQE Planning Proposal

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Published June 14, 2010 at 10:38 a.m.

Transit blog Mobilizing the Region adds a dose of reality to the controversy over the ”Standard Alternative” plan presented by the New York State Department of Transportation at its May 26 BQE EIS stakeholders meeting. That plan calls for the demolition of many homes and land in Willowtown and North Heights area in Brooklyn [ ... ] ...

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The Edge Loses Price-Cut Virginity

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Published June 14, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.

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As Curbed noted on Friday, The Edge, one of the mega developments on the East River in Williamsburg, just announced they would be dropping prices on some units in its 30-story southern building. This is particularly noteworthy because throughout the downturn developer Jeff Levine has made a point of saying that he wasn't going to cut prices. Now, however, you can pick up an 827-square-foot one bedroom that used to list at $670,000 for the cool price of $580,000; other as-yet-undisclosed deals in

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Found in the Morgue: Five Local Snake Stories

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Published June 14, 2010 at 10:05 a.m.

While searching in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle morgue, I came across the following photo, which spurred a hunt for local snake stories ... Reverend Dr. Hugo E. Meyer ... Reverend Dr. Hugo E. Meyer, Pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in Woodhaven, Queens, had a long-standing pastime of hunting snakes. He collected snakes for his personal specimen collection, which he housed in hundreds of jars in the cellar of his Ozone Park home. His capture method involved throwing himself at the snake and "just

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Food Co-op May Lease Space on Putnam

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Published June 14, 2010 at 10:01 a.m.

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This would have pretty major implications for a longtime troubled corner of Clinton Hill: The Clinton Hill Blog is reporting that the Greene Hill Food Co-op, a nascent food co-operative that has been in the works for a couple of years now, is considering renting a row of small storefronts at 10-16 Putnam Avenue for its permanent headquarters; this stretch includes the mysterious and infamous Putnam Candy Store, profiled last year on The Times' Local Blog ... Combined with the new bar that's

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Heights Homes Could Be Taken in BQE Fix

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Published June 14, 2010 at 9:33 a.m.

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It's Robert Moses all over again! As it prepares for the reconstruction of the triple-cantilever portion of the BQE that below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, the State Department of Transportation is considering taking some historic homes in the area by eminent domain and demolishing them, reports The Brooklyn Paper. While project manager Peter King calls the destruction option unlikely, it hasn't been ruled out. “It is well-established that the public sector has the authority to acquire

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Video: Crab Carnage At Seaport Buffet

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Published June 14, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.

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There aren’t words to describe the video above. It was filmed yesterday at the Seaport Buffet at Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza (2027 Emmons Avenue), and it’s the number one reason I hate going to buffets in Brooklyn.I went with a friend of mine from New Jersey. I spent a good 25 minutes prior to going to [ ... ] ...

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CLINTON HILL: ‘Hill’ street blues on Vanderbilt as city agency ponders move

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Andy Campbell ... The Brooklyn Paper ... A daily influx of more than 3,000 workers, food stamp recipients, domestic violence victims and child support enforcement officers will overwhelm Clinton Hill if the city goes ahead with a controversial plan to relocate the Human Resources Administration headquarters from a Downtown office complex to a residential area, members of Community Board 2 said last week ... The June 9 rejection of the agency’s planned

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Police Community Council Meeting

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Published June 13, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

Tuesday night, the 84th Precinct Community Council, covering Downtown, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Boerum Hill, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Baptist Temple, 360 Schermerhorn St. Elections for new officers will be held ... * * * ... Questions? Comments? Sound ...

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