If you’ve never explored the Brooklyn culinary scene, you’re truly missing out. I’ll admit it—prior to adventuring with New York City Urban Adventures on their Neighborhood Eats: Brownstone Brooklyn Tour, I didn’t know much about the history behind the mom-and-pop establishments that have called Brownstone Brooklyn home for decades, or how this borough has evolved into the food mecca that…
On the longest day of the year, June 18th, Thrillist threw its Best Day of Your Life event in none other than Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Not just a bar crawl or food crawl, but rather an everything crawl, we had only 4 hours to hit up 12 locations and devour a ridiculous amount of food & cocktails. No time was…
Something about growing fruits and veggies straight out of Mother Earth just fascinates me. I’ve always loved picking produce fresh from its source, although that rarely happens with me being a city kid and all. But despite living in New York City- which is perhaps as far away from farm life as possible- I discovered the hippest way to take…
Right next door to the hipster, too-cool-for-school Brooklyn area of Williamsburg, is Greenpoint which, in contrast, is known for its rich Polish culture and community. This North Brooklyn neighborhood is home to the second largest concentration of Polish immigrants in the U.S., making it the perfect place to not only buff up on my cultural history, but also find the best pierogi…
This wasn’t my first time at Smorgasburg and it certainly won’t be the last! This weekly event, which takes place in several locations in New York, is one of my favorite things to do once the warm weather rolls around. And for those of you that don’t know, Smorgasburg is a huge outdoor all-food market showcasing of Brooklyn’s best “artisanal food scene…
