August 4, 2008
Rather than being just another blog, I have decided to make this site a resource for goods and services in our Historic Brooklyn communities. You'll see Restaurant Reviews , commentaries on Real Estate, a section on Kids, and places to Lounge.
For the small stores with little web exposure, let this be the place you come to first for the info! HB
Choice Market-Restaurant quality food by the pound
I usually do a full write up for my food reviews. This one will be a brief introduction followed by pictures and a complete article later.
Choice Market on Lafayette and Grand Avenues is an amazing specialty food store that features tasty tarts, cakes, and other baked goods along side an extensive offering of freshly prepared meats and sides. Everything from Baked Salmon, BBQ wingettes, rack of lamb, and steak can be purchased by the pound. Mac & cheese, garlic spinach, and string beans sauteed with shallots and cherry tomatoes are just a few of the sides that are made fresh daily.
I see this place as a wonderfull Choice for the single guy/ gal who doesn't want to slave for hours cooking a good meal after a long day at work. And why should you when they've put the work in. I bought the mac & cheese for my son, the string beens, rice pilaf, and two brownies. It was to accompany some roasted chicken I bought from Costco. The bill rang up at $20 bucks or so but believe me when I tell you, worth it. Flavorfull and Fresh. That's my best description of it. It's like home cooking without the dishes and the trip to the grocery. A really good Choice for someone who needs a great meal fast but not fast food.
Go in to Choice market at 318 Lafayette or call at (718) 230-5234. Pick me up a pound of the sauteed shrimp and candied yams as a side and tell them that Historicbrooklyn.com sent you. HB
BK is Still Hip- A new Children and Maternity Store hits the Hill
283 Grand Avenue
Confectionary Cafe at One Girl Cookies-Cobble Hill
This popular Cobble Hill Bakery will transform itself into a sit-down cafe' on Friday and Saturday Evenings. It's a rotating menu of offerings that include:
-a mini-strawberry shortcake with tarragon whipped cream
-dark chocolate terrine with a peanut nuget and caramelized banana
- nectarine crisp, and too many others to name
The description from Dawn, owner, on what was being prepared for this event was incredible. There is no doubt this store will be standing room only with the crowd spilling onto the sidewalk with confectionary in hand. HB
Address: 68 Dean Street
Phone: 212-675-4996 (the 212 is correct)
June 13, 2007
This is from one of our readers today on the the rising prices of R.E in Clinton Hill. She has a solution for families looking for more space in Historic Brooklyn.
Thanks Morgan!
For the people with families and don’t want to spend 1.5m + on a brownstone should really look into investing one stop away in historic Stuyvesant Heights/ Bedford Stuyvesant. The prices in that area are already starting to inch up to the Million dollar mark and a few are on the market now for nearly 2 million. For the most part you pay 700K to 900K for the prime blocks I found a great 4 story property on MacDonough Street with every original detail from 1889. Streets that you should concentrate on are Jefferson, Macon, Halsey, Hancock, Bainbridge, MacDonough, Decatur and Stuyvesant. The brownstones on these streets are just beautiful. The neighborhood seems to improving every year. The name Clinton Hill seems like it is stretching to Bedford Ave now and once it stopped at Franklin. Fulton St just this month got rezoned so all those tacky shops have to pay more taxes and take those huge signs down and I am sure many will go away... I am sure in five years this area will be very hard to get into you should really consider buying there. Look at this site: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BES/BedStuy.htm
A quick lunch at Sushi D along Dekalb's Restaurant Row