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A coffee shop in East Williamsburg that skips the iPad-flip tip prompt entirely, which alone earns goodwill before the espresso arrives. The team runs it as a multi-roaster cafe, rotating names like Onyx and Obscure Coffee, with excellent pastries from Native Bread alongside. Bar takeovers and barista events keep things lively without tipping into self-important. The vibe is coffee-serious without being coffee-cold, which in this neighborhood is a genuine achievement.

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee in North Brooklyn

1. Vogue The 25 Best Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Vogue Staff

1. The Infatuation The Best Coffee Shops In NYC

The curved ceiling and wood fixtures make this narrow coffee shop look a little like a vintage railway car, which is more than most cafes can say. The original location of what's now a multiborough roaster and chain, it pulls shots from seasonally rotating single origins and house blends alongside pastries from Colson. Warmer and more lived-in than the sterile white-box aesthetic that swept the neighborhood, with sidewalk seats for anyone who enjoys watching Williamsburg go by.

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee in North Brooklyn

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

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A gallery of cow portraits on the wall sets the tone at this no-frills Park Slope coffee shop, which does not take itself too seriously but does take espresso seriously. Black & White roasts come out of a small, sunny space with tile backsplash, a handful of stools, and Colson pastries for the indecisive. The staff know what they're doing, which in this neighborhood is less common than it should be.

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1. Roadbook The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee In South Brooklyn

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

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1. Roadbook The best restaurants in Greenpoint, New York

Peaches HotHouse is a casual Bed-Stuy counter-service spot for Nashville hot chicken, back when that was a rare find in the city and long before the chains with celebrity backing showed up. You pick your heat (regular, hot, extra hot) and your bird, shrimp, or catfish, then add grits and collards. Dress for a paper-lined basket and a mild sweat. Eater lists it among the best places to eat in the neighborhood.

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

The pourover menu specifies black only, no exceptions, which tells you everything about this coffee shop before you've ordered. A queer-owned community hub straddling Park Slope and Gowanus, Principles runs on small rotating roasters, plant-based milks across the board, and a gratuity-included model. Cyclists and coffee obsessives fill the place, drawn as much by the ethos as the espresso. The garage door opens when weather permits, and there's a bike repair area out back.

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee In South Brooklyn

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

Window-service only since 2020, this minimalist coffee shop in South Slope turned its interior into a commissary, which turns out to be a fine trade. Counter Culture beans anchor the drinks, but the daily-rotating pastries, cheddar jalapeño corn muffins, and hugely bready sandwiches are what bring out the line of families and dogs. Greenwood Cemetery is an easy walk, if you need somewhere to eat.

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee In South Brooklyn

1. Eater The Best Places to Eat in Bed-Stuy Right Now

1. Eater Essential Ice Cream Shops in New York City

1. Sprudge The Sprudge Guide to Coffee In South Brooklyn

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery

1. The New York Times 2023 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Paolo Garcia Mendoza

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant

1. The New York Times 2022 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2022 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: New York State · Romeo Regalli

1. The New York Times 2021 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2020 · 3 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
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1. The New York Times 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2020 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
2. Roadbook The Best Restaurants and Bars in Williamsburg

1. The New York Times 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2019 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2018 · 2 stars · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2018 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2018 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

A tasting counter in Brooklyn where the kitchen uses yuzu as sauerkraut draped over clams instead of a tidy squeeze of acid. Chef Victoria Blamey's avant-garde tasting menu runs about three hours and tends to fill your head with strong flavors that most restaurants at this price point seem too nervous to attempt. The Dungeness crab empanada, built on a Chilean abalone dish with Chartreuse and fermented black beans, is the kind of thing that makes you question your senses.

1. The New York Times 2015 · 3 stars · Restaurant Review
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3. The New York Times 2024 · Dungeness Crab Empanada · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.

A prix-fixe dinner party where strangers share a table and, apparently, an extraordinary chocolate cake. The cake alone landed on the New York Times list of top dishes of 2024: dark cocoa crumb, pink-peppercorn buttercream, and the kind of thing that makes you rethink everything you assumed about the format. Communal seating and a tasting menu in the $60 to $75 range make this feel more like a good dinner at a friend's place than a restaurant.

1. The New York Times 2024 · Rich Chocolate Cake · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.

Nasim Alikhani's minimalist Persian cafe on Flatbush is the kind of place you visit for one thing and leave thinking about it for weeks. That thing is the latifeh, a traditional confection the New York Times flagged as one of 2024's top New York dishes: two rounds of soft, rose-scented cream sandwiched between pastry and rolled in salted pistachios. Made fresh constantly so they never turn soggy, each one disappears faster than you planned.

1. The New York Times 2024 · Latifeh · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.

1. The New York Times 2017 · 1 star · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2016 · 1 star · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2012 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2012 · 1 star · Restaurant Review

1. The New York Times 2013 · Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review

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