• american (southern),  cheap eats,  downtown brooklyn,  good for groups,  jeans-appropriate,  restaurant reviews,  vegetarian-friendly

    Hill Country Food Park Review

    Tried out the new Hill Country Food Park in Downtown Brooklyn! Hill Country BBQ was always our go-to neighborhood spot, so life was ROUGH while it was closed down for renovations, but I absolutely love the new food stall concept. I can get all of my favorite sausages and brisket at the Hill Country stall, then grab a grilled cheese and tomato soup from Bluebonnets, have a spicy slice with Kreuz sausage, onions, and roasted red pepper from Austino's, and finish up the night with a scoop of my favorite NYC ice cream from Van Leeuwen. The space is huge and airy and open with plenty of seating, and it's…

  • american (southern),  cheap eats,  fast food,  food events,  good for groups,  meat sweats,  sandwiches,  west village

    Chef Dave Santos’s Nashville Hot Chicken Pop-Up

    Chef Dave Santos may be a free agent since closing his West Village restaurant, Louro, this summer, but he’s not taking any time off. I was lucky enough to get a reservation at his Nashville hot chicken pop-up in the Manhattan location of Bark Hot Dogs last week, where he was serving whole fried chickens using his special recipe that even the Tennesseeans in the room said was better than what they’ve had back home. My friends and I got two whole chickens with pickles, cole slaw, baked beans, and potato salad, but we also couldn’t resist Dave’s fried chicken sandwiches and Bark’s super cheap pitchers of beer. The people…

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  • 4,  american (southern),  bar-centric,  cobble hill,  restaurant reviews

    Char No. 4: American Southern Food and Whiskey in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

    I happen to live in the midst of all of the cutest parts of Brooklyn, so a night out to one of my favourite neighborhood restaurants usually involves passing four more that I want to try the next night. Char No. 4 is one of the places I’ve always noticed with its dark tones, ceiling full of lanterns, and bar bustling every night of the week. I remember looking at the Southern-inspired menu once and thinking it was too small, but when my friend Kim, her cousin, and I decided to go on a recent weekend, I realized that the menu’s actually too big, because I wanted every single thing…

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