Results tagged “Brookyln” from Intelligent Travel Blog

Fuhgeddaboudit, city lovers! Meg Nesterov (of the Notorious MEG blog) tells us why this New York borough deserves to be in the spotlight.

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Brooklyn is My City
 
The first place I take a visitor from out of town is for a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge (into Brooklyn, of course!).
 
When I crave french fries I always go Farm on Adderley in Ditmas Park.
 
To escape the flood of hipsters I head to Bensonhurst or Bay Ridge, which are (and have always been) just plain great Brooklyn neighborhoods.
 
If I want to enjoy a drink outside in the summer I go to Soda Bar on Vanderbilt for beers and kasha and bacon pierogies (bonus: it's near the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Botanical Gardens for pre-drinking culture).
 
For complete quiet, I can hide away in the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza.
 
If you come to my city, get your picture taken with Marty Markowitz, our Borough President and greatest cheerleader.
 
If you have to order one thing off the menu from the dinner tapas menu at Beast it has to be fried manchego cheese bites.
 
Net Cost Market is my one-stop shop for great dumplings, smoked meats, and any and everything pickled.
 
Locals know to skip the lines at Grimaldi's Pizza and check out DiFara's on Avenue J instead (though the lines might be longer).