Big news for Brooklyn, our very own Trader Joe’s is set to open Friday, September 26, 2008. But, alas, there won’t be any of the chain’s signature wine, Two-Buck Chuck. This location won’t be selling alcohol, a company spokesman said. [BrooklynPaper.com]
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Littlefield: A New Performance + Art Space in Gowanus
Littlefield (Brooklyn, NY) Like we mentioned a while ago, in addition to The Bell House, a second unnamed music venue was also busy being readied for a fall opening in Gowanus, Brooklyn (the up and coming neighborhood between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens). That venue now has a name, Littlefield, and an opening date, November…
If You Build It…
The NYTimes decided to write about rock venues again yesterday (July 31), here’s the gist of what Ben Sisario said: Brooklyn Bowl – A combination 600-capacity music club and 16-lane bowling alley, it will also have a menu created by Blue Ribbon, a chain of restaurants in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Built on the site of…
TKTS Brooklyn Opens Today
TKTS Brooklyn 1 MetroTech Center at the corner of Jay Street and Myrtle Street Promenade. Hours: For same-day evening and next day matinee performances: Monday – Friday: 11am – 6pm * Matinee tickets are sold on the day before the performance at TKTS Downtown Brooklyn. By subway: A, C, F to Jay Street-Borough Hall M,…
Free Riders
Photo: the real janelle It seems that many Brooklynites already prefer the reasonable price and comfort of the IKEA bus and water taxi to their local MTA equivalents. Countless commuters are taking advantage of Ikea’s free bus and ferry – without ever setting foot inside the giant Swedish furniture store that opened last month in…
Personally, I Prefer Sex and The Slope
3rd St in Park Slope A new Darren Star series is coming to… Park Slope, Brooklyn. Producers are giving Park Slope the star treatment with a pilot by the same executives who brought “Sex and the City,” starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and “Melrose Place” to TV. According to industry sources, Darren Star, who created those…