New York Mouth is the latest thing I’ve found that I wish I hadn’t found. Based in Brooklyn, this is like food nerd/design nerd heaven. These guys curate an incredible selection of locally sourced delicious food, and then organize it for you for the most amazing, mouth-watering care packages and gifts ever. Most of their products are from smaller local companies, helping artisanal businesses to grow. Don’t spend too long on their page, you will absolutely start drooling.
NY Mag takes a look at the best things made right in here in the borough, ranging from mayo to moonshine. Also, check out the in-depth article on the artisanal food scene here in Brooklyn, which reads a bit like a Brian Williams comedy sketch combined with “We Can Pickle That!” Oh, Brooklyn.
One of my all-time favorite Brooklyn Flea vendors, Flux Productions, has begun making these awesome Surf Polaroid tees, where you can choose from a selection of beachy Polaroids to have stitched onto the shirt as a pocket. Pretty rad.
This year, Edible Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Brewery will be hosting a Drive-In Dinner, featuring the borough’s best food trucks! The Red Hook Lobster Pound, Morris Grilled Cheese, Feed Your Hole, Bongo Brothers and Coolhaus will be providing a 5-course tasting menu, with Brooklyn Brewery providing beer pairings for each course. Looks awesome, grab your tickets here!
There’s been a huge boom in many cities in urban farming and eating local, and one of the next steps here in BK is backyard/rooftop chicken coops. As absurd as it may sound, many folks are doing it right; including a company called Victory Chicken, that has set up a system where you can RENT hens, a coop, and feed on a month to month basis, in case you fail… So for all you fledgling urban farmers out there, it’s springtime, so get on it! How can you resist a name like Victory Chicken?
Dine In Brooklyn is coming up, starting this Monday! At over 150 participating restaurants all over our fine borough, you can get a delicious 3 course meal for only $25 bucks. Any dates you’ve been meaning to go on, now is the time to plan them! Last year, the bf and I went to The Smokejoint in Ft. Greene for this event…highly recommended for all BBQ lovers. Full list of restaurants here!
Not so into New York Fashion week? Want something smaller and weirder? This weekend is the 10th annual Williamsburg Fashion Weekend at Glasslands, featuring lots of talented local designers, awesome afterparties, and a sample sale on Sunday. Tickets and info here.
Rep your state in the kitchen!
Breuckelen Distilling handcrafts gin and whiskey from local NY grains right here in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. So drink local, you boozehounds.
CXXVI is a New York based clothing line inspired by NYC’s old sea-port days. Co-owned by Jon Contino, who is famous in his own right as a graphic designer, these guys keep expanding their brand of Americana-themed clothes and accessories, and it keeps getting better and better. You can shop their stock online, or at Odin in the West Village.
Loving this “Brooklynese” coffee set.
