Guidebook for Brooklyn
Food Scene
Natural Blend
769A Washington AveGreat vegan Caribbean food.
Friendly, really nice place to sit down and spend time, super-convenient to the apartment, good bagels and a deal on the bread and bagels itself if you want to take it off their hands after 5pm.
129 locals recommend
Lula Bagel
816 Nostrand Ave.Friendly, really nice place to sit down and spend time, super-convenient to the apartment, good bagels and a deal on the bread and bagels itself if you want to take it off their hands after 5pm.
Great Indian restaurant— or it was, it's slipped a little past few times i've gone there, but looking forward to it coming back to it's original excellent quality.
Niahmah
787 Prospect PlGreat Indian restaurant— or it was, it's slipped a little past few times i've gone there, but looking forward to it coming back to it's original excellent quality.
Amazing Mexican restaurant, great atmosphere and really reasnoable prices. (For the food, guessing they make good money on the drinks.)
566 locals recommend
Chavela's
736 Franklin AveAmazing Mexican restaurant, great atmosphere and really reasnoable prices. (For the food, guessing they make good money on the drinks.)
Excellent variety of roti, very good food all around, reliable service. Places like this and Punchline are the true taste of this largely West Indian neighborhood.
107 locals recommend
Gloria's In & Out
987 Nostrand Ave.Excellent variety of roti, very good food all around, reliable service. Places like this and Punchline are the true taste of this largely West Indian neighborhood.
Fantastic roti, take-it-or-leave-it attitude in providing them. Totally worth it, and a can't-miss authentic taste of Crown Heights barely a block from the apartment.
40 locals recommend
Glenda's Restaurant
854 St Johns PlFantastic roti, take-it-or-leave-it attitude in providing them. Totally worth it, and a can't-miss authentic taste of Crown Heights barely a block from the apartment.
Everything Else
Great smoothies and good vegan food. Don't go when you're in a hurry, though.
22 locals recommend
Punchline juice bar
638 Nostrand Ave.Great smoothies and good vegan food. Don't go when you're in a hurry, though.
Essentials
Urban Market by Key Food
651 Nostrand Ave.Better-than-average Key Food.
Sightseeing
Brooklyn's beautiful botanic garden (open year round, don't miss the tropical, desert, bonsai, and more greenhouses!) a pleasant 15 minute walk from the apartment.
396 locals recommend
Botanic Garden station
Brooklyn's beautiful botanic garden (open year round, don't miss the tropical, desert, bonsai, and more greenhouses!) a pleasant 15 minute walk from the apartment.