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This Weekend: Shoes for Cider, Soup for Everyone

It’s not quite spring cleaning yet, but if you have some old shoes unused, now might be the time to break them out. Head down to the Brickyard Gastro Pub on Friday at 5pm. If you donate a pair of shoes to Soles4Souls, you receive a free pint of Crispin Cider or a cocktail featuring [...]
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Giveaway: The Frankies Cookbook

With consistently long lines at both Prime Meats and Frankies 457, the Frankies have easily become two of Brooklyn’s most beloved culinary icons. For those of us who aren’t willing to wait an hour on a weeknight for the Frankies’ delicious Italian home cookin’, now their is an alternative route to satisfaction: The Frankies Spuntino [...]
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This Weekend: The Brooklyn Bacon Takedown

This Saturday, the Bell House hosts the Brooklyn Bacon Takedown, where 20 bacon-a-holics duke it out to create the tastiest dish using Hormel Black Label bacon as their main ingredient. Tickets are $15 to get in and taste it all for yourself. Buy them here.
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Knights of Bruklyn Finalists Announced

After months of brewing, drinking, brewing, drinking, brewing and more drinking, the three finalists that will compete to have their beer brewed by Sixpoint. After last nights third round, the past three winners from Union Hall’s Knights of Bruklyn Homebrew Competitions will square off in December, with three entirely new homebrews, to determine which beer will be brewed on Sixpoint’s [...]
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A Word From the Food & Wine Festival

I was lucky enough to snag two press tickets to the Grand Tasting at the Food & Wine Festival this weekend. It was, of course, a very good time, as it always tends to be when there are massive quantities of free food and drink involved. We tried a few excellent things and many mediocre [...]
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This Weekend: Sixpoint, Atlantic Antic Pub Crawl, Sycamore Pig Roast

It’s officially fall, meaning it’s time to roast an entire pig and drink lots of beer. Sycamore in Ditmas Park will spend this Sunday from 2-8pm doing just that, with lots of delicious grub. Plates are $25 with $5 pints of Lagunitas. Though advanced tickets are sold out, there are a limited number of tickets [...]
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End of Summer Bash at Fatty ‘Cue

Celebrate the end of summer tomorrow night with Fatty ‘Cue at their ‘CueBrito End of Summer Bash. The party, which also celebrates the ill-timed opening of Fatty ‘Cue’s outdoor space, will serve a mashup of food from the ‘Cue and its sister restaurant Cabrito. Expect  a whole pig plus all the fixings [...]
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First Annual Pour Out a Bud Day

Be it for the fallen homies or the resurfacing of residual teen angst from those teen years past, Bklyn Foodie is proposing September 29th as the First Annual Pour Out a Bud Day. In an attempt to appeal to the newest crop of drinkers who are apparently seeing Budweiser as their dad’s football drink, AB has [...]
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New York Authentic Mexican Restuarant Week

Summer may have kicked the bucket, but New York Authentic Mexican Restaurant Week is in full swing. Which means great deals and special dishes through Sept. 30 at some of the city’s best Mexican eateries, including five from Brooklyn:  Cariño, Piramide, Fonda, Mesa Coyoacan and Chavella. For a full list of participating restaurants and more, visit Saboresusa.org.
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The 3rd Annual Park Slope Restaurant Tour

This Thursday, head to Park Slope from 6 to 9pm for a taste of the ‘hoods culinary offerings. At least 30 Slope eateries will be offering up deals and samples. Head over to The Brooklyn Paper for the full scoop or buyinbrooklyn.com for more info.
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