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Coney Island Parades Down 4th Avenue, Freaks in Tow

If you’re like me, it takes a lot of drinks for you to get to the point where you’re ready to swallow swords and break blocks with your head — that can be expensive and usually has scarring consequences. So why not watch someone else do it for you while you’re drinking? Now that’s a Schmaltz-style bar crawl. The freaks [...]
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The Truth About Dog Bars

The laws on dogs in bars always seemed clear cut to me. I’ve worked in food establishments in New York City and know that having pets of any kind for reasons other than as legal companions to the handicapped is illegal and can lead to major violations, fines and possible temporary closing. So when I [...]
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Mission Dolores: Not Your Average Beer

Put down that Brooklyn, Kelso or Sixpoint, craft beer lovers — Mission Dolores, the new Park Slope beer garden from the folks at Bar Great Harry, is here to salvage you from drinking the same ol’ beer. “There’s good beer at every bar, but craft beer has become a little bit ubiquitous, especially in Brooklyn,” [...]
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Foodie-in-Chief: Gossip!

It’s been a booming fortnight in the foodie world. Here’s the latest gossip and news from our gourmet desk: • Longer ‘Mile’: The instantly insanely popular smoked meat delicatessen Mile End tells us that it will expand to full dinner service as soon as this month, once a bigger warehouse is arranged to store the tons [...]
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Park Slope Beer Garden Opens Tonight

As part foodie, I’m usually happy to eat — except when I’m eating my own words. During my first post in a series on beer gardens, or rather biergartens, I had this to say: The question still remains: When will Park Slope receive its first beer garden? I’ll even take a garden in an old brewery [...]
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