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The Best Restaurants In Crown Heights
Our favorite places to eat in this sprawling central Brooklyn neighborhood.
The Best Bars In Crown Heights & Prospect Heights
Where you should be drinking in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights.
Where To Eat After A Run In Prospect Park
Recover from your laps with a hot dog or some pancakes at one of these spots.
The Best Caribbean Food In Crown Heights & Bed-Stuy
In this installment of Island Hopping for NYC’s best Caribbean food, Shelley Worrell, founder of I AM CARIBBEING, takes us to Crown Heights and Bed-St
Where To Get Food Near Prospect Park
Prospect Park is one of the best places to spend a day in Brooklyn. Here’s where to pick up food for a picnic nearby.
11 Reasons To Spend A Day On Crown Heights' Franklin Avenue
Franklin Avenue is full of great restaurants and bars. Here are the ones you should check out.
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Akara House
This Crown Heights Nigerian spot makes an akara sandwich that tastes like a vegan ode to the Big Mac.
Pearl Lee's Washtub
You can drink a beer while doing your laundry at Pearl Lee’s Washtub in Crown Heights.
Bagel Pub
Bagel Pub has a constant line and excellent bagels with za’atar cream cheese in Crown Heights.
The Canary
At The Canary in Crown Heights, you can eat french fries and make friends with your bartender.
Puff’s Patties
At Puff’s Patties in Crown Heights, you can eat coco bread stuffed with a patty that's stuffed with oxtail and mac and cheese.
Güeros
Güeros is a counter-service Tex-Mex spot in Crown Heights that serves some good tacos—if you time your visit right.
The Best Restaurants In Crown Heights
Our favorite places to eat in this sprawling central Brooklyn neighborhood.
Gee's Caribbean Restaurant
This Trinidadian spot in Crown Heights offers samples of their food, and has good dinner combos.
The Crabby Shack
As the name suggests, you should get anything with crab at this casual Crown Heights spot.
The Rum Bar
One of the most pleasant places to drink in Crown Heights, The Rum Bar has a nice back patio and a ridiculous selection of sugarcane spirits.
Where To Eat After A Run In Prospect Park
Recover from your laps with a hot dog or some pancakes at one of these spots.
Ethel & Annie Mae's Soulfood Kitchen
Once you try the soul food at Ethel & Annie Mae's in Crown Heights, you'll become a regular. Get the fried catfish and turkey ribs.
95 South Soul Food
95 South Soul is a bit of a party spot, but they also have the fluffiest fried catfish in Crown Heights.
Joenise Restaurant
This Crown Heights restaurant serves a different selection of comforting Haitian food every day. Make sure you come when the cow feet soup is available.
Lakou Cafe
Lakou Cafe is a casual vegan-friendly Haitian spot in Crown Heights with some of our favorite patties in town.
Joe & Sal's Pizza
Joe & Sal's is a pizza shop in Crown Heights that makes classic Brooklyn-style pies with a twist.
Rangoon
Rangoon is an excellent Burmese restaurant in Crown Heights. Come for your next date night, small group dinner, or solo outdoor meal.
Ras Plant Based
Ras Plant Based, a vegan Ethiopian spot in Bed-Stuy, is one of the best date night spots in Brooklyn.
Cafe Rue Dix
Cafe Rue Dix is a casual spot in Crown Heights where you can get very good French-Senegalese food.
Peppa’s Jerk Chicken - Crown Heights
Peppa’s is a small counter-service spot in Crown Heights that serves some great jerk chicken.
Chavela’s
Chavela’s serves some very good Mexican food, and it’s also one of the most fun restaurants in Crown Heights for hanging out with a group.