Little Joes in LaGrange was my favorite place for Hot beef sandwiches when I still lived in the Chicago area. I want to recreate the feeling (in my stomach) at a Christmas party for 100 people next week. I figure to use store...

(nabes of Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Ft. Greene, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights). You can search the boards for those neighborhoods and you’ll find plenty of suggestions, depending on what you’re...

First of all, you are not going to Red Hook. That part of Carroll Gardens spent decades trying to rid itself of the horror of being associated with what they percieved as the gehtto of Red Hook. It assumed the sad, rather...

sauce joint on one of the streets off third (maybe on Carroll St). This (these) place(s) go back to the days when Carroll Gardens was still called South Brooklyn.

Looking for a place in cobble hill/carroll gardens to pick up italian heros for the super bowl. Trying to save a trip up to Bronx (Arthur Ave.). Thanks, AJR

I’m very excited— I just discovered that A.S. Pork Store, that little butcher shop on 5th Ave around Carroll Street, makes wonderful sandwiches for take-out. I had “Il Classico” which had prosciutto,...

I’ve been looking for a decent place in Bensonhurst or Bay Ridge for a Sunday brunch. Mom still lives there and we’re getting tired of shlepping over to the Slope or Carroll Gardens for brunch. Any ideas fellow...

What about dried salty/spicy mango strips? I’ve seen them in Indian groceries and places like Whole Foods and Trader Joes, but you could probably make them yourself by taking dried mango and adding salt & cayenne pepper....

There are some Italian shops in Carroll Gardens near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway which carry “scamorza”, the aged mozzarella-like cheese. Much more will be found in Bensonhurst.

McKenzie’s on Utica between Crown and Carroll. Order the $20 bucket and eat it all week. It’s very intricately seasoned. As a general rule, If you don’t see an oil drum bbq outside of the restaurant don’t...

If you don’t have a problem going to Brooklyn, Joe's Superette at 349 Smith Street (near 1st St) makes a great hero, well within your price requirement. It right by the Carroll St. Station on the F/G lines.

We get all our 3-6 foot heros at Joe's Perette on Smith and about 1st St. in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. It’s just off the Carroll St. stop of the F and there’s usually plenty of metered parking around, if you’re...

If you like d.b.a. then you might try Blind Tiger in the west village, Hudson at 10th. Further afield: Sparky’s Ale House on Court St. Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn is worth a trip and has a relaxed atmosphere and good prices....

found this on a google search, is there a Trader Joe's near you? "For those on the hunt for instant yeast, I got mine at Trader Joe’s. It says “Perfect Rise,” but after some pow-wowing with my bread-expert friend Virginia, we...

, in front of Trader Joe's at 3rd Av. + Saturdays: 11am – 6pm – WEEKLY stop at 7th Avenue, between President and Carroll Street