Happy Cinco de Mayo! The fifth of May is the early bird’s summertime kickoff celebration. By the time Memorial Day weekend swings around, you’ll already be cruisin’ in shortshorts and drinking iced coffee exclusively. And just cause a holiday falls on a Monday doesn’t mean you can’t drink margaritas until you fall over. But one way to […]

All photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily It can be tricky to find the best local restaurants. But after scouring the neighborhood, we found what might be the best Dominican restaurant in Bushwick, El Gran Malecon. “The Grand Boardwalk” has only been open for a year, but it already became a Bushwick staple: friendly […]

Houdini Pizza Laboratory, on the edge of Ridgewood, is just a few blocks from Houdini’s grave

Bushwick Food Coop, as we’ve raved about on many occasions, is Bushwick’s definitive place to get fresh and high-quality produce, dry goods, meats and more

In 1950, when poodles reigned supreme on wide skirts, and the innocence of a nation had not yet been tainted by cynicism, vitriol, and second-wave feminism, a businessman named Frank McNamara was finishing up a meal with a few clients at Major’s Cabin Grill in New York City. The check arrived, and McNamara discovered, to […]

All photos by Jesus Figueroa for Bushwick Daily All photos by Jesus Figueroa for Bushwick Daily Think nestling dolls with tommy guns, and you’ll start to get the hang of Dillinger’s Café, the new coffee shop/Russian barbecue/vodka palace on Evergreen Ave (near the Evergreen ice cream shop). The cafe is the fresh fruit of two lovely […]

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New York City is the land of a thousand fast food joints, and our neighborhood is no exception

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We hope you’re hungry, Bushwick!

You are likely an avid reader of Bushwick Daily’s Food & Drink section and you therefore know all there is to know about Bushwick eateries, so the simple fact that there is a Bushwick Restaurant Week won’t impress you

I don’t know about you, but now that it’s getting warm out I’ve been craving some catfish

On the corner of Stockholm and Irving, nestled between still-naked oaks and post-war brick apartment buildings, is a friendly new neighborhood restaurant

Herbivores and locavores and carnivores alike, if you aren’t already shopping at the Bushwick Food Co-Op, you are missing out on some seriously fine culinary possibilities

By Sean Alday 

Over the past few months I have written some fairly subjective stories about this show or that movie, even a story about a creep-tastic stalker accompanied by an amazing video

A personal trainer in Bushwick boasts a green thumb

After closing (temporarily), the Cafe Moca family shares that they are happy to be back in Bushwick, a neighborhood close to their hearts.

The 7th annual ¡Calabazafest! will take place next weekend on Sunday, October 30.

Scenes from a sandwich eating contest in Ridgewood.

A local mutual aid group celebrates its third anniversary

Bushwick’s local community board has some new members, and the 83rd precinct has a somewhat new captain.

Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood

“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”

Catch March Madness & make sure to order the wings.

The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.

Seven local, inventive martinis worth your $20.

A local concierge says she prefers “visitors” to “tourists” and takes us on a trip through Ridgewood.

Two meatless spots on Knickerbocker closed their doors, but Seitan’s Helper say they’re not going anywhere

A bit of jazz meets a bit of Bushwick-grunge charm, at the former home of the vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers.

A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.

With 10% of proceeds now going to a nonprofit LGBTQ+ healthcare clinic.

A group of Jewish electronic musicians in Brooklyn are fundraising for humanitarian relief in Gaza.