606 R&D, from the makers of City Bakery

Follow the progress on 606 R&D on their Facebook page, a new food eatery place at 606 Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. We last reported on this new establishment in late August.

Chuko reviewed in NY times

Review is here. Shockingly, ramen was not at the forefront. Their salads are, according to Ligaya Mishan.

Two Prospect Heights restaurants featured in eater

Chuko and Kimchi Grill are featured in eater.com as two new restaurants worth the trek to the outer boroughs.

Mayonnaise shop to open on Vanderbilt

The press catches on to this mayo-only shop, the latest food-related business in the burgeoning Prospect Heights neighborhood.

Grub Street

Eater

Time Magazine newsfeed!

Vanderbilt gets another gourmet food place

606 R&D is opening up, from an ex-employee of City Bakery in the Flatiron district. To quote, it will be a "30-seat Prospect Heights restaurant and mini-market serving quirky comfort-foody breakfast, lunch, dinner, and takeout"

Great news for Prospect Heights and food lovers.

Chuko Ramen opens up on Vanderbilt

At left, courtesy of Patch, is a picture of the new Chuko ramen restaurant on Vanderbilt and Dean.

NB: We were mistaken when we reported that this restaurant would be at the corner of Dean and Underhill. That begs the question -- what will this corner hold??

Newest ice cream shop on Vanderbilt - Ample Hills

A new ice cream shop has opened up on Vanderbilt called Ample Hills Creamery. Check out some photos at left, and the Village Voice Fork in the Road blog post.

NY Times profiles Prospect Heights

NY Times' Living In profiles Prospect Heights.

The Vanderbilt now offering growlers for sale

Perhaps to drum up business, they are now selling growlers for $18.

The Vanderbilt is selling 64-ounce growlers of beer for $18. Included are Sixpoint Crisp Lager, Peak Organic Winter Session Ale, McNeill’s Champ Pale Ale, Dogfishhead 60 Minute IPA, and Kelso Carroll Garden Wit. [Grub Street]

Seems like a bit of a premium you're paying than buying it from the Brooklyn Beer Distributor two blocks away on Washington.

New vegetable/produce on Vanderbilt

See here on brownstoner.com

Big day for Dean Street on Saturday, June 26th

With the farewell block party for Tavern on Dean and the huge US-Ghana match going on at Woodwork on Saturday, it means there will be quite a festive atmosphere on Dean Street between Vanderbilt and Underhill this Saturday.

Pequena to open on Vanderbilt Avenue on Friday

Per grubstreet, Pequena is slated to open its' second Brooklyn location on Friday. It will have about 20 seats and will also feature a sidewalk cafe once applicable permits are received.

Neighborhood stalwart Brooklynian also has a thread on a potential four-corner drink/food-walk.

Grand Theft Bicycle @ Brooklyn Bike and Board

The new bike store on Vanderbilt, Brooklyn Bike and Board, was robbed of anywhere from 19 to 30 bicycles, depending on reports.

Check the blog posts on brooklynian and on the store's website.

Woodwork named one of top soccer bars

GQ did a piece on the best soccer bars in the US and Prospect Heights' own Woodwork made the list.

Here's the link to the GQ article.

New bar on Vanderbilt and Dean - Woodwork

Billed as a European soccer bar, this place will have wine and bottled beer.

Here's a website we dug up on the space called Woodwork.

Apparently it will be serving only organic-when-possible food.

Teen phone thief stalking potential victims at Park and Vanderbilt

Here's the play by play on a teen would-be thief in red jacket who awaits his prey on a bike at the corner of Park Place and Vanderbilt.

Just tonight, the commenter who goes by the name 'jeffrey' was walking around the vicinity a few times as well as driving around in his car and notices that the kid is pacing back and forth looking for potential victims on their phones or listening to ipods.

The cops were notified and they were on the case, but the would-be punk was able to avoid arrest.

The Vanderbilt is hiring!

Per this craigslist ad, they are looking for a sous chef and kitchen crew.

"Excellent opportunity to experience a high quality start up(opening) Looking for focused hard working-self motivated sous chef and staff to assist in launching an exciting Contemporary American small plates/ gastro pubbish spot in brooklyn. Looking for staff that has experience in busy NYC houses- must be willing to work till 1 or 2 am on Fridays and Saturdays if schedule calls for it- NO primadonnas please! Looking to build strong team- Five nights - Restaurant to open first week in October-"

New bar - 'Cornelius' - to open at Vanderbilt/Pacific

Via brooklynian, this eater.com reports on a new bar from the owners of Le Gamin, Soda and Franklin Park.

One commenter says that Cornelius is opening at the former spot of Noo-na, the ill-fated Korean restaurant.

T Magazine blurbs about Ici in Fort Greene

This weekend's NY Times T Magazine writes about the French scene in New York and mentions Ici as

"More Bastille than George V, this low-key alternative to the city’s more chichi bistros, owned by Laurent Saillard (ex-Balthazar and Bouley), is particularly good for breakfast. 246 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 789-2778"

Imperioli filming again on Dean Street today

For the second time in two months, Mike Imperioli was filming at the senior center on Dean between Vanderbilt and Underhill. Filming in Brooklyn has the goods. Picture at left courtesy of Filming in Brooklyn.