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photo by Benjamin Lozovsky. “The Margabucha.”
By One Stop Beer Shop tapster Pamela Rossi: I wanted to create a drink with the pleasures of a tall, cool, fruity, salty margarita, and just the right kickstart to a 5 o’clock Friday night outsans the calories.
But why stop there? I decided to incorporate a probiotic drink to satisfy not only the “skinny girl” margarita goers, but our health conscious cravers too. Born is Margabucha: Only 70 cals with the healthful benefits of kombucha!
Shaved veal tongue with tomatillo salsa, crema fresca, pickled mustard seeds. Photo by Benjamin Lozovsky
”We have pig ears,” the chalkboard sign outside of Calyer bar cheerfully announces. Pig ears—who can resist that? Not me. I made a mental note to come back during the weekend.
Calyer, which opened this past summer, is part of a Williamsburg / Greenpoint mini restaurant-empire. It’s brought to you by the folks who own Anella, Jimmy’s Diner, and St. Vitus Bar. Located on the corner of Calyer and Franklin streets, Calyer is small and understated. It reminds me of the bars of yesteryear: quiet, casual, comfortable, and not overly thematic. Just a good old, timeless kind of bar with a mix of antiques and old office furniture. The food, however, is a much more ambitious affair. There are Scotched eggs, skirt steaks, slow cooked oxtail, fried pig ears, pork belly, chicharrones, veal tongue, and grilled chicken liver, all served tapas style and priced from $5 to $15.
Barista Orion Jenkins prepares a Brazilian blend coffee to go. Photo by Benjamin Lozovsky
As hard as we work, as much as we run around, as fast as the world turns these days, that first coffee in the morning can be a calm in the storm, an almost pious way to begin the day. For many people, our first interaction of the day is with a local barista. You’re just barely awake, maybe even a little late, it’s cold and the sun is bright and you enter Cup, closing the door behind you. As your eyes adjust to the light the barista says, “Hey, Andy.”
That’s Cup, a friendly, welcoming coffee shop no bigger than a Brooklyn bedroom, or a single-car garage, which was the location’s previous incarnation. Co-owners and husband and wife Bianca LeRoux (30) and Jeremy LeRoux (37) converted the pair of single-car garages on Norman Avenue nearly three years ago, first founding Cup, and then Brooklyn Mac next door.
Ossobuco alla Milanese (veal shank with saffron risotto) Photos By Benjamin Lozovsky
Osteria il Paiolo
106 North 6th St. (Berry & Wythe)
(718) 218-7080
Open 7 days a week
By Mary Yeung
Landhaus bacon. Photos by Benjamin Lozovsky
Landhaus is a partnership between Matthew Lief, a chef, and Jakob Cirell, a butcher from Arcadian Pastures farm. They launched their farm to sandwich business this summer at the Smorgasburg in Williamsburg. Thick slabs of grilled bacon, on a stick or in a BLT, quickly became a Landhaus signature specialty.
You can find Landhaus selling sandwiches and other treats at the Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg.