![]() ![]() 71).Īrthur Phillips, novelist, author of Prague and The Tragedy of Arthur: Wray buys the occasional pair of socks at the Brooklyn Circus, “run by these guys who dress like Outkast-they’re so goddamn dapper” (150 Nevins St. At the bar Littlefield, Kristen Schaal, a Daily Show regular, co-hosts a “very funny comedy show” called Hot Tub (622 Degraw St.). “It runs the gamut from places to drink to places to see performances, even a climbing gym”- Brooklyn Boulders (575 Degraw St. “I like Gowanus”-surrounding the canal between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens. Jonathan Ames, essayist, novelist, and creator and main character of Bored to Death on HBO: Grab a sandwich on multi-grain at Ted & Honey, on the southeast corner, and sit for a spell toward the west end of the park, watching budding writers at play in the sandbox (Congress St. It’s become such an icon of bohemian-bourgeois Brooklyn that it was featured in the 2009 Broadway play God of Carnage, about snobbish urbanites with a dark side (now adapted into a movie starring Kate Winslet). This Georgian-style gem alongside a weathered cobbled street was one of New York’s first vest-pocket parks. Cutest Recreation Space for Bookish Children Though staffed by men in beards and suspenders, it has a vibe that’s surprisingly pretension-free, and the cocktails (try the Brooklyn, a classic mix of whiskey, Italian orange brandy, and bitters) cost about $6-cheap by today’s standards (335 Smith St.). The speakeasy-era cocktail bar meets Carroll Gardens’ Italian roots in this homage to the area’s once-ubiquitous private social clubs. Best Bar for Picking Up Not-Yet-Famous Brooklyn Novelists If you haven’t yet quaffed Sixpoint, the borough’s excellent brand of craft brews, this is the place to start (148 Hoyt St.). And why not? The Brooklyn Inn is a gorgeous corner bar with dark wood, tin detailing, stained glass, and a gigantic mirror reflecting the light streaming in through the high windows. Best Bar for Flirting with Famous Brooklyn Novelistsīefore Jonathan Lethem moved to California, he’d make an occasional appearance here at the semi-regular gatherings of some of New York’s best thirtysomething literary novelists. One of them, near Pineapple Street, houses the nautically themed duplex that Norman Mailer once called home. The view from this walk overlooking the East River, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge, between Orange and Remsen streets, is so stunning that it’s easy to forget to look the other way for a peek into the necklace of beautiful, expensive brownstones lining the walk. Best Place to See Both Manhattan and (Mailer’s) Brooklyn The only thing missing is the tobacco (128 Smith St. Artfully worn, with generous outdoor space, it could easily pass for a Parisian café, and its easy mix of Europhile sophistication and rumpled informality suits local writers perfectly. The fashionable stretch of Smith Street has developed a decidedly French flavor, owing partly to the arrival of this classic steak frites–and–onion soup bistro. Best Restaurant in Which to Read the Latest Michel Houellebecq Novel Make sure to order the ever-fresh vegetables as a part of your meal (190 Dean St. ![]() The latter was so cool as to be visited on a recent Saturday night by Maggie Gyllenhaal-Brooklyn’s version of royalty. There’s the Montreal deli Mile End, local favorite Building on Bond, and more recently Rucola, a studiously locavore Northern Italian place. As the restaurants along Smith Street have been overtaken by Manhattanites, the hipper places have moved east into Boerum Hill, closer to the homes of writers (Jonathan Ames) and actors (Hope Davis). ![]()
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