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Brunch in Sheepshead Bay: What to Order and When to Come
For a long time, brunch in Sheepshead Bay meant one of two things. You either grabbed a quick plate at one of the old-school Brooklyn diners, or you rode the tr
Neighborhood Guide
Restaurants Near Sheepshead Bay: Sheepshead Bay vs. Brighton Beach vs. Manhattan Beach for an Evening Out
Three neighborhoods sit within a mile or two of each other at the southern edge of Brooklyn, and each one promises a different kind of evening.
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Sheepshead Bay Restaurants: Why Terra Brings a Serious Wine List to South Brooklyn
Sheepshead Bay has never been short on places to eat. Walk Sheepshead Bay Road down to Emmons Avenue and you pass seafood houses, bakeries, cafés and family spo
Wine
Wine and Caviar Pairing: Why Chablis Wins Where Other Wines Lose
Caviar is one of the few foods that can make a great bottle taste worse. It is salty, oily, and intensely savory, and most wines meet that combination and lose.
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Rioja Gran Reserva 1970 Wine: What Fifty-Six Years in a Bottle Really Means
A wine labeled Gran Reserva makes a specific, legally enforced promise before you ever pull the cork. A wine labeled Gran Reserva from 1970 makes a much bigger
Wine
Opus One Wine and the Birth of California’s Bordeaux Style
Few wines carry as clean an origin story as Opus One. It began not in a boardroom but at a resort on Hawaii's Big Island, where two winemakers from opposite sid