Time Out NY 2009 Eat Out Awards (Brooklyn Style)

Nightfall Between Bridges, Brooklyn, NY by Grunik, through the Creative Commons License on Flickr.

Time Out NY has announced their 2009 Eat Out awards, and I've narrowed it down to just our friendly Brooklyn borough! There are some interesting, new and eclectic places to check out, hopefully in your very own 'hood!

READERS' CHOICE

Best Coffee - Cafe Grumpy (Greenpoint) (excitement!!)
193 Meserole Ave at Diamond St (718-349-7623)

Best Addition to an Underserved Hood - Vinegar Hill House (Vinegar Hill/DUMBO)
72 Hudson Ave between Front and Water Sts (718-522-1018)

Best New Brooklyn Restaurant -Buttermilk Channel (Carroll Gardens)
524 Court St at Huntington St (718-852-8490)

Best New Ice Cream - Blue Marble (Boerum Hill / Prospect Heights)
420 Atlantic Ave between Bond and Nevins Sts (718-858-1100); 186 Underhill Ave between St. Johns and Sterling Pls (718-399-6926)

Best New 'Hood Joint - The General Greens (Fort Greene)
229 DeKalb Ave at Clermont Ave (718-222-1510)

Best New Cocktail Lounge - Clover Club (Cobble Hill)
210 Smith St between Baltic and Butler Sts (718-855-7939)

CRITICS' CHOICE

Best Place to Cultivate a Beer Belly - Beer Table (Park Slope)
427B Seventh Ave between 14th and 15th Sts (718-965-1196)

Best Case Against Cupcake Backlash - Sweet Revenge (Williamsburg)
62 Carmine St between Seventh Ave South and Bedford St (212-242-2240)

Best New Artisan Pie - Montorino (Williamsburg)
319 Graham Ave between Ainslie and Devoe Sts (718-599-8899)

Most Welcomed Gentrifier - James (Prospect Heights)
605 Carlton Ave at St. Marks Ave, (718-942-4255)

Best Unlikely Marriage - No 7 (Fort Greene)
7 Greene Ave between Cumberland and Fulton Sts (718-522-6370)

Best Reason to Declare Love for BBQ - Char No 4 (Cobble Hill)
196 Smith St between Baltic and Warren Sts (718-643-2106)

Best Nouveau Chophouse - Walter Foods (Williamsburg)
253 Grand St between Driggs Ave and Roebling St (718-387-8783)

Best Bar for a Gin Blossom - Sycamore (Ditmas Park)
1118 Cortelyou Rd between Stratford and Westminster Rds (347-240-5850)

Best New Dumplings - Eton (Carroll Gardens)
205 Sackett St at Henry St (718-222-2999)

Best Comeback of a Vanishing Trade - Marlow & Daughters (Williamsburg)
95 Broadway between Bedford Ave and Berry St (718-388-5700)

All restaurants can be found here on TimeOutNY.com .

Happy eatings! I know I will.

'Anti-Oxidant' Video Salon @ Northeast Kingdom

Marissa Nadler - Famous Blue Raincoat from Greg Eggebeen on Vimeo.

In my little corner of Bushwick, we have this wonderful restaurant called Northeast Kingdom, and for awhile now, it was the only reason that young, hip adults of Brooklyn to venture over to the Jefferson stop on the L. Like a little bubble in this otherwise fairly non-gentrified neighborhood, Northeast Kingdom serves a variety of exquisitely produced comfort foods, all compiled from local and organic farms. They also have lovely beers on tap (like Allagash, a personal favorite for the summer). It takes all of 3 minutes to settle into Northeast Kingdom and feel like you are in a wooden lodge somewhere far away from Brooklyn, eating food cooked by your cheek-pinching grandmother as you converse with long-lost friends.

So, how does this relate to Greg Eggebeen's video done to Marissa Nadler's cover of Famous Blue Raincoat? Well, according to BushwickBK (my fav Bushwick website), Northeast Kingdom hosts (randomly, really) an event called the 'Anti-Oxidant' video salon, and it has only been getting better and better. The event has really taken shape since local artist Christina Medina has taken over, and this weeks videos were all centered around local music (hence Marissa Nadler!) Man, oh man, if Eggebeen's video is any representation of the caliber of art being show at these events, I will NOT miss the next one on February 11th. It's beautiful, flowing and haunting yet still lovingly nostalgic. Eggebeen did an amazing job of capturing the subtle emotions at play behind Nadler's cover.

Other videos/artists showcased that night:
Opening video by Fritz Donnely.
Drew and the Medicinal Pens (who performed live afterwards!)
Matthew Dunehoo (formally of Baby Teardrops)
A/D
Ryan Power of Burlington, Vermont
Worm