Carroll Gardens: November 2006 Archives

Harry from Schnack has let the burger out of the bun--Schnack's white buns are back! You may remember the furor that broke out when it was revealed that the wheat buns were here to stay, but the good folks at Schnack have reconsidered and now plan to offer the little Schnackies on your choice of white or wheat. As always, the triples and quads are only available on white.

The store that used to be Brooklyn Net Sellers at 463 Court Street and Luquer is undergoing a renovation. Based on how it's shaping up, I'd bet on boutique or cafe where nothing is prepared on site, but one never knows. Anybody have the inside scoop?

Oh, and any gossip on Leo's, the sports bar at Nelson and Court streets that's been about to open for ages?

Somebody on Clinton Street in Carroll Gardens really likes fall and pumpkins--so much so that they've built an altar to the pumpkin gods.

Stuff to check out this weekend:

• One of my favorite online shops, Fred Flare, has a pop-up store in Williamsburg for the holidays. It's at 175 N 10th Street, and it's open this Friday through Christmas Eve. [Via FashionGeek]
• Prospect Park's Kate Wollman Rink opens on Thanksgiving from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 2 p.m.-6 p.m. and stays open all weekend long. It's $5 admission ($3.50 kids and seniors) and $5.50 skate rental.
• Check out one of Brooklyn Museum's cool exhibits: Ron Mueck's gigantic people, animalistic watercolors by Walton Ford and an Annie Leibovitz retrospective.
• Celebrate a new Bonita location  that's only three G stops away in Fort Greene. [Via Brooklyn Record]
• And reason enough for second helpings of turkey: The F train isn't all screwy--yea for holiday tourist season!

There's a new entry into the menu war (take that MenuPages, NYMetro and um, whatever other menu sites are out there!). It's called Menutopia. I checked out their Carroll Gardens page and while the interface is nice, I was disappointed to see a number of the restaurants listed didn't actually have a menu. Zaytoons did, but I wasn't too impressed with this language from the Menutopia site once I got there: "Have an opinion about Zaytoons? Too bad, only members can rate and review." Ha--no, Menutopia, too bad for YOU! But who knows, maybe they just say that on their Brooklyn site ;)

Instead of going to the Village Parade this year, I stuck around the neighborhood and handed out candy to the hordes of surprisingly polite youngsters. Best costume of the night goes to Ms. Sockmonkey, who was accompanied by the clever Devil's French Wife.