And you are here why?

BOE ( 209 Wythe, Williamsburg ) My favorite watering-hole in Williamsburg, it is technically the tasting room for "BOE Wines" (vintner - Alie Shaper), but it is so much more.  It also showcases all things drinkable from New York (Whiskey, Rye, Vodka, Grappa, Beer, etc.) as well as a carefully curated set of some off the wall - yet excellent - New York wines.  Endlessly helpful staff, as well as local cheeses/salumi at $7/portion, it's a wonderful way to spend an evening (or afternoon!) Cantina Royale ( 58 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg ) It's a "Mexican" restaurant, which isn't saying much in NYC (where the selection thereof is remarkably poor).  The go-to dish here is the salsa - you get a selection of four, which range from hot to delayed effect nuclear , but all of which have a depth and complexity of flavors that belies the simplistic "hot salsa" definition. Apart from that, some of the tacos are excellent, the tortilla/chicken s...

Eugenji Sukharenko brings us what must truly be the ultimate Hipster Starter Kit - something that no true Brooklyn-ite can be without (hat tip +Yurii Rashkovskii )

Trucks in Brooklyn invariably involve food.  Santa Monica is, apparently, different...

ISA is (was?) one of the great Williamsburg restaurants - think upscale BrooklynHipster fare.  Locovor-y, forage-y, innovative-y, quasi-moleculary-y, casualy-y and basically all brilliant-y.  And then this --> First sous-chef Jose Ramirez (@chezjosebk) tweets that "chef got fired, I got let go... Turning something special into another grilling, burger, pizza joint... Better things coming" which pretty much sez. that chef Ignacio Mattos was fired. Then somebody points out at Craigslist has the following ad up since June 7th ISA, in Williamsburg is hiring for all kitchen positions! Please send resume and message and we will get in touch with you. Which means that they fired everyone . And now, the following sign up on the door Sooo, WTF? Is it gone? There are pretty much no other details out there, just rehashes of the above :-(

Bedford Avenue is - essentially - "Main Street" in Williamsburg.  Ground zero is the few blocks on either side of N. 7th and Bedford, and its basically a mish-mosh of hipster dives, wacky coffee shops, ultra-cheap eateries, and the occasional bodega. On June 9th, they decided to make the place slightly more presentable - if only for a day - and closed off most of Bedford, putting strips of sod down on the street. It was a huge hit, and scenes like this were all over the place.  It made the street surprisingly pleasant - a huge return for a small investment. They should consider doing this on Broadway....

Julie Percha brings us the essence of Hipsterism. Ok, not quite Hipster Hunting, but close enough. Enjoy... The Hipster Hunt from Julie Percha on Vimeo .

"Do you have hipsters here? Do you have these people walking around with fucking socks on their heads? Like Brad Pitt.   They look like Smurfs.   They've got a fucking sock on their heads. We've really gotta stop that shit. Sockheads. I hate them." via Eater

@wrameerez was recently entranced by videos of kids in India using abacuses at crazy speeds, and it turns out that there are many, many videos of such stuff, not to mention companies that use them to improve mental skillz . I shudder to think of the results of something like this in Brooklyn though, can't you just see it?  All the Brooklyn Hipsters switching out their cash-registers for little bronze hand-made abacii?