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Keeping the peace — Brooklyn style!
Keeping the peace — Brooklyn style!
With one hand, they pour your drinks. With the other, they carry a bat. Many Brooklyn bars use surveillance cameras for security, others rely on their vigilant staff and trustworthy regulars — but a number of watering holes across the borough keep a last line of defense beneath the bar. Kevin ...
This Friday — The Brooklyn Paper inside your New York Post!
This Friday — The Brooklyn Paper inside your New York Post!
brooklynpaper.com — The Brooklyn Paper and The New York Post — perfect together! Starting this Friday in selected areas... of Brooklyn, copies of The Post will include The Brooklyn Paper — giving Post readers a chance to get our lively, award-winning local coverage along ... (more) This Friday — The Brooklyn Paper inside your New ...
Brooklyn Eats™ Tasting Event – October 27, 2009
Brooklyn Eats™ Tasting Event – October 27, 2009
brooklyneats.com — Brooklyn's Best Culinary Celebration Returns! BROOKLYN EATS ™ FOOD, WINE & BEER TASTING FESTIVAL *** PRESENTING BROOKLYN'S... BEST FOODS & BEVERAGES Brooklyn and great food go hand-in-hand. Food is big business in Brooklyn. There are more than 1,000 ... (more) Brooklyn Eats™ Tasting Event – October 27, 2009
The Name Game
netsdaily.com — Ever since Bruce Ratner decided to buy the Nets, it has been “all about Brooklyn”. The most... commonly told story about the origin of the “Brooklyn Nets” is that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz called Ratner and ... (more) The Name Game
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Listage: Nobu Co-Owner Richie Notar Flips Out on Plane; Food Writers Discuss Cheap Foodie Date Spots
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Nobu Owner Melts Down; Date Night Goes Casual
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Defending the Bar
FREEwilliamsburg — ... "With one hand, they pour your drinks. With the other, they carry a bat." So begins this thrilling piece at the Brooklyn Paper that looks at what weapons Brooklyn bartenders keep behind the bar. ...

Bartenders, Choose Your Weapon
NY Barfly — ... We really like the description of the good old days, when bars would blow your face off if you tried to cheat them. Check it out: ...

Brooklyn Barkeeps Speak Up About Safety
Gothamist — ... What's really behind the bar at Brooklyn watering holes? Hopefully you'll never find out, but the Brooklyn Paper reports on some of the makeshift security systems barkeeps keep hidden from their patrons. ...

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