Cheap Eats in Brooklyn

Kashkar Cafe

• ★ 4.4
• Uzbek
• $
• Brighton Beach

Order Geiro lagman noodles, lamb skewers at $4 each, and a bowl of shurpa lamb broth.

Kashkar Cafe is a Uyghur and Uzbek restaurant on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, serving lamb kebabs at $4 a skewer, lagman noodles and halal soups.

Saint Street Cakes

• ★ 4.4
• Bakery
• $
• Fort Greene and Clinton Hill

Order Almond cake slice with pistachio-lemon buttercream

Saint Street Cakes on South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, sells cake slices, cookies and cake martinis, and takes custom orders for full cakes.

Brooklyn Granary & Mill

• ★ 4.4
• Bakery
• $
• Gowanus

Order Biscone

Brooklyn Granary & Mill in Gowanus, Brooklyn, bakes sourdough and pastries from flour milled upstairs at 240 Huntington Street, and sells the flour too.

Bien Cuit

• ★ 4.4
• Bakery
• $
• Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill

Order Miche

Bien Cuit on Smith Street, Brooklyn, bakes dark-crusted loaves such as its miche and baguette, plus pastries, and opened in Boerum Hill in 2011.

Che

• ★ 4.4
• Cafe
• $
• Bed-Stuy

Drink Sey and Uncommon espresso

Che is a small Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, coffee shop on Malcolm X Boulevard that pours Sey and Uncommon beans by day and natural wine and cocktails at night.

Sey Coffee

• ★ 4.4
• Cafe
• $
• Bushwick

Sey Coffee pours light, Nordic-style coffees in a skylit warehouse cafe on Grattan Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with potted plants and an airy room.

Taqueria El Chato

• ★ 4.4
• Taqueria
• $
• Greenpoint

Try Al pastor and asada tacos

Taqueria El Chato is a Bib Gourmand taco counter on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with $5 al pastor tacos and a 00:45 close on weekends.

Tashkent Supermarket

• ★ 4.4
• Uzbek
• $
• Brighton Beach

Tashkent Supermarket at 713 Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn is an Uzbek grocery with a hot bar of plov, manti and samsa, plus in-house baking.

Luigi's Pizza

• ★ 4.4
• Pizzeria
• $
• Park Slope

Try Cheese slice and Sicilian square

Luigi's Pizza is a family-run 5th Avenue pizzeria in Park Slope, Brooklyn, open since 1973, selling cheese slices for $3.50 and Sicilian squares for $4.

Taqueria Ramirez

• ★ 4.3
• Taqueria
• $
• Greenpoint

Order Suadero, al pastor and longaniza tacos, with the blow-torched tripa for the adventurous.

Taqueria Ramirez is a counter-service taqueria on Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, modeled on Mexico City shops, with tacos of suadero and al pastor.

Four & Twenty Blackbirds

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Gowanus

Order Salty Honey pie

Four & Twenty Blackbirds on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn bakes pies in lemon chess, rhubarb custard and Salty Honey, with communal tables for slices.

Welcome Home

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Bed-Stuy

Order Mortadella on sesame focaccia

Welcome Home on Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, bakes laminated pastries, loaves, baguettes, cakes and sandwiches, and is closed on Tuesdays.

ACQ Bread Co

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens

Order Sourdough milk bread

ACQ Bread Co sells sourdough milk bread, loaves and a fermented rye cookie from a tiny shop on Clinton Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, twice a week.

Miolin Bakery

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Park Slope

Order Strawberry croissant

Miolin Bakery on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, bakes croissants and focaccia, with a strawberry croissant and a twice-baked almond one Thu to Sun.

Birdee

• ★ 4.3
• Bakery
• $
• Williamsburg

Order Romeo and Juliet danish with guava paste

Birdee is a bakery and all-day cafe in the Domino Refinery at Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, open since spring 2025.

PPL

• ★ 4.3
• Cafe
• $
• Williamsburg

Drink Matcha latte

PPL is a small Williamsburg, Brooklyn, cafe on Roebling Street serving Colombian espresso, Shizuoka teas, matcha lattes and vegan banana bread.

Cafe Grumpy

• ★ 4.3
• Cafe
• $
• Greenpoint

Drink Pour over

Cafe Grumpy's original Greenpoint, Brooklyn, cafe on Meserole Avenue has been pouring coffee since 2005, with Wi-Fi provided and room to sit and study.

Loveless Coffees

• ★ 4.3
• Cafe
• $
• Bushwick

Drink Espresso

Loveless Coffees is a Bushwick, Brooklyn, roastery-cafe on Central Avenue that roasts light-medium in a style it calls New York-Nordic and sells beans.

Driftaway Coffee

• ★ 4.3
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Williamsburg

Driftaway Coffee roasts at 85 Debevoise Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and pours coffee at a roastery tasting room and pour-over bar on weekends.

Sunny's Bar

• ★ 4.3
• Cocktail bar
• $
• Red Hook

Sunny's Bar is a tchotchke-filled Red Hook dive in Brooklyn with live music from 20:00 on most nights and a crowd spilling onto Conover Street out front.

Hainan Jones

• ★ 4.3
• Chinese
• $
• Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill

Try Poached chicken set

Hainan Jones is a Hainanese chicken rice stall inside DeKalb Market Hall in Brooklyn, serving poached and roasted chicken sets with rice and soup.

Peppa's Jerk Chicken

• ★ 4.3
• Caribbean
• $
• Crown Heights

Try Small jerk chicken with festival

Peppa's Jerk Chicken serves Jamaican jerk chicken with festival on Prospect Place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, open until 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays.

Brennan & Carr

• ★ 4.2
• Sandwich
• $
• Sheepshead Bay

Order The roast beef sandwich or the Gargiulo burger, both under $10 on the operator's posted menu.

Brennan & Carr is a roast beef restaurant on Nostrand Avenue in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, serving hot beef sandwiches since 1938 and taking cash only.

A&C Super

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• $
• Williamsburg

Order Egg-stuffed biscuit sandwich

A&C Super on Leonard Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sells bread, pastries, coffee and breakfast sandwiches from a takeout window, with a patio nearby.

Allan's Bakery

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• $
• Flatbush

Order Hard dough bread

Allan's Bakery on Nostrand Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, is a third-generation family Caribbean bakery that has served the borough for over 60 years.

Syrena Bakery

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• $
• Greenpoint

Order Pączki

Syrena Bakery on Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has been a Polish bakery since 1993, baking breads, babkas, strudels, cakes and pastries on site.

Brown Butter

• ★ 4.2
• Cafe
• $
• Bed-Stuy

Drink Haitian coffee

Brown Butter is a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, craft cafe on Tompkins Avenue serving Haitian coffee beans, chicken and waffles, biscuits and strawberry shortcake.

Aunts et Uncles

• ★ 4.2
• Cafe
• $
• Flatbush

Drink Seasonal spirit-free cocktail

Aunts et Uncles is a vegan Caribbean-influenced cafe in Flatbush, Brooklyn, with a plant-based smash burger, mac and cheese and a mushroom lobster roll.

City League Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.2
• Cafe
• $
• Bay Ridge

City League Coffee Roasters is a sports and 1990s nostalgia cafe on 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, with a roastery nearby in Sunset Park.

Partners Coffee Bedford

• ★ 4.2
• Cafe
• $
• Williamsburg

Drink Single-origin coffees

Partners Coffee Bedford is a 50-seat Williamsburg, Brooklyn cafe on Bedford Avenue at North 9th Street, opened in February 2026 with an on-site kitchen.

Kos Kaffe

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Park Slope

Kos Kaffe is a family-owned cafe on 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, that roasts its own coffee daily and serves breakfast, lunch and baked goods.

High Beam

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Red Hook

High Beam is a roastery and cafe at 369 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, serving pastries and breakfast alongside its own roasted coffee.

Oslo Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.2
• Coffee roaster
• $
• Williamsburg

Oslo Coffee Roasters roasts small batches and runs its flagship cafe at 133 Roebling Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a large communal room.

Chaat Dog

• ★ 4.2
• Street food
• $
• DUMBO

Try Chaat dog

Chaat Dog is a Desi-American hot dog stall inside Time Out Market New York in Dumbo, Brooklyn, opened in June 2026, with Vienna franks and chaat toppings.

Fat Fowl

• ★ 4.2
• Caribbean
• $
• Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill

Try Oxtail grilled cheese

Fat Fowl is a stall in DeKalb Market Hall in Brooklyn from St. Lucian chef Shorne Benjamin, with an oxtail grilled cheese and lavender rotisserie chicken.

Taqueria Al Pastor

• ★ 4.2
• Taqueria
• $
• Bushwick

Try Al pastor tacos

Taqueria Al Pastor is a taco counter on Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn, with al pastor tacos at $5.95 and a kitchen open to 00:00 Monday to Saturday.

Villabate Alba

• ★ 4.2
• Bakery
• $
• Bensonhurst and Gravesend

Villabate Alba on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, is a family Sicilian bakery open since 1979, with ricotta cannoli, sfincione, cookies and gelato.

Baked

• ★ 4.1
• Bakery
• $
• Red Hook

Order Deep dark brownie

Baked on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, sells brownies, blondies, tricolor cookies and apple pie from a snug neighborhood bakery and cafe.

The Twisted Spine

• ★ 4.1
• Cafe
• $
• Williamsburg

Drink Mary Shelley pandan latte

The Twisted Spine is a horror-themed bookstore and cafe on Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with pandan lattes, beer and wine, and room for laptops.

Obscure Coffee Roasters

• ★ 4.1
• Cafe
• $
• Bushwick

Drink Coquito latte

Obscure Coffee Roasters is a Puerto Rican-led cafe at the front of Bushwick Comedy Club in Bushwick, Brooklyn, pouring Latin American coffees and pastries.