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First weekend in Brooklyn: pizza, Williamsburg and DUMBO

  • ★ 4.4
  • 2 days
  • First-time visitor, one weekend

A Saturday in Williamsburg with a waterfront market, a grandma slice and a steakhouse dinner, then a Sunday of brunch, pizza at Time Out Market, ice cream and a cheesecake finish at Junior's.

  1. Day 1Saturday: pastry, Smorgasburg, grandma slice, steakhouse dinner

    Morning
    Start at Birdee in the Domino Refinery, open daily from 08:00, for a laminated pastry, such as the cream cheese and guava danish. Be at Smorgasburg Williamsburg when it opens at 11:00, since it runs Saturdays only, April to October.
    Afternoon
    Graze the Smorgasburg stalls until it closes at 18:00, or leave by mid-afternoon for a grandma square slice at Williamsburg Pizza on Union Avenue, which is open from 11:30 on Saturday.
    Evening
    Dinner at Peter Luger Steak House, open daily 11:45 to 21:30; aim for an 18:30 table. Order the porterhouse with creamed spinach, finish with cheesecake and schlag, and bring cash or a US debit card, because the dining room takes no credit cards.

    StopsBirdeeSmorgasburg WilliamsburgWilliamsburg PizzaPeter Luger Steak House

  2. Day 2Sunday: pancakes, DUMBO pizza, ice cream, cheesecake

    Morning
    Brunch at Sunday in Brooklyn on Wythe Avenue from 10:00; it serves brunch daily from 09:30 to 16:30, and one $18 order of praline maple pancakes is enough to share.
    Afternoon
    Cross to DUMBO for Time Out Market New York, open Sunday from 08:00 to 22:00. Have a pie from the Fornino stall around 14:00, then walk to Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory on Old Fulton Street, open from 11:00 to 21:00 daily through 22 November in 2026, for a scoop.
    Evening
    Finish at Junior's on Flatbush Avenue Extension, whose bakery and takeout counter is open until 23:00 on Sundays, for a slice of its cheesecake on a thin sponge-cake layer.

    StopsSunday in BrooklynTime Out Market New YorkForninoBrooklyn Ice Cream FactoryJunior's Restaurant

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South Brooklyn: Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Bensonhurst

  • ★ 4.5
  • 2 days
  • Adventurous eater, one weekend

A weekend along the southern shore: Uzbek plov, a coal-oven pie and Uyghur lamb on Saturday, then cannoli, square pizza, roast beef and Georgian khachapuri on Sunday.

  1. Day 1Saturday: plov, coal-oven pie, Uyghur lamb

    Morning
    Start in Brighton Beach at Tashkent Supermarket, open daily from 06:00. Fill a container at the hot bar with plov, manti and samsa; a meal there runs about $10 to $15.
    Afternoon
    Go to Totonno's on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, which is open Saturday and Sunday only, from 12:00 to 17:30, for takeout only; take a pie nearby, since there is no dine-in.
    Evening
    Dinner at Kashkar Cafe on Brighton Beach Avenue, open until 23:45 on Saturday. Order the geiro lagman at $9.50, lamb skewers at $4 each and a bowl of shurpa.

    StopsTashkent SupermarketTotonno'sKashkar Cafe

  2. Day 2Sunday: cannoli, square pie, roast beef, khachapuri

    Morning
    Villabate Alba on 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst opens at 07:00 daily. Have a ricotta cannoli and the fried cartocci, ricotta-filled spirals rolled in sugar.
    Afternoon
    At 12:30, L&B Spumoni Gardens on 86th Street, open daily 11:00 to 23:30: a square slice, which comes plain, and a cup of spumoni. Later, Brennan & Carr on Nostrand Avenue in Sheepshead Bay is open Sunday from 11:00 to 23:00; the roast beef sandwich is $9.30 and the room is cash only.
    Evening
    Back in Brighton Beach, dinner at Toné Café on Neptune Avenue, open daily 09:00 to 23:00, for adjaruli khachapuri baked in the clay oven and khinkali dumplings.

    StopsVillabate AlbaL&B Spumoni GardensBrennan & CarrToné Café

Caribbean Brooklyn and Prospect Park: Crown Heights, Fort Greene and Flatbush

  • ★ 4.5
  • 2 days
  • Food-first traveler, one weekend

A Greenmarket, jerk chicken and an oxtail dinner on Saturday, then Caribbean bread, a sorrel mocktail, Smorgasburg in Prospect Park and kosher brisket on Sunday.

  1. Day 1Saturday: Greenmarket, jerk chicken, oxtail

    Morning
    Start at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, open Saturday from 08:00 to 16:00.
    Afternoon
    Lunch at Peppa's Jerk Chicken on Prospect Place, open Saturday from 11:00 to 00:30: a small jerk chicken with festival runs about $10. For a slice around 15:00, go to La Flor Pizzeria on Classon Avenue, open Saturday 12:00 to 21:00, where cheese slices are $3.50 and slices are not available for pickup.
    Evening
    Dinner at Mango Bay in a Fort Greene brownstone on Adelphi Street, open nightly 17:00 to 22:00. Order the braised oxtail and the char-grilled octopus.

    StopsPeppa's Jerk ChickenLa Flor PizzeriaMango Bay

  2. Day 2Sunday: Caribbean bakery, sorrel, park market, brisket

    Morning
    Allan's Bakery on Nostrand Avenue opens Sunday at 07:30; buy hard dough bread, which is on its product list. Then Hibiscus Brew on Flatbush Avenue, open from 08:30 on weekends, for its sorrel mocktail, a block from Prospect Park.
    Afternoon
    Walk into Prospect Park for Smorgasburg Prospect Park on Breeze Hill, open Sundays 11:00 to 18:00, April to October; enter at Lincoln Road and follow the signs.
    Evening
    Dinner at Izzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse on Troy Avenue, open Sunday from 13:00 to 22:30. Order the brisket, smoked for 18 hours.

    StopsAllan's BakeryHibiscus BrewIzzy's Brooklyn Smokehouse

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