Laura B writes: “The Times published an item about Prospect Heights restaurants over the weekend. Probably not a surprising list for readers of this board, but it’s a nice little compendium and good to see the hood getting the attention it deserves.”

From NYT:

“A new basketball arena for the Nets in Brooklyn came closer to reality this month as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority agreed to sell development rights to the railyard at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. One way or another, these little gems nearby in Prospect Heights may feel the impact.

BEAST; (718) 399-6855; 638 Bergen Street (Vanderbilt Avenue)
FRANNY’S; (718) 230-0221; 295 Flatbush Avenue (Prospect Place)
GARDEN CAFE; (718) 857-8863; 620 Vanderbilt Avenue (Prospect Place)
THE ISLANDS; (718) 398-3575; 803 Washington Avenue (Eastern Parkway)
KOMBIT; (718) 399-2000; 279 Flatbush Avenue (Prospect Place)
RESTAURANT SORREL; (718) 622-1190; 605 Carlton Avenue (St. Marks Avenue)

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Eating for Brooklyn rumor-mongers: “Word on the street is that Tavern on Dean of Prospect Heights is opening a restaurant on Stuyvesant Avenue (on the corner of Macon) in Bedford Stuyvesant where the McDonald’s Stuyvesant Heights Cafe used to be (no, not the fast food chain)… I haven’t been able to confirm the rumor, but it would most certainly be welcome news.”

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