Vines & Voices 018: Whoever buys Mazzola Bakery’s building must keep it intact
Plus, Diwali festivities, pumpkin carving, Staubitz’s new queen and more.
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The Roundup
Brooklyn Granary and Mill will be serving up biscones at The Great Community Bake Sale, taking place today at 180 Maiden Lane.
Public Records will host HAGS, one of Bon Appétit’s Best New Restaurants of 2023, for a plant-based, five-course tasting menu with wine pairings next Saturday, Oct. 25 from 6 to 11 p.m. Reservations via Resy here.
Figa, whose chocolates are made from a naturally caffeine-free tree called cupuaçu, is popping up at Sixteen Mill tomorrow, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tera Mera is celebrating Diwali with a lunchtime celebration tomorrow, Oct. 19 from noon to 5 p.m. There will be free henna, Bollywood music, food and more. RSVP here.
Dae is serving tea cocktails — Saffron Oolong Bamboo, Clarified Jasmine Milk Tea and more — tomorrow, Oct. 19 during its dinner service, 5 to 10 p.m.
The Red Hook Art Project Studio is swapping paintbrushes for pumpkins next Friday, Oct. 24 with an adults-only night of carving, donuts and warm apple cider.
Carroll Park will host its annual Children’s Halloween Fest next Saturday, Oct. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring a scavenger hunt, music, dancing, treats and more spooky fun.
Natural Selection, a home goods store in Dumbo, will unveil an exclusive collection made by Perro Y Arena, a ceramics and design studio based in Tijuana, Baja California, and México, next Saturday, Oct. 25. Non-alcoholic agave cocktails by Parch will be on tap.
A new queen is holding court at Staubitz Market: an adopted cat named Norrie.
Earlier this week, a fashion show held at Industry City raised money for artists affected by the Red Hook fire.
Two buildings at 192 and 194 Union Street are on the market for $9.75 million, with one sweet catch: the buyer must keep 100-year-old Mazzola Bakery intact.
Two extreme acts: One woman tries to visit every museum in NYC, including the Red Hook Pinball Museum (did you know there is a pinball museum in Red Hook?), while one man runs for eight days from Buffalo to Brooklyn.
I leave you with Nabila’s limited-time dinner special, Moughrabieh: Lebanese pearl couscous, caraway, cumin, bay leaf and braised lamb shoulder. 乁(⩾ ͟ల⩽)ㄏ