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Get It While It’s Hot! Mill Basin’s Award-Nominated Burger Truck Is Moving On By Alex Ellefson on Sep 23, 2015 04:42 pm Southern Brooklynites, if you love a gut-busting, drool-inducing burger, it’s time to make a pilgrimage to Mill Basin. The neighborhood’s highly-praised Hard Times Sundaes food truck will be wheeling out to a new location in Prospect-Lefferts Garden next month, reports Brooklyn Magazine. That’s right, beginning in October the burger maker, which was nominated for the grand prize [...] [Video] How Did Discarded Wood From The Riegelmann Boardwalk End Up In An Italian Art Fair? By Alex Ellefson on Sep 23, 2015 03:13 pm A new video produced by BRIC TV explores how junked wood planks from the Riegelmann Boardwalk, supposedly destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, ended up as a beautifully restored indoor walkway at this year’s World’s Fair in Milan, ­Italy. Revelations that the scrapped wood beams had turned up at the Italian art festival angered many boardwalk advocates who felt [...] The Bite: Azerbaijan House’s Cozy, Homespun Cuisine By Alex Ellefson on Sep 23, 2015 12:38 pm THE BITE: The slant of Sheepshead Bay Road inevitably guides travelers towards the seaside restaurants gathered on Emmons Avenue. But if you swim upstream and tuck into East 14th Street, you’ll run into Azerbaijan House, a cozy, family-run restaurant whose dishes glow with homespun artistry that will please your eyes as much as your tastebuds. Sitting near the [...] Coney Island’s B&B Carousell Recommended For Register Of Historic Places By Alex Ellefson on Sep 23, 2015 10:47 am Coney Island’s B&B Carousell may have charmed its way onto a distinguished list of historic landmarks. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the New York State Board for Historic Preservation had recommended the antique merry-go-round be added to the State and National Registers of Historic Places, along with 26 other locations in the state. The carousel, composed of [...] Morning Mug: “And Who By Fire, Who By Water, Who In The Sunshine, Who In The Night Time, Who By High Ordeal, Who By Common Trial, Who In Your Merry Merry Month Of May, Who By Very Slow Decay, And Who Shall I Say Is Calling?” — Leonard Cohen By Sheepshead Bites on Sep 23, 2015 07:00 am Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. Recent Articles: HUD Backs Off Effort To Recoup Money From Sandy Victims With A Government Shutdown Looming, Here’s Where Local Reps Stand On Planned Parenthood Things For Kids To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Halloween Harvest, Zipper Bracelets & More Turn In Expired Prescription Medications At The 61st Precinct This Saturday Emergency Workers Called To Save Woman Who Jumped Into Sheepshead Bay Facebook Twitter Have tips? Email editor@sheepsheadbites.com Want to advertise? Contact us!

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