Photos clockwise from top left: Lanoba’s new temporary store in Red Hook. Photo by Susan De Vries. Olmo in Ocean Hill. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith. Bushwick’s Chyelle cafe and vintage shop. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith. Bed Stuy’s French inspired Badaboom. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith
The annual national eventoriginally founded by American Express in 2010, it encourages patronage of local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year that is Saturday, November 29.
Businesses throughout the borough are open (in-person or online) for gift purchases, while eateries offer a break from shopping – and in some cases, gifts or gift cards. Shop Klein Greenpoint is expanding its local focus with the return of their in-person crawl event from November 28 through December 7 with discounts, raffles and more to support Greenpoint businesses.
To inspire some ideas, we’ve rounded up nine Brooklyn shops and restaurants and their owners featured in Brownstoner so far in 2025.
Chyelle, a vintage furniture store and cafe, opens in Bushwick
Vintage furniture store and café Chyelle has made its debut in Bushwick’s loft space, offering customers not only a place to pick up charming second-hand finds, but also to meet friends, work and test out the furnishings.
Owner Chyelle Milgrom is behind the very popular @fbmarketslut Instagram account where she shows off and announces her Facebook Marketplace finds. Milgrom started the account two years ago and now has more than 200,000 followers.
New restaurant Lakay Bistro brings flavors of Haiti to Ralph Avenue in Bed Stuy
In a new addition to Bed Stuy’s thriving food scene, Bistro Lakay has opened its doors on the corner of Ralph Avenue and Monroe Street, serving Haitian and Caribbean fusion cuisine.
Owners and Bed Stuy residents Alifax Mentor and Steve Osias, both Haitian, opened the restaurant at 55 Ralph Avenue on Oct. 10 with a menu that includes Cajun-Creole shrimp in epis butter and fried mac and cheese with oxtails, both for $12, and tamarind rum chicken for $11.
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Danish mid-century modern vintage store Lanoba reopens after Red Hook Fire
Just over a month after a devastating five-alarm fire at the historic Red Hook warehouse it called home, Lanoba, a Danish mid-century modern vintage furniture store, reopened in a temporary space in October.
Lanoba founders and husband and wife team Lars Noah Balderskilde and David Singh import containers of furniture and ceramics that they source themselves in Denmark and have developed a devoted following for their extensive selection and the high quality of their finds.
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Earth People Wine and Spirits is preparing to open in Eastern Bed Stuy
A wine and liquor store focused on smaller producers and artisanal production methods, including natural and organic wines, has opened on a long-vacant site next to Bed Stuy Fish Fry and across from Saratoga Park. Earth People Wine and spirits opened this summer at 801 Halsey Street on the corner of Howard Avenue.
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Restaurants serving French food, Mexico City-style tacos open in Bed Stuy
Bed Stuy has even more dining options with two new restaurants launched this summer: French-themed Badaboom and Mexico City’s cantina-inspired Dolores.
Badaboom serves rotisserie chicken and French-influenced comfort food and wine at 421 Bainbridge Street. Partners Henry Glucroft – of Bushwick’s Henry’s Wine and Spirits and Sunrise/Sunset – and Charles Gerbier, who recently opened nearby wine bar Frog, are behind the new restaurant.
Serves small plates and tacos, Dolores has opened at 397 Tompkins Avenue. The team behind the project includes Cressida Greening and Emir Dupeyron, the couple who own Winona’s in Bed Stuy, along with Leanne Favre, who runs the bar program at Winona’s. (Near Woodhull Hospital in Flushing, Winona’s is known for its seasonal menu.)
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Tapas, Gyoza and more are coming to Bed Stuy, Ocean Hill with new dining options
A wave of new restaurants is bringing cuisine from around the world to Bed Stuy and Ocean Hill. Three new spots, opened this summer and fall, serve Mexican tapas, French-Belgian comfort food and oysters with natural wine.
Elma Mexican tapas bar, opened at 103 Saratoga Avenue on the corner of Decatur Street.
A few blocks away at 327 Stuyvesant Avenue, on the corner of Macon Street, French and Belgian inspired Brooklyn brasserie debuted in the former location of Mama Fox restaurant, which closed late last year.
Not far away Salonan oyster and natural wine bar at 478 Halsey Street, on the corner of Lewis Avenue.
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