The first half of Alexis and Brady's first date was spent at Vol de Nuit. This Belgian bar makes amazing fries (aka pommes frites) and has a great selection of tasty beers!
Brady and Alexis spent the second half of their first date eating incredible Ethiopian food here. If you've never tried it before, be prepared to not use utensils!
This hole in the wall bar/music venue features eclectic acts. Alexis took Brady to see Slavic Soul Party play there. Her logic: they had a tuba player.
To Drink Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Judy's in Sunset Park offers Wild Card Wine by the Glass on the weekend (where the owner, Sam, picks a favorite new find that he'd usually only serve by the bottle. And, if you're lucky, he'll be playing music by the Troggs.
One of our go-to Mexican places! Highly recommend their fried avocado and jalapeno tacos, and don't skip on their queso dip!
This cozy Italian restaurant in our current neighborhood of Crown Heights is one of our favorites when we're feeling a little fancy! They've a wide range of unique wines and you *might* see our picture among the polaroids on the walls...
Tea Leaf Salad! If you try this restaurant and don't order their tea leaf salad then you are missing out! Alexis insisted Brady try it and his eyes were opened.
We love this place and look for any excuse to plan a date night trip! Treat yourself to their vegetarian moussaka, we promise you won't regret it.
If you would like to embrace the Halloween Weekend then Greenwood Cemetery is beautiful, historical, and right near our venue. You can check out the final resting place of some well-known figures or take an evening tour of the crypts. And it's free!
The Bell House is a fun venue featuring ALL sorts of acts! We've seen everything from concerts to podcast-tapings to amateur professional wrestling. So definitely give their calendar page a look!
To Make Your Teachers Proud: This is right next to Brooklyn's Central Library AND the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at the tippy-top of Prospect Park.
No matter the season, this 52-acre garden makes for a lovely escape into nature. They've got a specific Shakespeare Garden, featuring almost 100 plants mentioned in the Bard's work. And they've also got an area dedicated to plants that engage your other sense like smell and touch.
It's big. It's beautiful. It's material in circulation is currently counted at 1.7 million. And the building happens to be on the National Register of Historic Places.
If you are looking for a true Brooklyn jawbreaker, please give Bagel Pub a try. They have multiple locations, one is right by our wedding venue and another is a quick walk from where we live now. This one shown here is our go-to bagel spot!
Brady practically lived off of this place's everything bagels and it is in the same neighborhood as our venue!
If you've scrolled this far, then you deserve to be let in on a secret: Sometimes, there is no better form of self-care then testing the limits of OG's all-you-can-eat soup, salad, and bread sticks. Brady and Alexis haven't found that limit yet, but that doesn't mean they will ever stop trying...