Brooklyn Restaurant Renaissance is Cooking, Poised to Overtake Manhattan as City’s Food Capital (Bedford: sales)

[Aeran]

Woah. Brooklyn is where it's at!

https://www.thecity.nyc/economy/2021...3vw0giDrV152vQ

City restaurants reopened to 100% capacity Wednesday, lifting owners’ hopes of a full plate of business — including those bravely opening new establishments.

THE CITY reviewed new-permit data provided by the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene going back to 2017. The numbers show that Brooklyn is where the action is, while Manhattan’s star is fading.

From January through mid-April of this year, 832 new restaurants received health department permits to operate.

Typically, nearly 40% of new restaurants have opened in Manhattan. But this year, that share has dropped to 32%. Meanwhile, Brooklyn is now rivaling Manhattan, accounting for 30% of new restaurants.

[Dave 92 LSC]

About time outer boroughs got some coin. Manhattan is not all that.

[BBMW]

One of the major drivers of the culinary scene in Manhattan were the hordes of executives and sales type people with essentially unlimited expense accounts who could fund high buck meals in expensive restaurants. In addition to this, there were free spending tourists Of course, those scenes is on hold for the moment due to Covid, so now now its more the residents. That bodes somewhat well for Brooklyn, at least for now.

[Foamposite]

I think Brooklyn will also overtake Manhattan nightlife eventually

[SeventhFloor]

Smith Street has been Restaurant Row for about 20 years now.

[gothamboy217]

Originally Posted by Foamposite

I think Brooklyn will also overtake Manhattan nightlife eventually

Definitely. I was in Williamsburg last night; the vibe is always great there especially along Bedford Ave.

[popartist]

Originally Posted by Foamposite

I think Brooklyn will also overtake Manhattan nightlife eventually

Think it may have already.