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For such a great neighborhood, Brooklyn Heights has always been curiously devoid of truly great places in which to dine. Subtract the Grimaldi’s pizza joint under the bridge and the River Café and ice cream place on the river—probably those all belong to DUMBO geographically, anyway—and what do you have left? Jack the Horse Tavern? Okay. We’ll give you that one. A bakery or two? But that’s about it. That’s what makes Colonie, new as of February 2011, such an interesting and daring entry in the Great Brooklyn Resto Sweepstakes. They’ve gone all-in with brunch offerings like foie gras (!) doughnuts, Long Island white wine on tap, and oysters on the half-shell. Hard to tell if this place will survive the brutally competitive BK dining scene, but it’s certainly not gun-shy. Read the rest of this entry »


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