BROOKLYN, NY— Thirteen new restaurants, cafes and bars opened across Brooklyn in October.
In Park Slope, fifth-generation baker James Caputo returns with a bagel shop after his family's 122-year-old bakery closed, while Scandinavian bakery Smør adds a Carroll Gardens location to its growing footprint.
In Williamsburg, chef Rasika Venkatesa turns her South Indian pop-up into a permanent restaurant, and in Prospect Heights, SSRP fills the space left by the shuttered ramen shop Chuko.
Here are the October openings:
361 Court St., near Carroll Park
The Scandinavian bakery's third location on the corner of President Street, with cardamom buns for $5, sourdough loaves for $8 and Danish rye for $9. Breakfast options include egg sandwiches starting at $11 and a breakfast burrito for $15.
820 Franklin Ave., between Eastern Parkway and Union Street
Wilkie opens with $13 cocktails, $7 snaquiris and $7 beer-and-shot combos. The bar plans to add food, including Spammusubi and chicken schnitzel sandwiches, but customers can bring their own food for now.
565 Vanderbilt Ave., near Bergen Street
Ramen has returned to the neighborhood with SSRP, short for Slurp, Sip, Repeat. The restaurant takes over the former Chuko space, which closed in August, and comes from the team behind Nourish and Ozakaya.
257 Third Ave., near President Street
The coffee shop serves espresso drinks, drip coffee and Turkish coffee, with prices starting at around $3. Customers can also enjoy their drinks in the cafe's backyard.
347 Van Brunt St., near Wolcott Street
The diner and bar takes over the former Pitt's space, serving everything from pancakes to steak and a dish called the Bad Girl Salad. Cocktails cost $12 or less, with walk-ins and late-night visits among the draws.
81 Fifth Ave., near St. Marks Place
The former owner of Caputo's Bake Shop has teamed up with the owner of Miriam to open a bagel shop next door to the restaurant. Customers can buy bagels by the half-dozen or dozen, along with bagel sandwiches, fresh orange juice and latkes.
147 Fifth Ave., near St. John's Place
The restaurant draws on New Orleans' Creole cuisine and Southern soul food traditions. The menu includes fried shrimp platters for $25, slow-smoked brisket for $29 and dirty red rice for $8. The restaurant comes from Mil Gustos Hospitality, whose co-owner George Constantinou previously managed Fort Greene soul food restaurant Night of the Cookers before opening Bogota in 2005.
4612 Seventh Ave., near 46th Street
The Teochew-inspired noodle shop takes its name from a character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. Its beef-focused menu features soups with tendon meatballs, brisket and ribeye, alongside hot pot.
21 Broadway, near Kent Avenue
This South Williamsburg sports bar caters to a classier approach: favoring oysters, prosciutto grilled cheese sandwiches and Sicilian sashimi. A large screen hangs above the bar, where most cocktails cost $17.
476 Kent Ave., near South 10th Street
The Israeli restaurant comes from the team behind Port Sa'id and Miznon, with a menu built around simpler preparations than those served at its sister restaurants. The concept originated in Miami.
442 Lorimer St., near Metropolitan Avenue
This Georgian cafe pairs coffee and casual workspace with traditional dishes such as khachapuri, a cheese-filled bread, and freshly baked shoti bread.
62 S. Second St., near Kent Avenue
This vintage-inspired steakhouse serves broiled steaks, chilled seafood and martinis. The restaurant takes its name fromone of its owners' grandfathers, a car salesman in Milwaukee.
129 Havemeyer St., near Metropolitan Avenue
After operating as a pop-up, Mythily has opened a permanent restaurant serving inventive South Indian cuisine. The chef, a "Top Chef" and French Laundry alum, draws on the Tamil food of their upbringing for dishes such as benne dosa with Jimmy Nardello pepper chutney and ras malai tres leches cake.
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