Dimes is now a mini-empire of farmers’ market wizardry, with a restaurant (harissa salmon!), a boutique (palo santo sticks!), and an informal deli (supplies for the most photogenic picnic on earth!). Read more.
Part take-out counter and part minimarket, Springbone Kitchen sells grass-fed ghee and collagen peptides. But the bone broth is the draw; choose chicken or beef, both respectably gamy and lip-coating. Read more.
For culinary-minded visitors, there’s a posted menu of herb elixirs to cure everything from PMS to brain fog, but the smart move is to sit back, tell Stanley your ills, and watch him work his magic. Read more.
The decor at the tiny Williamsburg restaurant Abracadabra is pure Berkeley co-op circa 1997—yarn God’s-eyes, mismatched chairs, and a rack of alt-weeklies (which, yes, still exist). Read more.
At Superiority Burger, the music is loud, the employees are on their game, and the food is like something the world’s most talented drunk person would throw together at 3 a.m. to sop up a bender. Read more.
Modern Love Brooklyn is the vegan version of the Cheesecake Factory. Treats like warm cherry cobbler with frizzled lemon peel are gleefully, Americanly huge. Read more.
At abcV, you’ll find plates so richly scented they’re less dishes than bouquets: gems of fermented vegetables, say, or thin-sliced kumquats under a shower of earthy cacao nibs. Read more.
The Good Sort elevates basic-issue Instagram-friendly style neon signage and a handsome Australian barista. Its congee menu is short and sweet, with a turmeric-cranberry that puts oatmeal to shame. Read more.
The food is cozy, with Brazilian tints: Instead of a scone, get the cheesy gluten-free orb that is pao de queijo or a chia pudding with roasted pineapple and coconut. Read more.
Nibbling a slice of pumpkin sponge roll or a dainty raspberry thumbprint cookie with strong tea is like transporting yourself to some freaky 21st-century version of Downton Abbey. Read more.
Tiny cafe with the most interesting healthy/herbal/caffeinated drinks menu I've seen. The unicorn latte is their signature and tastes more like an herbal mocktail than a latte. Worth going once!
For those who like to dine solo, it’s an inviting spot; half the customers are always ruminating with a book in front of them. (A real paperback, not a Kindle.) Read more.
Porridge is topped with cranberry molasses or miso butter. Little surprises pop up everywhere, from smoky urfa biber pepper (on yogurt) to oozy guava jam (alongside a cheese biscuit). Read more.
