So now that Jersey City is welcoming Snooki and J-Woww and their "Jersey Shore" spinoff production crew with open arms, it seems that there will be ground rules. Like having four cops at wherever they will be living. more ›

Barcade, the much-loved Williamsburg bar that combines beer with arcade games (it also has outposts in Jersey City and Philadelphia), wants to take you on a beer-heavy road trip this holiday season (don't worry—they're driving). The bar is teaming up with Sixpoint Brewery for a holiday fundraiser called "Highway To Help," which, cheesy title aside, sounds like a pretty solid way to spend a Saturday. more ›

Well this is positively Poltergeisty: Williamsburg arcade game/beer haven, Barcade, was built on a cemetery! ScoutingNY researched the the area's history a little while ago — after spotting the burial ground on an 1849 map of Brooklyn — and we're here to resurrect the haunted history! more ›

If you're a chili fanatic, this is definitely a weekend to stay in town. There are at least two chili cookoffs planned that we know about, both in Brooklyn and both going down in bars, where the beer will flow freely (well, not literally freely) to extinguish any raging fires in your scorched mouth-hole. Up first on Saturday, there's the 2nd Annual Debate Society Chili Cookoff at Moonshine in Red Hook, where $10 gets you unlimited chili from all contestants. Or bring your own chili to compete and eat for free. Email stinky cheese-eating champion Oliver Butler (oliver AT thedebatesociety DOT org) for details, or just show up Saturday at 2 p.m. with $10 and an appetite. more ›