Brooklyn's Community Board 2 unanimously disapproved of the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory's application for a liquor license last week. Located by the pier at Fulton Ferry Landing in Dumbo, the ice cream parlor draws crowds of tourists and local families during the summer months. Mark Thompson, one of the co-owners, tells the Brooklyn Paper he's not looking to open a bar, but "it upsets me because here I have all these people on the pier looking for something to do, and I can’t give them anything else. I just want to make the pier a positive experience instead of standing there and looking at the view." Because views are boring sober! In withholding support for the license application, which could still be approved by the SLA, members of CB2 expressed concern about serving alcohol in a place where “two disparate age groups” gather. Others felt there isn't enough space on the pier to accommodate crowds on a sugar high and booze buzz. more ›

- Have Metrocard, will eat: the Taste of the New York Subway guide is a directory of New York City restaurants within 200 meters of a subway station organized by stop. more ›

by Myra Kornfeld (Simon and Schuster, 2005) more ›

When Gothamist wants fluff pieces in the papers, we prefer them to involve food. So we greeted the Daily News' awesome political fluff piece with glee, as it detailed what kinds of ice creams the mayoral hopefuls like - if you can't be bothered to study the issues, then vote for the candidate whose cold dessert treat views align yours! Mayor Bloomberg like lemon ices from the Lemon Ice King of Corona, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller favors banana (B-A-N-A-N-A) ice cream from Emack and Bolio's, Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields enjoys Haagen-Dazs rum raisin, former Bronx Beep Fernando Ferrer crosses boroughs for Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory's French Vanilla and Queens GOPster Thomas Ognibene loves butter pecan from his borough's Eddie's Sweet Shop. But the best explanation came from Representative Anthony Weiner:

Representative Anthony Weiner of Brooklyn frequents Uncle Louie G when he's in the mood for ice cream (the chain has multiple locations in the city), and he always gets mint chocolate chip. Weiner has warm childhood memories of eating the frosty stuff. more ›

This week's food events have a heavy Brooklyn emphasis -- get out there and represent, yo. more ›

The NY Post gives date suggestions for where to take girls, whether they be trend surfer, a highbrow glamour-puss or a proud bohemian" - apparently proud bohemian also means "cheap date." (And it seems like the Post doesn't think the Olive Garden is a good date option. D'oh!) Some of the usual suspects are named: Sumile, The Sanctum at Tribeca Grand, the new cafes at the Met. But, if you want to show someone a Gothamist good time, our top picks are:
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