There was heated competition for the licenses to sell food in the pretty new Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and when the cookie crumbled, the popular Red Hook Lobster Pound was beaten out by West Village seafood restaurant Ditch Plains. But instead of sulking away the summer back at headquarters, the L Pound has brought the ruckus to DUMBO, where they're now open for business just outside the park, under a tent put up by The Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. "The [state] said they wanted to highlight the best of Brooklyn at the park. That's their own words," co-owner Susan Povich scornfully tells the Post. So instead, they brought the best of Brooklyn to the State. Now you really have to sack up, Ditch Plains—this is Brooklyn: go hard or go home. more ›

Red Hook, the Brooklyn neighborhood on the brink of perpetual change, is about to see some lobsters move into the neighborhood. Pardon Me For Asking has the scoop on the soon-to-open Red Hook Lobster Pound, a new business at 284 Van Brunt Street that will deal in retail sales of live Maine lobster at around $10-11 a pound. more ›