After hanging out in Prospect Park or visiting the Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, hop on over to Prospect Heights for some cheap and tasty treats.
Patty’s Jamaican Patties, located at 387 Flatbush, is a perennial Brooklyn favorite. The beef patties are the house specialty, but also check out jerk chicken and the bakery case. This place is truly cheap ($2 for a patty), and it’s even been selected as a New York Time’s “top pick.”
If you still have room for dessert, head up to Vanderbilt Avenue. Joyce Bakeshop is one of the many new businesses that has opened here in the last year or so. You’ll find fair trade coffee, tea, juices and fresh baked goods (everything from chive and cheddar biscuits to Russian tea cookies). I had a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting and a large fresh limeaid, and it set me back less than $5. The cupcake was moist and delicious, if a bit on the small side. The limeaid was perfect and exactly what I wanted on a hot day. Joyce’s atmosphere is nice, too–it’s much less crowded and noisy than the Tea Lounge in nearby Park Slope. I sat at a wooden table and read the paper. It would make a nice place to study. Unfortunately the place closes at 6pm, but I’ve heard the baked goods are sold for $1 during the last hour! Joyce Bakeshop is located at 646 Vanderbilt, between Park Place and Prospect Place.
July 31, 2007 at 12:08 pm |
[...] you start walking Vanderbilt from Grand Army Plaza, you’ll quickly hit Joyce, a cute bakery slash coffee shop between Park Place and Prospect Place that’s been open for [...]