In Williamsburg at "Smorgasburg"

Smorgasburg is an Off-the-Grid style gathering of various food truck tents hosted in Williamsburg on Saturdays and in nearby Brooklyn Bridge Park on Sundays.  We frequent the Sunday edition and thought we'd head north to give the "original" a try and see the neighborhood while we were at it.

The first stop, coffee!

We got off the subway and started walking towards Smorgasburg.  Meg wanted to find a cutesy spot to get coffee and there was no shortage here.  This one, however, caught her eye and did the trick.  Seemed to be popular for sit-down brunch, but they also had a walkup To-Go window which was perfect for what we had in mind.  Meg got her standard non-fat cappuccino and they called it a cappu-lean-o, a pun which we will be stealing and using from now on.

Oh hello boys! Yes, I'm being touristy and taking a picture, smile! Or just act cool, that's good too.

Made it to Smorgasburg after coffee. Meg was stoked to see another celebrity sighting, Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson) from Sex and the City, out with his family, but we didn't want to bug him by snapping a picture.

Meg's vegan meal choice

Hold the pork rinds please :)



Gregg's meal choice - the original Ramen Burger.  The line was HUGE but there were very efficient workers.

DELICIOUS

Meal with a view of East River and Midtown

After our bites, we set out to explore more of Williamsburg.  We walked up and down Berry St and Bedford Ave. two streets lined with shops and restaurants.  We were craving something sweet so we stopped in to this Turkish bakery. Very cute décor, but the chocolate muffin and pastry unfortunately did not satisfy (how is that possible?!).

Old Beir Haus, so vintage

Apparently we are constantly hungry so we stopped in to Allswell for an early lunch



After really getting around the neighborhood on a muggy day, we were ready for a drink.  We're always looking for a rooftop bar and we found a great one in Juliette.  The main dining room is downstairs with a greenhouse-type feel.  The rooftop had great people-watching (a must-do in hipster Williamsburg) since we sat on the side overlooking the street.  The service was pretty mediocre though.

The bottom level of Juliette... love the greenery

We called it a day and headed back to our neck of the woods but once we got off the subway found our second wind!  We discovered one of our new fav spots.  There's a very committed Hawaiian theme and various board games available.  We found out the hard way why they had bug spray at the tables when we got attacked by mosquitos at dusk.  They have a "Zombie" slushie drink that is on par with the famous Chambers Punch in Tahoe.  YUM!

Last stop...ZOMBIE HUT!