The Frock Swap, a unique Brooklyn pop-up consignment shop, caters to the sartorial needs of Orthodox Jewish women who are both stylish and religious in equal measure.

Fort Reno Provisions (Park Slope) - Bunker down for some serious hickory-smoked BBQ.

Park Slope, Brooklyn is a lovely, if simplistically-named neighborhood. There's a park, there's a slope, there are about 8 billion kids under the age of ten, and there are countless businesses that cater to them and their families. There aren't very many truly exciting restaurants, at least compared to Manhattan, but that's starting to change, if the opening of Talde on Seventh Avenue near the F train stop is any indication. Top Chef All-Star Dale Talde's new restaurant - which he opened with partners David Massoni and John Bush of nearby Thistle Hill Tavern - began welcoming diners on Sunday, and judging from the crowds that have flocked to the place since then, the sleek Asian-American restaurant has already won the neighborhood's heart. 

Dick and Jane's Bar  (Fort Greene) - Cocktail spot's dim lighting and old-world appeal seduces Dick, Jane, and every cocktail-cradling patron. Drink, flirt, make-out, repeat.

Walking into Duff's is a little like stumbling into a really awesome version of Hell. After making your way through the smoked-out, long-haired patio, down the few stairs, and past the thick black door, thumping double bass hammers your skull and the sheer amount of lights is staggering. You'll need a minute to take it all in.

Toby's Estate Coffee (Williamsburg) - Where coffee shop rules are broken. Australian-based boutique roaster selling bespoke coffee drinks in 3,000 square foot timber-floored estate. Opening January 9th. 

● Sinead O'Connor's doomed wedding night just got weirder. "We ended up in a cab in some place that was quite dangerous," O'Connor tells British tabloid The Sun. "Then I was handed a load of crack. Barry was very frightened — that kind of messed everything up a bit really." Just a bit, though. [The Sun]

Shake Shack (Downtown Brooklyn) - Is it worth standing on line forty-five minutes for an undersized, over-salted burger? Yes, friends, yes.

In 'Misterman,' Cillian Murphy is a proselytizing loner in a rural Irish village who maniacally swings between heaven and hell, innocence and madness ...

The Pit Stop Bar, which has stood on the corner of Messerole Ave. and McGuinness Blvd. since 1933, is quintessentially American. There's country music on the jukebox, sports on the TVs, and a greying clientele with their names embroidered on their uniforms. It's a familiar scene in nearly every small town across the country, but you're not in some local bar in a tiny midwest town--you're in Brooklyn.