Could Park Slope become cool? The rumors started around the time Winner opened in 2020, then turned into shouts when Pecking House touched down in the neighborhood earlier this year. The fried chicken spot, which started as a delivery business during the pandemic, once had a waitlist略低於10000人for its fried chicken coated in crushed red chiles. The lines are more manageable at this permanent restaurant, which also sells mapo tofu sloppy joes, chicken salt french fries, canned beer, and cocktails.

Nene’s Taqueria was among the first to the punch in Brooklyn’s birria boom, selling tacos and bowls of ramen made with the stewed Mexican meat from a small storefront. It’s since moved to larger digs in the same neighborhood and opened this second location in Park Slope with birria “pizzas,” burritos, loaded fries, and more. Don’t count out the other meats, either.

Fausto serves a menu that changes based on availability at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, nearby, though the crowd-favorite pasta, an orecchiette with pork and wilted greens, is usually available. The dishes lean simple — a little gem salad, a bone-in pork chop with fennel and apple — and the warm, orange-hued space is great for eating solo at the bar with a glass of wine or crowding around a table when family’s in town.

Chef Jenny Kwak ushered in a new era for Brooklyn in 2019 with this modern Korean restaurant unlike any New York had seen. Eater critic Ryan SuttoncalledHaenyeo”,韓國的淘汰賽年代在公園聚會lope” at the time, crediting its kitchen with making a “bouillabaisse as masterful as that of any Gallic temple.” The restaurant’s best-known dish is its tteokbokki fundido, Korean rice cakes that come with a twist of melted cheese and chile sauce. Beignets await for dessert.

Though it might not get credit for it, Park Slope is a hotbed of Thai restaurants, and Bangkok Degree is one of the best. Part of the menu is made up of curries, basil stir-fries, noodles, and other expected dishes, but check out the menu sections labeled “traditional grandma dishes” and “signature dishes” for something more interesting. Hung lay is a crock of pork belly and potatoes in a green northern curry, flavored with pickled garlic and raw ginger. And check out the whole red snapper cooked with lemongrass and other herbs, refreshing in its simplicity.

If anyone can turn Park Slope into a food destination it’s Roni Mazumdar and Chintan Pandya, the restaurateur-chef duo behind Dhamaka and Semma, some of the city’s best Indian restaurants right now. Masalawala & Sons, a revamped version of theirLower East Side restaurant, is their latest to open, focusing on Indian home cooking rarely seen in New York City.

Park Slope has other Mexican restaurants, but none deliver on the holy trinity of dining out — good food, good vibes, and good drinks — quite like Alma Negra. The restaurant from a former bartender at Aldama, one of the year’sbest new Mexican restaurants, serves fried fish tacos, a vegan mole verde with tortillas on the side, and a marinated chicken worth going out of the way for. Round out a meal with a $10 michelada or a well-crafted non-alcoholic cocktail.

Daniel Eddy’s popular pandemic-born bakery specializes in pastries and loaves of bread that are known for selling out early. The happening Park Slope spot sells rotisserie chickens at night for takeout and sandwiches during the day. The fanfare is so strong that the team expanded next door with a wine bar, calledRunner Up, and a stall in the Prospect Park Picnic House with sandwiches and beer.

餐廳服務“global” cuisine have been on their way out for years, but if there’s one place we’ll still order jerk chicken next to fish and chips, it’s Lore. The restaurant opened in early 2022, bringing well-executed dishes that play on Indian, English, Korean, and French flavors to the neighborhood. Menu items pop in and out, but count on hits like a fermented dosa with red lentil daal and sea bream served next to lettuce wraps in the style of ssam.

The main attraction at this Eastern European restaurant is the deep fried burger: a juicy patty with funky Allgauer Emmentaler cheese, mustard, and pickled vegetables that was once considered the city’s best. It’s swaddled in dough, then plopped in a fryer and cooked until medium rare. Order it with a salad or fries, perfect for dragging through a pile of sweet beet ketchup, available in squeeze bottles at the bar.

This South Slope cafe is open 24 hours, but it’s worth visiting during the morning when the smells of conchas and champurrado slip out onto the sidewalk. A small grill churns out huaraches, cemitas, and a breakfast burrito unlike most others in the city. Chunks of tender, salty potato are swaddled with eggs, sausage, and melty American cheese. Pair any of those items with with a cup of atole — or a bag of Takis, from a vending machine in the back — for a breakfast around $10.