{"id":39548,"date":"2013-07-30T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T20:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=39548"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T01:14:55","slug":"one-day-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/39548\/one-day-in-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spend One Perfect Day in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I’ve gotten “lost” in Brooklyn, I always seem to find my way to a particular garden for a farm-to-table feast in Fort Greene, where tree-anchored lights twinkle on the plate and I feel at home.<\/p>\n

In between chews of a cherry rhubarb tart and sips of a beach plum sloe gin cocktail at a recent private party for ICI restaurant\u2014celebrating a new look and a new chef\u2014I asked ICI owner Catherine Saillard for a taste of her one perfect day in Brooklyn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A perfect day in Brooklyn for me would probably be a Saturday. I would start with an invigorating session at Prana Yoga<\/strong> on Smith Street in Cobble Hill.<\/h3>\n

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Then I’d head out to have breakfast at 61 Local.<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Before jumping on my bike to the Fort Greene Market<\/strong><\/a> for greens from Conuco & Glebocki Farms, eggs from Tello, bread from Hot Bread Kitchen, fruits from Toigo Orchards, and smoked duck from Hudson Valley Duck Farm.<\/h3>\n

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I would take my bounty and have a snack in Fort Greene Park<\/strong><\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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Then I’d walk to the Brooklyn Flea<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Followed by a break at the Greenlight Bookstore.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Before having dinner at ICI<\/strong><\/a>!<\/h3>\n

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However you choose to get lost in Brooklyn this coming weekend, make sure to find yourself under the twinkling lights and above a beautiful dish at 246 Dekalb Ave. (If you prefer a mid-week adventure, wonder over on a Wednesday for the $25 3-course prix-fixe.) Take the G train to Smith-Washington subway stop.
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