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Thursday, May 31, 2012

The Great Outdoors

Posted on Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:00 AM

Photos Samantha Sutcliffe + Kirstin Roby

With the exception of a few brutal heat waves every summer, we can think of nothing better than sitting outside drinking, eating, and abandoning all pretense to productivity at one of Brooklyn’s many wonderful outdoor spots. Here are just a few of our favorites…

Café Colette	The Farm on Adderley	Vinegar Hill House
Flatbush Farms	Night of Joy	Weather Up
Spuyten Duyvil	Dumont	Frankies 457
Hot Bird

Café Colette

Kitty-corner from its sister establishment—the slightly younger cocktail destination, Hotel Delmano—Colette is a lovely, quiet presence on the corner of Berry and N. 9th in Williamsburg, with its (now-classic) take on French-inflected New American (got it?). The garden room is great on a balmy summer eve, but its translucent roof is even better on a drizzly afternoon…
79 Berry Street, Williamsburg

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Café Colette

By SAMANTHA SUTCLIFFE and KIRSTIN ROBY

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The Farm on Adderley

The gorgeous, supremely comfortable backyard at this locavore destination in Ditmas Park is the perfect spot to linger over a simple, thoughtfully done brunch (which might explain the not-insignificant weekend waits). With a focus on seasonal ingredients, and a great beer and wine selection, you might as well stay for Sunday dinner.
1108 Cortelyou Road, Ditmas Park

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The Farm on Adderley

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Vinegar Hill House

Are you craving an out-of-the-way rustic food experience, a real farm-to-table meal, as you might find in the more sophisticated enclaves of Northern California, or the Mid Hudson Valley? Well, there is a tiny village right here in Brooklyn, and it has its own restaurant, with a lovely backyard… (Get the hake, seriously.)
72 Hudson Avenue, Vinegar Hill

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Vinegar Hill House

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Flatbush Farms

Tendrils of ivy trail down tall, industrially rough brick walls, framing a charming, warmly lighted back space, the ideal spot to consume Long Island duck steak with bacon-braised collared greens (and bacon), while quaffing a Sixpoint Brownstone. Yes, this is actually heaven.
76 St. Mark’s Avenue, Park Slope

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Flatbush Farms

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Night of Joy

It’s always great to set up on a rooftop patio tippling rosemary-infused bourbon with ginger and lemon. But it’s even better when there’s a dedicated frozen margarita bar mere steps away…
667 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg

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Night of Joy

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Weather Up

Suave, casually upscale Prospect Heights cocktail destination Weather Up, recently derided (and misidentified as a Cobble Hill spot) on Girls, has a very nice (terraced, even) wooden back deck and fencing. Table service on weekends!
589 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights

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Weather Up

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Spuyten Duyvil

Maybe it’s the high, high brick wall, or the exotically bottled quaffs of ecclesiastic, nigh-mystic origin, but there’s something very Secret Garden-y about drinking out back of this pioneering Williamsburg beer bar. Also, cheeseplates.
359 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg

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Spuyten Duyvil

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Dumont

One of the early progenitors of the luxurious, high-end Brooklyn mac n’ cheese—in this case, the DuMac n’ Cheese, with bacon and gruyere—DuMont’s lovely, intimate backyard is the comfort-food equivalent of a summertime dining experience. Relax, get another Sage Julep, and see if you can spot any stars.
432 Union Avenue, Williamsburg

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Frankies 457

Frankies spacious (yet intimate!) back garden has all the classic fairy-tale charm that comes with strings of twinkling lights arrayed on leafy trees, hovering there above you like so many oversized junebugs… Oh, and holy crap that braised rabbit is good.
457 Court Street, Carroll Gardens

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Hot Bird

Hot Bird’s big, friendly outdoor space, tucked away from the thrum of Atlantic Avenue, is a wonderful spot to kill an afternoon (and evening) hoisting thoughtfully chosen microbrews and making friends with your neighbors at the communal tables. One reason it’s so hard to leave? You can just order BBQ from next door without ever getting up.
546 Clinton Avenue, Clinton Hill