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A Lovely Day · 7 stops · about 3.1 km on foot

A Lovely Day in Greenpoint

Sour cream glazed at a 1950s donut counter, a warehouse of buy-sell-trade vintage, Mexico City tacos at a sidewalk rail, stone-ground matcha in a 1928 brick tea parlor, a glass of wine by Transmitter Park as the light goes, then wood-fired Mexican under Greenpoint's first Michelin star and vinyl at a Tokyo-style listening bar.

Best days Avoid Mondays: Taqueria Ramirez is closed (on a Monday, take the rain swap and lunch at Paulie Gee's Slice Shop a few doors away). Every other stop opens daily. Get to Peter Pan early, since the best flavors go by mid-morning, and reserve Kettl's six-seat tasting counter on Resy if you want the full tasting.

  1. 19:00 AM
    A chocolate-glazed cruller, a pink sprinkle donut and a crunch-topped donut from Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop on its mint-striped background

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop

    Peter Pan has fried donuts on Manhattan Avenue since the early 1950s, with a long counter of vinyl stools and staff in paper hats; order the sour cream glazed or red velvet with coffee in a diner mug, or take a bag to McCarren Park.

  2. about 7 min on foot

    211:00 AM

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Beacon's Closet Greenpoint

    Beacon's Closet started in Williamsburg in 1997, and this Greenpoint flagship is a warehouse-scale floor of buy-sell-trade vintage organized by color and type; allow real time, because the piece you want exists here in exactly one size.

  3. about 9 min on foot

    312:45 PM
    Illustration of tacos, salsas and limes on a Mexican tableIllustration

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Taqueria Ramirez

    A small counter built in the image of Mexico City's taquerias, down to a comal made in CDMX, with its door around the corner on Oak Street; order suadero, slow-cooked in fat until velvety, and tripa if you like it crisp, and eat at the sidewalk rail.

  4. about 4 min on foot

    42:30 PM
    Illustration of a Japanese sushi set with miso soup and teaIllustration

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Kettl Greenpoint

    Zach and Minami Mangan's Japanese tea importer fills the ground floor of a 1928 brick building with a communal table, a six-seat tasting counter and shelves of ceramics; the matcha is stone-ground in-house, and the hojicha is the warmer, toastier alternative.

  5. about 3 min on foot

    5About an hour before sunset
    Radio Star's long bar under tall windows, with wine shelves and red stools, near Transmitter Park

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Radio Star

    The Glasserie team's all-day café and bar sits on a corner by Transmitter Park with fixtures and furniture original to the 1940s; wine comes by the glass only, so try a couple, then walk into the park for the river as the light goes.

  6. about 6 min on foot

    67:30 PM
    Oxomoco's white slatted pavilion-style front on Greenpoint Avenue, with its script sign on the wall above and planters by the gate.

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Oxomoco

    Greenpoint's first Michelin star arrived within months of Oxomoco's 2018 opening; nearly everything passes through the wood-fired hearth, from tacos on house-ground masa to whole fish, under a skylight in a whitewashed room strung with greenery.

  7. about 11 min on foot

    79:45 PM
    The wood-panelled listening room at Eavesdrop in Greenpoint, with the record shelves and DJ booth, bar stools and warm overhead light

    GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN

    Eavesdrop

    A wood-framed listening bar modeled on Tokyo's kissa jazz cafés, with nightly DJs playing their own vinyl on a serious sound system; order the martini washed with Gruyère.

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