'Cobble Hill Cinemas is a five-screen, independent movie theater in Brooklyn, New York, known for…read moreits cozy, "old school" vibe, faux-Art Deco interior, and selection of first-run and independent films. It offers a more intimate, neighborhood cinema experience with comfortable seating, staggered seating arrangements in some theaters, and often features discounted tickets on certain days, making it a popular local spot. ' Cobble Hill is a landmark, and yes, love supporting an independent theatre. There is a time and a place for "stadium seating" however, there is something to be said for a small theatre. I really like the idea of just 50 people sharing this intimate space. I really feel as if I'm in my living room watching the movie. The theater has been renovated over the years and I must say the seating is comfy, a bit elevated thus no " big head" issues, very clean especially the bathrooms. The popcorn is still delicious and I see they have an add butter "faucet" which has been recently added. CH still offers discounts on Tuesdays and Thursdays; used to be $9 back in the day. I love supporting this theater and you can't beat Cobble Hill neighborhood which offers a wealth of restaurants, shopping and just a cool area to stroll and view the beautiful brownstones. Long live independent theaters! Cobble Hill Cinemas 265 Court Street Take R to Court Street (2 exits, Borough Hall exit @10 minute walk or Montague Street exit has elevator access and still @10 minute walk) Take 2 to Borough Hall

I came here a few years ago to see the Barbie movie, and I'm not even going to lie, I judged the…read moreplace from the outside . I already had a feeling I shouldn't expect much, but I decided to give it a chance anyway. That may have been one of my worst movie theater decisions lol. The theater was very run down, and the seats were terrible. Even while ordering snacks, I was questioning whether I should actually eat them, but I was desperate . I would say the workers there at the time were helpful, funny, and made the experience tolerable. I guess it's convenient for downtown now that Regal has closed and Alamo is one of the next nearby options, but definitely do not come here expecting glitz and glam. It gets the job done if you just want to see a movie, but the overall experience definitely needs some updating.

My first time at at a free movie event and it was wonderful! Great views of Manhattan from across…read morethe river especially if you catch the sunset. Watched Big here. Even at the very back we could still hear the movie fairly well. The movie didn't start until 8pm, so plenty of time to make it after work. Large grassy area but I'd highly recommend bringing a blanket to sit on for more comfort.

It's still amazing coming here every summer to watch a movie…read more It's gets really packed and security now checks everyone before they enter. Smorgasburg is a partner for the event now so there is food and alcohol served. Just make sure you're early!!!! It gets packed fast! Bring a blanket to sit on.

First of all keep in mind this is brooklyn. I don't recommend driving. Parking is almost impossible…read morein this area if you're doing anything in the day. The bandshell has concrete around the front. A lot of people stand and also put seats there. Towards the rear there is a grassy third area where people put down blankets and have a more relaxed view of the band shell. There's a pretty big backstage area one green room and another dressing room It is a nice open air theater. Especially here in the New York area. Keep in mind it's inside prospect Park which also will add to any parking or crowds

I attended my first concert at the Prospect Park Bandshell recently. We got tickets to see Janelle…read moreMonáe and the iconic Grace Jones. I had an incredible time and learned more about the space. I was told that there are a lot of free shows throughout the summer, which is really cool. This show, however, was ticketed. Some of us assumed the ticketed portion would have seats, but we were more on the grass side (which was fine, but next time we will be better prepared with lawn chairs). For those going here for a show, you cannot bring any liquids inside, not even water, but you can bring water bottles to fill up while you're in the park. There were plenty of food vendors, cocktail vendors, and portable restrooms. The lines were very long for the drinks, but because the venue is an open space I did not miss a minute of the show while waiting to get some wine. I'll definitely be back for more shows throughout the summer.

Yesterday afternoon I had the pleasure of checking out part 1 of 2016's NY Best Wings Festival…read more This event was hosted by Time Out New York Magazine and Ainsworth Park close to Union Square. My fiance and I had VIP tickets - this meant we got to go in earlier and beat the crowds, had a separate area to sit down and eat, our own bar (beating the lines man, beating the lines!), our own bathroom (which I didn't even use, lol) and am event gift bag/swag bag thingamabob with branded stuffs in it. As much as I love wings I usually don't eat them a lot because more often than not I am disappointed. I tend to go for boneless wings or chicken tenders if that's an option because I find that I A.) get more meat for my buck and B.) they tend to absorb and hold flavor better to their boney counterparts. I was excited to attend this event because there were a lot of restaurants here who's wings I've never had. Participants included: + Turntable Chicken Jazz + Bounce Sports Club + Blue Smoke (I've been here on multiple occasions, but never had their wings!) + Tavern on Jane + Distilled New York + Ainsworth Park + Boildermaker Everyone's wings were excellent! While there are some places in the city whose wings I really love and weren't here - these folks were definitely the cream of the crop. THERE WAS ALSO BUFFALO MAC & CHEESE ON HAND. I love wings...I do...BUT MAC & CHEESE IS MY FIRST LOVE. I really wish I would have remembered the restaurant providing it - I think it was "Pinky's" - but I don't have any more info other than that because I was busy chowing down on it. After having had the world's saddest mac & cheese at "The Strand BBQ" in Astoria (I swear Astoria is fantastic, just avoid food here) just the day prior, coming to this festival made everything right again. This buffalo mac & cheese was BOMB. My Top 3 wingers cane from Blue Smoke (OMMMMMMMMG, THEIR ALABAMA WHITE WINGS - I COULD EAT THOSE FOR DAAAAAAAAAYS!!!), Ainsworth Park (they had traditional buffalo wings and BBQ wings - those BBQ wings were WINGTASTIC!!) and Turntable Chicken Jazz's Garlic Soy with their homemade blue cheese dressing on the side. Really delicious stuff! Ticket's also included 3 drinks per person with your choice of Strongbow Golden Apple Cider, Tsingtao Beer or Dark House wine - red and white both being readily available (pretty sure their goal was to have each person try 1 of each - cool, cool). They way everything was organized was impressive and every restaurant was on their A-game. We covered the entire festival in about an hour and both voted for Blue Smoke's Alabama White wings as being king. In all this was a really fun time and I'm excited at the prospect of attending round 2 later this summer at Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria, Queens :).

There's nothing that says love like a heaping amount of chicken wings and some brewskies. Or wine…read more Tickets (which I came as a plus one because my friend was involved with the event) are pretty worth it and get you two chicken wings of each variety from all vendors involved. They host these every year. A new to me thing but I like it. I like competitions and I like that we get to judge food. I went to the Queens edition about two weeks ago, held at the Bohemian Beer Garden, and was not disappointed. Great space for an event. They didn't have to shut down the bar to the general public. The upstairs and downstairs indoor area was reserved for the food and judging. Never aware this beer garden even had a room for events. You could also chill outside in the sun with your complimentary drinks and take your wings to the picnic benches. It doesn't sound like a lot initially with the deal, but when you think about it, who ever sits down and chows down on 20 wings in one sitting? I definitely couldn't eat 2 of everything I realized mid-way through the event. Food vendors were: Blackbirds, Krave It, Pelicana Chicken, Austin's Ale House, Jimmy's 43 just to name a few. Beer from Tsingtao and wine from Dark Horse. My personal favorites were Krave It with some kind of chicken tiki indian curry flavored wing (different and the winner of the event) and Pelicana chicken's cheese flavored wings. The later I've had before at a Yelp Event but they are always a crowd pleaser and when they emerge anywhere out of the depths of Flushing its an extra added bonus. Austin's Ale House I believe was the vendor with the bourbon wings. Those were damn good and a close runner up. Blackbird's won me over by throwing free beer tokens out at us to grab some drinks at their actual bar. My love can truly be bought by free beer. Thank you. Melt ice cream sandwiches made an appearance. Never had them before but my favorite was the Morticia: crackly chocolate cookies with malted chocolate rum ice cream. Oh my god. Every christmas I make rum balls and this is almost that in ice cream form. Gimme all of it. Overall a very organized event and they apparently will have a Brooklyn edition coming up later this summer!

I love coming here for shows, rain or shine it's a great time. They headliners are always showcased…read morewell, as their sound system is excellent. They view is great from any direction. The food and drinks are expensive, of course, but the quality is okay. There is always seating and the open-air, fully covered space is great protection from the elements. I hope there will be more shows later in the season.

Positives: A unique location, which is fun if you wanna check out some Coney Island stuff…read more Interesting semi-outdoor vibe. Great sound and visibility from anywhere in venue. Negatives: Food options were minimal and not very good. Takes forever to get in due to long lines.

So I attended The Greatest Day Ever after hearing about it from YesJulz (love her!) and though I am…read moresad I didn't get to meet her the event was an overall good time AFTER getting in. The wait to get in was tremendously HORRIBLE! I still do not understand why it took an hour + to get in when the place was not even half full. I think there should have been much better control of the line and entering the park, especially because there were so many advanced tickets sold - not to mention that it was scorching hot out.

There was a separate line for guys and girls, with the guys' line being much much shorter - and…read moresince I had my guy's ticket he had to wait with me for about 45+ minutes before we were let into the event. Imagine our surprise when we got in and saw that the place was almost empty. I think the wait had something to with the number of male/female checkers being imbalanced, but it was super hot outside, the bouncers were a bit obnoxious and it sucked to watch the guys whizz buy while the women's land was at a standstill. I did like that they had free cotton candy, however the 4 or 5 food vendors didn't provide lots of food options. We wanted to go to smorgasborg to get a bite and then go back to the event since the site said re-entry was allowed, however we were told if we left we would have to wait on the long line all over again to get back in. So, basically we felt trapped. We sucked it up and hung around - went on the 2 rides that were there (a ferris wheel and a spinning thingie), and watched a bit of jenga at the yelp table. We were not inclined to buy the $8 small cans of beer and after dancing around for a little bit (there were various dj's playing throughout the day who were admittedly pretty good) and getting a slight headache from the loud music and sun, decided to leave to get some food at smorgasborg and look at the skyline of manhattan a few blocks away. All in all, it was interesting experience (not worth $60, but maybe worth the $20 advance ticket price!) and a nice way to pass the time ...but it's not quite at the greatest day ever status just yet..

Ok - here it is Saturday afternoon and I am finally sober enough to type this review of the beer…read morefest. I was absolutely blotto last night after this. Even more so after downing more drinks at Raines Law Room afterwards. I literally forgot my own name last night. My friend Sean and I got on line at around 7:30 and had to wait until doors opened at 8. Yes, it was raining out but at least we were kept entertained by some crazy drunk girl that was kicked out of the earlier session. She was actually foaming at the mouth while screaming out stupid nonsense to everyone. When doors opened we got in quickly and proceeded to get a few beers within a minute. Yes! The event was held in a nice event space in the Altman building. Well air conditioned, bright, and clean bathrooms. There were food and beer stands along the walls, and a main beer area set up in the middle with about 100 beers on tap all labeled and numbered. Terrific variety of beers to choose from. Light, dark, malty, creamy, reds, ambers, stouts, you name it. At one point near the end we were just calling out numbers to slug down beer after beer, With some of these in the 7-10% alcohol content we were feeling no pain. There was also a band playing throughout, and a downstairs area with communal benches and tables. I honestly can't remember too much more as I lost my mind by the end of the night. All I know is that we sampled a lot of terrific Belgian style beers. All the servers working the stations were cool and the event staff was nice and helpful. The crowd was not too bad either. It was busy but they did not oversell it. Never had to wait too long on lines. Plus, waited until the day before and Groupon put up a $40 ticket deal so we saved big time. Now I have to drink more tonight at a UYE German restaurant event. My liver hates me. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hitting this up tonight as the beer festival started today! Located in the Altman Bldg on West 18th street. Afternoon and evening sessions Fri and Sat. Hundreds of Belgian style beers to imbibe and sample. Good God this is gonna be epic! Will update review when I'm sober!

"I'm never drinking again"…read more That was the first thing that went through my head as I woke up at 6am Saturday morning, having attended the late session of the Belgian Beer Festival the previous night. This was a very well organized event. I was expecting massive crowds and long lines for beer and food. There was a pretty long line outside to get in but Phil H. and I got there pretty early and were lucky enough to be entertained by a crazy, screaming drunk girl from the afternoon session. They took care of checking everyone's tickets and stamping our hands while we were on line so at 8pm we were shuffled in with no delay. Once inside we were given a souvenir tasting glass, which I ended up way to drunk to keep track of at the end of the night. For three hours we were treated to tons of great Belgian and Belgian-style beers, mostly on tap and a few in bottles. The toughest part of the night was picking what to drink. I didn't have the same beer twice the entire night! In addition to the beer there was plenty of good snack from Luke's Lobster, My Friend's Mustard, and a few others. I did just read on their site that the first session was apparently littered with problems. Fortunately they cleared those up or did a great job of masking them by the time the evening session began. All in all it was a great night! The organizers put on a good event. It was crowded but nowhere near packed. We didn't wait more than a minute for anything. I look forward to attending more of Get Real NY's events.

I haven't been to Atlantic Antic in years. This is a huge street festival with tons of vendors…read moreselling clothes, jewelry, food you name it and was probably at this festival. It was sooo crowded and hard to see every vendor. The weather was beautiful and it was so happy I wore comfortable shoes. They had a few activities for the kids and some street performances. You definitely need patience and comfortable clothes and shoes to maneuver the crowds.

I've never seen this many jerk chicken vendors in one place, so far enjoyed a combo from Four the…read moreHard Way. I was drawn there by the smokiness. I also liked the optional gravy for the rice; I chose goat curry. The Bake and Shark from Heather's was a dazzling melange of flavors and textures. There's hot sauce, but pineapple too. Since I didn't get to Minnesota for the state fair grilled peach I was glad to see Songbird Fruit had one here. I enjoyed shows from DJ Tyler B & Bruff Da Crowdpleaser and Nice Brass.