Best reasons to hit Fort Greene’s No. 7 Restaurant: You want to eat in a cozy, woodsy room (on a weeknight). You want to eat in a sexy, raucous room (on a weekend). You’re with a big-ish group and need a restaurant that can deal. If they [...]

Waiting half an hour or more for a table at this barbecue joint isn’t such a drag when you can taste your way around the impressively serious bourbon list (which includes cult favorites like Elijah Craig and Pappy Van Winkle, and roughly two dozen more well-curated, often hard-to-find bourbons, plus a dozen rye and American whiskeys). If you’re headed to BAM and about to run late, you can always skip the table and order your meat at the bar. As NYC barbecue places go, The Smoke Joint is [...]