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Check some items off your holiday list and support Brooklyn shops and restaurants during Small Business Saturday this weekend. <\/p>\n

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Photos clockwise from top left: Lanoba\u2019s new temporary shop in Red Hook. Photo by Susan De Vries. Olmo in Ocean Hill. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith. Bushwick\u2019s Chyelle cafe and vintage store. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith. Bed Stuy\u2019s French-inspired Badaboom. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith<\/p>\n

After the Thanksgiving meal has been gobbled up, thoughts turn to the pressures of the holiday shopping list. Take a relaxing approach this year by strolling through some Brooklyn neighborhoods and supporting local shops and restaurants during Small Business Saturday this weekend.<\/p>\n

The annual nationwide event<\/a>, originally started by American Express in 2010, encourages patronage of local businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, that date is Saturday, November 29.<\/p>\n

Businesses across the borough are open (either in person or online) for gift purchases, while eateries offer a break for a nosh amidst shopping \u2014 and in some cases, gifts or gift certificates. Shop Small Greenpoint<\/a> expands the local focus with the return of their in-person crawl event from November 28 through December 7 with discounts, raffles, and more in support of Greenpoint businesses.<\/p>\n

To inspire some ideas, we\u2019ve rounded up nine Brooklyn shops and restaurants and their owners featured in Brownstoner so far in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Chyelle, a Vintage Furniture Store and Cafe, Opens in Bushwick<\/a><\/p>\n

Vintage furniture store and cafe Chyelle has debuted in the Bushwick loft area, offering customers not just a place to pick up some charming thrifted finds, but also to meet friends, work, and test out the furniture.<\/p>\n

Owner Chyelle Milgrom is behind the very popular @fbmarketslut Instagram account<\/a> where she shows off and hawks her Facebook Marketplace finds. Milgrom started the account two years ago and has amassed a following of more than 200,000 people.<\/p>\n

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New Restaurant Lakay Bistro Brings Flavors of Haiti to Bed Stuy\u2019s Ralph Avenue<\/a><\/p>\n

In a new addition to Bed Stuy\u2019s thriving food scene, Lakay Bistro<\/a> has opened its doors on the corner of Ralph Avenue and Monroe Street, serving Haitian and Caribbean fusion cuisine.<\/p>\n

Owners and Bed Stuy residents Alifax Mentor and Steve Osias, who are both Haitian, opened the restaurant at 55 Ralph Avenue on October 10 with a menu that includes Cajun-Creole shrimp in epis butter and baked mac and cheese with oxtails, both for $12, and tamarind rum chicken for $11.<\/p>\n

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\"funitureLanoba\u2019s temporary space. Photo by Susan De Vries<\/p>\n

Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Shop Lanoba Reopens After Red Hook Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

Just over a month after a devastating five-alarm fire at the historic Red Hook warehouse it called home, Lanoba, a Danish mid-century modern vintage furniture store, reopened in October in a temporary space.<\/p>\n

Lanoba<\/a> founders and married couple Lars Noah Balderskilde and David Singh import containers of furniture and ceramics they source themselves in Denmark and have gained a devoted following for their vast selection and the high quality of their finds.<\/p>\n

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\"aThe long-empty storefront at 801 Halsey Street. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith<\/p>\n

Earth People Wine and Spirits Preps to Open in Eastern Bed Stuy<\/a><\/p>\n

A wine and liquor store focused on smaller producers and artisanal production methods, including natural and organic wines, has opened in a long-empty spot next to Bed Stuy Fish Fry and across from Saratoga Park. Earth People Wine and Spirits<\/a> opened this summer at 801 Halsey Street at the corner of Howard Avenue.<\/p>\n

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\"aBadaboom preps to open at 421 Bainbridge Street. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith<\/p>\n

Restaurants Serving French Food, Mexico City-Style Tacos to Open in Bed Stuy<\/a><\/p>\n

Bed Stuy has even more dining options with two new restaurants that launched this summer: French-themed Badaboom and Mexico City cantina-inspired Dolores.<\/p>\n

Badaboom<\/a> serves rotisserie chicken and French-influenced comfort dishes and wine at 421 Bainbridge Street. Partners Henry Glucroft\u2014of Bushwick\u2019s Henry\u2019s Wine and Spirits and Sunrise\/Sunset\u2014and Charles Gerbier, who recently opened the nearby wine bar Frog, are behind the new restaurant.<\/p>\n

Serving small plates and tacos, Dolores<\/a> is open at 397 Tompkins Avenue. The team behind the project includes Cressida Greening and Emir Dupeyron, the couple who own Winona\u2019s in Bed Stuy, along with Leanne Favre, who runs the bar program at Winona\u2019s. (Near Woodhull Hospital on Flushing, Winona\u2019s is known for its seasonally changing menu.)<\/p>\n

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\"storefrontOlmo has opened at 103 Saratoga Avenue. Photo by Anna Bradley-Smith<\/p>\n

Tapas, Gyoza, and More Coming to Bed Stuy, Ocean Hill With New Eaterie<\/a>s<\/p>\n

A wave of new restaurants brings dishes from around the globe to Bed Stuy and Ocean Hill. Opened this summer and fall, three new spots serve Mexican tapas, French-Belgian comfort food, and oysters with natural wine.<\/p>\n

Olmo<\/a>, a Mexican tapas bar, opened at at 103 Saratoga Avenue on the corner of Decatur Street.<\/p>\n

A few blocks over at 327 Stuyvesant Avenue, on the corner of Macon Street, French and Belgian inspired Brooklyn Brasserie<\/a> debuted in the former location of restaurant Mama Fox, which closed late last year.<\/p>\n

Not far away is Selune<\/a>, an oyster and natural wine bar at 478 Halsey Street, on the corner of Lewis Avenue.<\/p>\n

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