In addition to BAMcafe, there are many great restaurants near BAM. Whether you experience the French bistros of DeKalb Avenue, try Asian-Soul food or indulge in the "World's Best Cheescake" at Junior's, you'll be glad you ate in the neighborhood.

Here are a few of our local favorites.

á Table

171 Lafayette Avenue (Adelphi Street & Clermont Avenue); 0.4 miles from BAM

718.935.9121

Country French cuisine with casual, friendly service.  

Bacchus

409 Atlantic Avenue (Nevins Street & Bond Street); 0.4 miles from BAM

718.852.1572

A fine restaurant with real traditional French Cuisine.   Choose from one of Bacchus's four terrines, wonderful salads, or classics like coq au vin and hanger steak.   Enjoy one of their 201 different bottles of wine, or 30 by the glass, in a beautiful outdoor garden.  

Boerum Hill Food Company

134 Smith Street (Bergen Street & Dean Street); 0.9 miles from BAM

718.222.0410

A neighborhood café with tasty food and great coffee from PEETS.   Enjoy crispy duck confit, warm bacon onion tart, barbecued pork ribs, vegetarian lasagna, and a seven-layer cookie prepared by Chef Saul Bolton.  

Brawta Caribbean Café

347 Atlantic Avenue (Bond Street & Hoyt Street); 0.5 miles from BAM

718.855.5515

Caribbean Restaurant serving the Best Jerk Chicken, Jerk Tofu, Red Snapper Escoveitched, Vegetable Rôti & Great Soups. BYOB.

Butta'Cup Lounge

271 Adelphi Street (DeKalb Avenue Entrance); 0.4 miles from BAM

718.522.1669

"Asian Soul" dining with Food Network Chef of "Date Plate" & "Melting Pot"- Cheryl Smith.  

Café Lafayette

99 South Portland Avenue (Fulton Street & Lafayette Avenue); 0.2 miles from BAM

718.624.1605

Continental cuisine with a French influence in a cozy setting.  

Cambodian Cuisine

87 South Elliot Place (Fulton Street & Lafayette Avenue); 0.2 miles from BAM

718.858.3262

Cambodian home-style cooking.   The food is delicious and reasonably priced.  

Chez Oskar

211 DeKalb Avenue (Adelphi Street); 0.4 miles from BAM

718.852.6250

Funky French bistro.   Reservation required.

Cucina Restaurant

256 Fifth Avenue (Garfield Place & Carroll Street); 0.9 miles from BAM

718.230.0711

Join Chef Michael Fiore and his staff for a contemporary Italian feast including assorted antipasti, homemade pastas, osso bucco, and seasonal desserts.   Free valet parking.   Reservation recommended.

Frank's Cocktail Lounge

660 Fulton Street (S. Elliot Place); 0.2 miles from BAM

718.625.9339

Cool and Friendly bar with Brooklyn's best entertainment.  

Gage & Tollner
372 Fulton Street (Jay Street & Smith Street); 0.7 miles from BAM
718.875.5181
Brooklyn’s famous landmark restaurant. Proudly serving New York patrons and visitors under the gas-lit chandeliers for the past 124 years (classical lighting ceremony at 7pm nightly). Complimentary valet parking available (after 5pm). Reservations suggested.

The Garden Café

620 Vanderbilt Avenue (Prospect Place); 0.8 miles from BAM

718.857.8863

The café has been serving contemporary food of consistent high quality in Prospect Heights for over 15 years.   Entrées include: tuna paillard with red wine reduction, sea bass with sherry demiglace, filet of beef with sauce vert, and seafood cassoulette.   Reservations required.  

Junior's

386 Flatbush Avenue Extension (DeKalb Avenue); 0.3 miles from BAM

718.852.5257

The menu at this bright, colorful restaurant is a mile long and includes huge sandwiches, salads, and the "World's Best Cheesecake."   A Brooklyn landmark.

Keur N'Deye

737 Fulton Street (S. Elliot Place & S. Portland Avenue); 0.2 miles from BAM

718.875.4937

Exotic Senegalese food.  

Los Pollitos II

148 Fifth Avenue (Douglass Street & Degraw Street); 0.6 miles from BAM

718.623.9152

Hailed as New York's best Mexican restaurant by Citysearch.com.   An exceptional neighborhood Mexican spot that deserves more than a neighborhood following.   Delicious food at reasonable prices.  

Loulou

222 DeKalb Avenue (Adelphi Street & Clermont Avenue); 0.5 miles from BAM

718.264.0633

French coastal cuisine.   Intimate dining experience for an upscale clientele.   Rustic atmosphere with garden.  

Moe's

80 Lafayette Avenue (S. Elliot Place & S. Portland Avenue); 0.1 miles from BAM

718.797.9536

Hip and laid-back bar with a good jukebox and a great vibe.

Night of The Cookers

767 Fulton Street (S. Portland Avenue & S. Oxford Street); 0.3 miles from BAM

718.797.1197

Restaurant/bar with live music on Thursday-Saturday.   Continental cuisine includes southern, Mexican, pasta, and seafood specialties.  

One Greene Japanese Restaurant

1 Greene Avenue (S. Oxford Street); 0.3 miles from BAM

718.422.1000

Best sushi place in Fort Greene.  

Restaurant Gia

68 Lafayette Avenue (S. Elliot Place & S. Portland Avenue); 0.1 miles from BAM
718.246.1755

A modern Boutique restaurant serving new American cuisine with global influences.

Restaurant New Orleans

747 Fulton Street (S. Elliot Place & S. Portland Avenue); 0.2 miles from BAM

718.596.6333

Fine southern Creole cuisine.   Famous for Etoufée and Gumbo soup.  

Restaurant Saul

140 Smith Street (Bergen Street & Dean Street); 0.9 miles from BAM

718.935.9844

"Best duck confit" - The Village Voice .   Chef Saul Bolton prepares contemporary American cuisine with intense flavors and a pristine presentation in a cozy brick storefront.   Spacious and elegant dining room.  

Scopello

63 Lafayette Avenue (Fulton Street & S. Elliot Place); 0.1 miles from BAM

718.852.1100

A sleek and modern Italian restaurant with a distinct Sicilian accent.   Comfortable banquettes, a spacious bar, and uncommon offerings like smoked-herring-and-blood-orange salad.  

Thomas Beisl

25 Lafayette Avenue (Ashland Place & St. Felix Street); 0.1 miles from BAM

718.222.5800

Austrian bistro across from BAM from a Cafe des Artistes alum.  

Tillie's of Brooklyn

248 DeKalb Avenue (corner of Vanderbilt Avenue); 0.5 miles from BAM

718.783.6140

A neighborhood gathering place offering top-quality coffee, bagels, French pastries, sandwiches, and a wide variety of desserts.

Trattoria Mulino

133 Fifth Avenue (St. John Place & Sterling Place); 0.6 miles from BAM

718.398.9001

Here, a quality restaurant with delicious Italian cuisine provides you with a milieu both exciting and lovely.   The menu features pasta, meat, fish, irresistible desserts, as well as an extensive wine list.  

Two Boots

514 Second Street (7 th & 8 th Avenues); 1.2 miles from BAM

718.499.3253

A casual, lively, family-friendly joint with festive cocktails and authentic Cajun and Italian cooking.   Pizza, Southern fried chicken, crawfish pie, jambalaya, fresh seafood, and pasta.   Patio dining and live music on weekends.