Discover "hidden Brooklyn" in a  nice, well-researched article by Mandy Stadtmiller, which includes food, shopping, spas and more in the New York Post.

YOU likely won’t find a place in America more storied, more
chronicled, more waxed about than Brooklyn, from Walt Whitman to
Jonathan Safran Foer, from egg creams to di Fara’s, from
trolley-dodgers to hipster doofuses. And the beauty part is, in spite
of all the lore and legend, there’s still more hidden Brooklyn out
there to discover.

As part of our weeklong series dedicated to New York’s
unheralded finds, we talked to foodies, bloggers and various experts in
all things Brooklyn to find the next legendary sights and sites. For
instance, if not di Fara’s, where? (Joe & Joe Pizza, says Brooklyn
novelist Gabriel Cohen.) Get started now with our list of
under-the-radar bars, restaurants, boutiques and other assorted Kings
County oddities. And check out nypost.com for yesterday’s hidden
Manhattan picks.