Dine in Park Slope offers a taste of Brooklyn eateries

Eat your heart out, Restaurant Week. One Brooklyn neighborhood is doing its own thing when it comes to summer food deals.

The first ever Dine in Park Slope, a partnership among the Park Slope Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District, the North Flatbush BID and the Park Slope Chamber of Commerce, will offer specials, prix fixe menus and free food at more than 35 Park Slope dining establishments Aug. 20-30.

The event came about to unite Fifth, Seventh and Flatbush avenues in Brooklyn, according to Mark Caserta, executive director of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID. It will ideally draw visitors to the neighborhood in the dog days of summer while getting Park Slope residents to explore their surroundings.

“We’re hoping to put people in the streets, get them to try adjacent shops, try a bar they’ve never seen before,” Caserta said.

Unlike Restaurant Week, which has set prices for lunch and dinner at all restaurants, Dine in Park Slope allows restaurants to set their own deals. The program’s flexibility means that all food businesses can participate — not just table-service restaurants.

The cheese shop Bklyn Larder, for example, will give away free gelato for purchases of $20 or more.

“We’re really a neighborhood business and we have a lot of regulars we know by name, so anything we can do to engage with the community is right up our alley,” Mandy Wynn, the shop’s owner, said.

Late August may be hot, but it’s also time to harvest a variety of local fruits and vegetables. Bklyn Larder will serve seasonal gelato in flavors like blackberry.

“We’re happy to be giving people something that’s seasonal and that they can enjoy in this horrid, humid weather,” Wynn said.

Other deals include a $25 prix fixe menu at the Italian restaurant Sotto Voce, 20 percent off sandwiches and salads from noon to 3 p.m. at Kos Kaffe, and 25 percent off purchases of $10 or more at the bakery Ovenly. Don’t forget to mention Dine in Park Slope to get the discount.

If you’re not in town at the end of the month, don’t worry: The partnership hopes to hold a similar event this winter.

Dine in Park Slope already features much greater participation from local businesses than the ostensibly citywide Restaurant Week. More than 40 businesses are already pledged to participate in the upcoming promotion, in contrast to just 10 from the entire borough that took part in Restaurant Week.

Participating eateries include:

Rose Water, 787 Union St., 718-783-3800

Chick P, 490 Bergen St., 718-783-1525

Da Nonna Rosa, 140 Seventh Ave., 718-788-6225

Doughnut Plant Brooklyn, 245 Flatbush Ave., 212-505-3700, ext. 245

Ovenly, 210 Flatbush Ave., 888-899-2213

Rose’s, 295 Flatbush Ave., 718-230-0427

Sotto Voce, 225 Seventh Ave., 718-369-9322

Wild Park Slope, 148 Fifth Ave., 347-987-4525

Shorty’s, 229 Flatbush Ave., 917-966-6026

Palo Santo Restaurant, 652 Union St., 718-636-6311

Woodland, 242 Flatbush Ave., 347-245-4602

Brooklyn Crepe & Juice, 274 Flatbush Ave., 917-613-6374

Kombit Restaurant, 279 Flatbush Ave., 646-280-9815

Sugarcane, 238 Flatbush Ave., 718-230-3954

Bklyn Larder, 228 Flatbush Ave., 718-783-1250

Baya Bar, 374 Fifth Ave., 646-620-1507

Tava Turkish & Mediterranean, 318 Fifth Ave., 718-499-5600

Shaking Crab, 230 Fifth Ave., 929-337-6140

Logan’s Run, 373 Fifth Ave., 917-909-0453

Nargis Bar and Grill, 155 Fifth Av., 718-872-7888

Gristmill, 289 Fifth Ave., 718-499-2424

Los Nopales, 191 Fifth Ave., 929-295-0812

Wasan Brooklyn, 440 Bergen St., 212-777-1978

Jake’s Handcrafted, 559 Fifth Ave., 718-788-0789

Kos Kaffe, 249 Fifth Ave., 718-768-6868

Loki Lounge, 304 Fifth Ave., 718-965-9600

Miti Miti Modern Mexica, 138 Fifth Ave., 718-230-3805

Pizza Secret, 72 Fifth Ave., 929-337-6245

Sky Ice, 63 Fifth Ave., 718-230-0910

La Villa Pizzeria & Restaurant, 261 Fifth Ave., 718-499-9888

Benchmark, 339 Second St., 718-965-7040

BK9, 62 Fifth Ave., 718-789-2176

Blue Ribbon Brasserie Brooklyn, 280 Fifth Ave., 718-840-0404

Bogota Latin Bistro, 141 Fifth Ave., 718-230-3806

Bricolage, 162 Fifth Ave., 718-230-1853

Empanada Loca, 606 Fifth Ave., 718-369-2118