Nicole A. Taylor

For Resy, I wrote a love letter to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn!

"Fifteen years ago, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was a different place. There was no Shake Shack outpost as you emerged from the belly of the A/C Nostrand Avenue subway stop. As a matter of fact, the Bedford side of the subway station was closed. Picking up my landline phone and calling Myrtle Cab Service to get a black cab was standard. It took a lot of work to hail a yellow cab over the Williamsburg bridge after dinner in lower Manhattan.

All the beauty and signs of a Black working-class neighborhood that birthed Shirley Chisolm and rocked the cradle of artists and creatives like Stephanie Mills, Bethann Hardison, and Lil’ Kim were still present."

A Love Letter to Bed-Stuy, and the Restaurants That Make New York Home — Resy | Right This Way Nicole A. Taylor pens a love letter to the restaurants and bars of Bed-Stuy that have nourished the belly and spirit for so many years.

Fun! Fun! I’m honoring my commitment to not WORK ALL THE TIME and just be. I have the photos to prove it. 🌿☀️🎾🍾💤

One week ago, I was in Juneteenth bliss. Thank you .news for uplifting Watermelon & Red Birds.