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Highlighting all the amazing places and restaurants that make our borough so great. And today we head out to Strutting Mutts on Grand Street where News Twelve's Aisha mckenzie is making some new four legged friends and you can tell you're having a ball already, Aisha. Oh, we are having a dog on good time, Dan, if I would say so myself, like you said, we are at Strutton Mud on Grand Avenue. This is the second year they have been open, this is a doggy day care and you could see the dogs, you know, they're a little quiet now, but earlier they were having a grand old time. So we're gonna introduce you to Corey. He is the owner here. So Corey, thank you for having us here at the doggy day care. So you have been walking dogs for, well, how long have you been walking dogs in Williamsburg? I'm talking walking dogs in Williamsburg and Green Point for about eight years. Now. My husband and I have been in the area on the, on the street and we're our second year of our day care opening as an expansion. We're really thankful for the community to show us love and we opened up and everything, right? So you took your dog walking and made a brick and mortar day care. How has it been so far? Your second year in Williams? It's been a wild ride and, um, the dog walking has been like the main branch of it, but we're just glad to have this as an extension. And, uh, it just really helps with, you know, people wanting to do either walks or daycare, we can do either. And it's just people know us and people talk to us up at all the parks when we had it open and they just came through overnight and we're just really so thankful to be here and give that to Grant Streets and that's amazing. Listen, dogs are family for many people and you have a little family here with all the doggies. So if somebody wanted to bring their dog, what are, what do you offer and what, what do they need to do? Um We offer a free day like a temperament test like for your first day just to see how we do, uh look for anxiety or aggression, which really happens. But we also offer that as a free day and then you can come in do day care, can do overnights here. Our staff takes dogs out in the middle of the day so they don't lose their house training. And um, yeah, we uh we offer overnight sitting too, so we come in at night and check on the pups and just have a dog on good side. I love that. See, we're both kind of cheesy. Right. All right. So, my last question to you is what is the best part of the job here? Because people would love to hang out with dogs and they just bring so much joy. So, what would you say is the best part of the job is? And I think the best part of the job is just getting to know uh new pups and seeing them just sort of like, um, get more comfortable and come out of their shell if they're shy or if they have like anxiety and like just seeing them like fully open up and like, have a whole bunch of friends. And the amazing staff that we were able to have is just in the dog community. We love the, the dog community here like, uh North Brooklyn. You're fantastic. Amazing congrats on your second year so far. We wish you men the other years. All right guys, I'm gonna hang out with the pups. I'm gonna send it back to you and they are quiet for you guys. I promise they're a little louder. I, I'm, I'm actually impressed at how you were able to get through that live shot and you know, you've been bringing back food for all. There they go. Oh, there they go. Some people want you to bring back a dog for the newsroom. So just a request. Ok.

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The amazing places and restaurants that make our borough so great. Yeah, this is fun just to see what's out there. So this morning we're heading out to Cafe Miguel. This is on Grand Street where our news 12 mckenzie is with the owner to pour us up some of his imported cups of coffee. We needed that coffee this morning. We know I know the coffee is always necessary, right? Guys, you're right. I am still on Grand Street for our main street, Brooklyn at Cafe Miguel and this place is truly amazing. They just opened up on June 10th. So I want you now to meet the owner Miguel Guadarrama Miguel. This place is gorgeous and you're from Mexico City and you wanted it to feel like Mexico City. So tell me a little bit about the aesthetics. Yeah. Well, uh we wanted to bring a little uh bit of Mexico City into uh Williamsburg. Uh It took us uh almost a year to build it up. Um As you see, we have like uh tiles, we have some concrete on the walls that we wanted to give that like uh the look and, and yeah, basically also wanted to bring like, uh, street food, like food that you find on the streets of Mexico City. And now that I feel like a lot of people are going there like, you know, to, to live or to work. Um, it's, um, it's something I always wanted to do. Something that I wanted to bring into, into Brooklyn because I feel that that was something that was missing. There's great Mexican food, but I felt, I felt like I wanted to bring something from Mexico City and you can definitely smell it and feel it and you have a great menu. So what are some of the things on your menu that people look forward to? And we're about to bring some stuff over in a few seconds. But what are some of the things that people love the most? Um When they walk in here, I would say, uh the, which is like a, like a chicken stew. Uh And now we can, we can be served in like a different ways like a which is like a round thick tortilla or also like a which is like sort of like an but filled with uh with cactus. We use a lot of cactus sal in Mexico City is uh like pretty much everywhere you go. Even if it's a, a taco stand, a stand, it's always gonna be a AAA variation. Uh you know, which is cactus basically. So that's amazing. I mean, that's a full spread menu when people think cafe, they think maybe just coffee. But you have a full spread of authentic Mexican food. And also important to note the coffee beans are imported from Mexico City. That's correct. We bring the coffees, um sometimes from uh most of the times from Mexico City, but we also bring them from uh central America because also they have great coffee. And uh yeah, also one thing is like, we always, we make our tortillas here, sort of like hand made. Uh we have blue corn, yellow corn and uh yeah, that's uh something, I mean, blue corn in Mexico City is very popular, very popular so we can get the goods here. So we have a close up of your mother preparing the food. So we know it's gonna taste authentic and good. So what is she making right here? As, as everybody's watching is uh uh that is uh and uh she put some uh on top, some uh romaine lettuce which is like just a fresh cheese and uh and a salsa like a green sauce. And we also have a sauce which is a little more spicy and it's uh uh like a, it comes with a lot, many uh like dry peppers. Nice, nice. That's amazing. All right. So we're gonna swing it back over here if you are in the in for a taste of Mexico City. Come down to Cafe M. This is right on Grand street. The owner himself authentic good food um and come out and enjoy and they just opened up on June 10th. So a new business that you definitely want to support it back to you, Dan and Christie. That's awesome. Yeah, definitely gotta get out there. Thank you. Thank you.

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Highlighting all of the amazing places and restaurants that make our borough so great, including Grand Street in Williamsburg. Yeah, let's head out to Grand Morel's Diner and Bakery where News Twelve's AA mckenzie is with the owners who have been serving tasty Mexican cuisine for nearly a quarter of a century. I'm excited to see what we got here as. Oh, yes. So yes, I am continuing my tour down Grand Street for our main street, Brooklyn here in Williamsburg. And yes, I am joined by the owner of Graham Morales. This is Ricardo Gonzalez. Ricardo. Thank you for being on News 12 and you have quite the spread for us today. This looks good. Yes. Thank you for coming too. Yeah. So you've been here for 27 years. You opened it up with your brother. How has it been so far? Being in Brooklynn and being a staple in the community in that way? Well, it, it wasn't easy but we're still really, um, working on and, you know, we, we getting back and we, we are ready for it. Any, anybody can come to us to enjoy a nice breakfast with the family and, and that's what you have. And you told me Morelos is one of the States of Mexico. That's where you're from. So, there is authentic Mexican food here along with American cuisine. So let's talk about what we have here on the plates. So, first we have a nice little, um, a nice breakfast, American. And uh you see a French with a fresh fruit and, and now this is the Mexican cuisine. So we have the tamales here. Right? Yes. Um, we have uh green sauce and it has cheese in it and the red uh, has pork. So is this what people usually come for? They want to get the tamales and uh did they like it here? Is this one of your uh best dishes? Oh, yes, they love it. They love it. Amazing. Ricardo. Thank you so much. So listen guys, if you need some breakfast or you're in the mood for some amazing tamales come down to more. So again, this is on Grand Street in Williamsburg. And how beautiful is this set up? Right. It looks really good and it smells amazing in here. Oh, yeah. I mean, you know the French toast. That would be a perfect dessert. I would do the tamales for sure. Yeah, the French toast looks so good. Right. Well, don't let us stop you as dig in.

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The amazing places and restaurants that make our borough so great. There's a lot out there and today we're out on Grand Street in Williamsburg, taking a look at some of the delicious desserts that yummy tummy's kitchen love. The name has to offer. Great news. 12 A mckenzie is there now with more on why those flavors keep the crowds coming back. How's it going over there? It's going great. It is a good name, right? We're gonna speak to the owner in a bit about how she got that name for her bakery. So like you said, I'm in Williamsburg all day long as we highlight the main streets here in Brooklyn. I'll be along Grand Street showing you some amazing places that make our borough great, just like you said. So now we got to meet the woman behind these delicious baked goods and yes, it's yummy tummy's kitchen because it smells just so yummy. So, Melissa Johnson, thank you so much for joining us here on new. Nice meeting you guys. Thank you. Well, all right. So we gotta talk about the name. You said it's very special to you. Yummy. Tummy's kitchen. What is that? About. Yes, yummy. Tummy's kitchen is very special to me because we stand by the word yummy. Taste matters. And that's how I came up with all of my recipes by focusing on taste because taste actually brings people back and makes them remember you. So I focused on taste and continue to create like amazing recipes. And it has like such a homely feel too. So it's like you're truly in some he's kitchen. right? Yes, that was my idea. Once I knew I was ready to like, move forward, go brick and mortar, I wanted to give a nod to just my humble beginnings, which is me starting out in my East New York. Brooklyn apartment kitchen baking for the past after 10 years I got here. That's amazing. So you've only been open since fall of 2021. And like you said, this is, you grew up in East New York and this is, what, what part did you grow up in East Flatbush? Ok. So East Flatbush, but you, I lived in East New York for a little bit, but you're in a totally different part of Brooklyn. So how is it being in Williamsburg and opening and opening up this brick and mortar? Wow, it's amazing. Being in Williamsburg. I had no, I didn't know anyone over here and it was Post COVID. So I didn't even know the foot traffic that would be out here. So as I started making my name, noticed or just the taste actually started bringing people in the doors, the neighborhood and the community actually embraced me. They were telling one another without me even asking. So I love Williamsburg for that because they, you know, it's multi phased and they're not afraid to say, hey, I know of this good thing. You should try it. And I, no, I love that and speaking of the good things, let's talk about what you have right here and what you're preparing for us. Ok. So what I'm preparing right now are some yummy delicious plain cheese cakes. But I'm gonna top them with fresh strawberries and some strawberry puree. Yes. And this is one of the, the the neighborhood. They love these cheesecakes and then I guess we'll get into like the most popular here. All right. All right. So she's making these cheesecakes y'all. We listen, this is my favorite strawberry cheesecakes. We want style. So Juniors watch out. You hear that? Junior's all right. Let's get a closer look. Let me back up a little bit so we can show you. Alrighty. All right. So we have the topping on coming on here. We have the topping the light garnish and then you just top it off with a fresh strawberry. Perfect. We'll show it off to the car. Oh, you're gonna top it some more. Yeah. No, I'm gonna just do one more just because it looks so delicious. Right guys. Oh I need like 80 of those. That's I love too how it's like in a little cup, mini strawberry cheesecakes and our plain cheesecake. Well, Melissa, thank you so much. So you guys see how beautiful it is. She does this all by herself. So make sure you come to Yummy Tommy and you get yourself some good treats and they even have banana push pops. I'm gonna show you this as you guys go back. Look how cute. All right, you guys, I'm gonna enjoy my time here. I'm gonna send it back to you, Melissa. Thank you.

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