Every week we choose two new local businesses to highlight. Here are a couple of the sweetest new faces in Park Slope:
Brittany’s Biscuits
www.brittanysbiscuits.com
Upon her tragic failure to find a decent chocolate chip cookie in New York City, Brittany Gonzalez decided that she had no choice but make her own and share it with the world. Now people can order her cookies and much more from her website, where she bakes from her headquarters in Park Slope. In addition to her famous chocolate chip cookies, she is also well known for her red velvet goldmines, which are rich red velvet cookies with cream cheese filling. For a limited time, Gonzalez is selling David’s Sweethearts, a shortbread red velvet cookie dipped in white chocolate and shaped like a heart. Proceeds of this particular treat will go to the non-profit organization Help Is On the Way Today, a NYC-based organization that assists children and young adults living with HIV/AIDS. On August 11th, you can see Brittany at the Cabaret, Cookies, and Cocktails event at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan as she helps raise money for HIOTWT.
Planet Cute
75A 5th Avenue (Between Prospect and St. Marks)
This pop-up shop opened its doors on June 4th with tons of artisan-made and geeky goods. This eclectic boutique has onesies for the parent who has always dreamed of dressing up their newborn as Pikachu, Totoro, Link, or a 1980’s-era GameBoy, as well as handmade tutus for the child who wants to set trends. Looking for a Mario Brothers-themed mobile for your baby’s crib? They have it! Want a plush toy of a smiling hamburger? It’s available for sale! Yet there’s plenty in this store for adults, such as wallets with designs from Marvel comic books and flasks featuring references to popular video games. For those who are looking for gifts, Planet Cute has a huge array of greeting cards and original artwork to choose. Planet Cute is a shop that specializes in, well, cute things! But it’ll be gone if you wait – the shop closes on June 28th. Get your cute kitsch before its gone!