Dept. of Culture

West African restaurant · Bedford-Stuyvesant

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Every Night Is a Party at Dept of Culture Brooklyn | The New Yorker

"The most conspicuous piece of furniture at Dept of Culture Brooklyn, a new Nigerian restaurant in Bed-Stuy, is the communal table. It’s built of solid oak and monopolizes the floor space. The small room is the site of a former barbershop; you can tell by the many outlets that still line its walls, which are now ornamented with photographs of the owner-chef Ayo Balogun’s relatives in Nigeria. The lighting is warm and dim. An antique record player spins Fela Kuti and other eminences of nineteen-seventies Afrobeat. And there, in an open kitchen, is Balogun himself, bopping to protest songs as he cooks, for a dozen patrons per seating, four courses, all inspired by the cuisine of his native Kwara State." - David Kortava

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/07/every-night-is-a-party-at-dept-of-culture-brooklyn
Photographs by Zachary Zavislak for The New Yorker

327 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Get directions

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