aris Smeraldo and Meg Lipke opened Northeast Kingdom in the Fall of 2005 in Bushwick, Brooklyn with the help of family and friends. The husband/wife team found inspiration for the restaurant in the farming communities and deer camps of their native Vermont. The contemporary-American menu emphasizes the seasonality of the Northeast. Our long standing relationships with local farms and organic purveyors as well as seasonal foraging and our own organic gardening are fundamental in crafting our menus. The time we spend tending the our garden and traipsing through the woods is time we happily spend, for it allows us to share the most pristine wild edibles with our guests. Below are a sample of food grown and foraged this past season.