(Photo: Baked Potato Pie at Pete Zaaz, via Facebook)

The recent opening of Bar Corvo confirms that Crown Heights is well on its way to becoming Brooklyn’s next dining destination. In only four months, the neighborhood has seen five new establishments open ranging from a casual, Tex-Mex style taco shack to a sleek bourbon bar. The area's newfound hipness has been a source of some discontent among long-time residents, but development of the neighborhood shows no signs of slowing. Take a look at the time line below:

Bar Corvo, 791 Washington Avenue
Opened: January 2012
Crown and Prospect Heights bloggers have been breathlessly awaiting the opening of Bar Corvo - the pasta-focused, Al di La spin-off housed in the former Teddy's space. The restaurant soft opened on January 24th and, so far, has been met with welcoming reviews. The largely Northern Italian menu is lower priced than its 5th Avenue big sister with pastas under $15 and proteins under $20. Lunch and delivery service are said to be in the works.

Pete Zaaz, 766 Classon Avenue
Opened: December 2011
Pete Zaaz took food blogs by storm when word got out that a member of the No. 7 Group (Peter Entner) and a former Pulino's chef (Glen Hudson) were churning out eccentric pies in Crown Heights. Their stoner-friendly pairings like The Baked Potato with creme fraiche, white cheddar, and bacon and The Cold Fried Chicken with pickled Thai chilies, fontina, collards, and curried squash are the antithesis of the prosciutto and arugula-laden wood-fired pies that have dominated the Brooklyn pizza scene the past few years. Added bonus - the pizzeria sells a rotating selection of their pies by the slice ($4). (Photo: Dawn Hoffman)

The Crown Inn, 724 Franklin Avenue
Opened: November 2011
The latest venture from the Franklin Park/Dutch Boy team brings cocktails and forty bourbons to Franklin Avenue. It is also home to one of the neighborhood's best happy hours with $4 draft beers and $6 cocktails until 8pm. And don't expect the standard Stella, Blue Moon, Samuel Adams - Crown Inn's taps feature an impressive selection of microbrews, which, during a recent visit, included Ommegang Rare Vos and Left Hand Milk Stout. A friendly, laid-back crowd populates the expansive copper bar while a large backyard promises a lively scene come spring. (Photo: Grub Street)

Barboncino, 781 Franklin Avenue
Opened:  October 2011
Opened by indie filmmaker Ron Brown, Crown Height's first Neapolitan pizza place has been met with mostly rave reviews proving that the spot isn't just affecting trends. Of course, Brown has a pretty serious pizza pedigree - he apprenticed in Italy with the Stefano Ferrara family, legendary purveyor of handmade brick ovens. He also recruited former Paulie Gee's pie man Jon Greenberg to man the oven. In addition to their exceptional pies (try the cremini and fennel sausage, $17) the restaurant has a full bar and serves pizza until 1am daily. (Photo: Barboncino)

Güeros Brooklyn, 605 Prospect Place
Opened: September 2011
Opened in early September, this low-key Tex-Mex spot was flying fairly under the radar until New York Magazine recently wrote about their $3 breakfast tacos, which are served on Saturdays and Sundays. The regular menu, as perhaps implied by the taqueria's name (gueros is slang for white person), features some fairly nontraditional tacos with fillings like fried chicken with jalapeno buttermilk though taco purists will be pleased to find that more common ingredients like marinated pork shoulder and hanger steak exist as well. The spot also serves a hefty 20 oz margarita at the bargain basement price of $8. (Photo: Dawn Hoffman)