Dining: No, you actually have never had a good cup of coffee — yet. But that’s all going to change once Stumptown Coffee Roasters — the brew that made Portland famous — opens its new roasting facility in Red Hook next month. Comments (1).

Page 1: A lot of people are calling this issue of The Brooklyn Paper the best edition ever. But you don’t have to wait until its in your hands. Click below for all of our amazing stories, including our much-discussed takedown of Peter Luger Steakhouse, our analysis of how Sen. Chuck Schumer dissed former Gov. Hugh Carey, and our exclusive “90 to Watch in ‘09” list. Also, click around for our regular features: our great events calendar, our nightlife listings, Smartmom, The Stoop and all our GO Brooklyn stories. Keep hustlin’, Brooklyn!

DUMBO: A proposal for an 18-story tower next to the Brooklyn Bridge has bitterly divided Community Board 2 on the eve if its controversial vote on the project — and the fight has riven the community amid charges that each side is lying or intentionally manipulating the facts. Comments (28).

Dining: Our meat-loving critic takes a bite out of Peter Luger’s much-vaunted porterhouse — and finds the new Morton’s superior in so many ways. Comments (47).

Coney Island: A reclusive fast-food mogul who once dreamed of saving Coney Island with his own massive amusement park is close to selling his long-dormant land to the current self-styled savior of the “People’s Playground” and, in doing so, make it harder — and more expensive — for the city to realize its own vision for revitalizing the area. Comments (5).

Mean Streets: Opponents of a pair of controversial bike lanes on Kent Avenue have been using school buses to block the street in an act of automotive disobedience — and now they’re publicizing their plans with a billboard blaming the resulting traffic jams on cyclists. Comments (11).

It’s time for our annual roundup of who and what will matter this year. At the top of the list? Tolls! Comments (8).

Coney Island: The Lola Staar boutique on the Coney Island Boardwalk — part souvenir stand, part rallying place for critics of a real-estate developer’s plan for a Vegas-style Xanadu — has not been offered a new lease, a casualty of its owner’s outspokenness. Comments (4).

Cobble Hill: A much-loved, but short-lived, Court Street bakery will close at the end of the month because the ingredients for success just never came together — and its famous rugalach-baking owner is left with a bitter taste in her mouth over the “has-been” quality of Cobble Hill’s Main Street. Comments (12).