Food Start-Ups Find a Home in Brooklyn.

The rise of artisanal food like small-batch pickles, basement-cured charcuterie and hand-churned ice cream has been a boon to Brooklyn's image. Now those products are helping the borough revive its manufacturing base, in a former pharmaceutical factory in South Williamsburg. Acumen Capital Partners, which bought the nearly eight-acre site from Pfizer last year for $26 million, has begun leasing space to several local food businesses. Among them are McClure's Pickles, Brooklyn Soda Works, Steve's Ice Cream and Madecasse, which makes chocolate bars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]