7 Top Sheepshead Restaurants AM NY Forgot

7 Top Sheepshead Restaurants AM NY Forgot
The lamb shank at Opera Cafe & Lounge. This one appeared on AM NY’s list, but this photo was too mouth-watering to pass up. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)

This week, AM New York stepped up with their Sheepshead Bay dining guide, aimed at Brooklyn and out-of-town tourists looking to understand food culture in this culturally diverse and historic neighborhood.

While we thought the places on this list were great, the list itself was woefully underdone.

There are, of course, an endless number of restaurants and cafes in Sheepshead Bay and it would be impossible to list them all. But we just couldn’t help diving in and adding our two cents.

Brennan & Carr roast beef sandwich. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)

Here are some notables that were left out, from what we’ve tasted over the years:

The Napoleon special at Dushanbe. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)
  • Tone Cafe, Georgian food at its best in Brighton Beach
  • Il Fornetto, upscale Italian fish and pasta by the waterfront
  • Brennan and Carr’s, while the list made casual mention of the Roll-n-Roasters competitor, we thought the rivalry deserved a bit more space and consideration. (Especially since Brennan and Carr’s won our Roast Beef Showdown poll by a landslide)
The kababi at Tone Cafe. (Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.)

What are some of your favorite places that we missed? What new neighborhood additions should we try next?

More lists for great food in (and from) Sheepshead Bay:

Check out more must-try restaurants and cafes on our Sheepshead Bay dining and outing guide here.

Planning ahead for Valentine’s Day? Check out our list of the 10 most romantic restaurants in Sheepshead here.

And for all you tourists from northern Brooklyn, the famed Uzbek restaurant Nargis Cafe (which made AM NY’s cut) is slated to open a second location in Park Slope this March.