Brooklyn Heights
Sunday gravy. Courtesy of Sam Barrett-Cotter at One15 Brooklyn Marina.BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Chef Danny Brown, who earned Queens its first Michelin Star with his restaurant Danny Brown Wine Bar & Kitchen, is cooking Italian American-style Sunday suppers for the Brooklyn community. The supper is served every Sunday at the Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
Step inside Mamma Lucia’s, 1701 Foster Avenue. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)There is a certain type of old-school Italian restaurant familiar to New Yorkers. It’s always small, cozy, intimate, and specializes in simple, unpretentious home cooking, just like mama used to make. Inside you’ll find a gallery
Food & Drink
At Aunt Butchies, the menu is straightforward. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)The cannoli has a virtually spotless reputation in Brooklyn — indeed, you’d be hard-pressed to find a food type, even pizza or coffee, with more hype and reliable deliciousness. The cheese cone, less so, but this is
Bensonhurst
At Aunt Butchies, the menu is straightforward. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg / Bensonhurst Bean)The cannoli has a virtually spotless reputation in Brooklyn — indeed, you’d be hard-pressed to find a food type, even pizza or coffee, with more hype and reliable deliciousness. The cheese cone, less so, but this is
Bensonhurst
The inside of new restaurant Galici An Ital-American Eatery. Photo by frankthetank7 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJx6pGbBOTE/]While the most well-known bites [/top-bensonhurst-pizzerias-according-to-our-readers/#.V-Hi2ZMrKqQ] in Bensonhurst are often also some the area’s most old school [/tasty-bagels-voted-best-bagel-shop-bensonhurst/#.V-HieZMrKqQ] joints, these fresh three eateries are heralding plenty of love from
Food & Drink
La Rina will leave you pondering pasta. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox) Great expectations can weigh down [/blog/2016/08/03/walters-a-tale-of-fried-chicken/] a restaurant, but there is also a special sort of joy when they are met, and an even greater sense of ebullience when those hopes are exceeded.
Business
Photo via LaRina Pastificio & Vino [https://www.facebook.com/larinabrooklyn/photos/a.767691309997077.1073741825.767386246694250/835576199875254/?type=3&theater] Enjoy a range of Italian dishes in their backyard or take home fresh pasta. Or do both at LaRina Pastificio & Vino [https://www.facebook.com/larinabrooklyn/] (387 Myrtle
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Chef Silvia Barban (left) with co-owner Guilia Pelliccioni (right).Aita [http://www.aitarestaurant.com/] is ever-evolving, doling out Italian-inspired seasonal fare at the corner of Greene Avenue and Waverly Avenue. Besides recently bringing on chef Silvia Barban, an enthusiastic young cuisinier with a background in French-Italian cooking, the restaurant is
Food & Drink
Photo via Fiat Café [https://www.facebook.com/FiatCafeNYC/photos/a.907735122598422.1073741828.140914499280492/928463830525551/?type=3&theater] Perhaps it was a coincidence. When I stopped into the newly opened Fiat Café [http://www.fiatcafenyc.com/] (80 6th Avenue at St. Marks Avenue), the sun was washing the front
Food & Drink
Fiat Café at 80 6th Avenue opened on April 7. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Bet you can guess Stephan Iacovelli’s favorite car. Iacovelli is the owner of Fiat Café, a neighborhood Italian bistro that opened for business on Thursday, April 7. Owner Stephan Iacovelli of Fiat
Food & Drink
Photo by Park Slope StoopThere are few things more satisfying than having a morning cuppa cuppa. Of course, that cuppa cuppa can be coffee, tea, or whatever beverage you prefer to get your day started. In this series, a cuppa cuppa doesn’t only refer to the beverage. It’s
Business
Photo by Shannon Geis/Kensington BKA new Italian restaurant has opened its doors at 1238 Prospect Avenue near Reeve Place, called Della [http://www.dellarestaurant.com/]. The eatery is owned by Jeremiah Fox, who owns several other businesses along the strip including The Juice Box and The Fox & the
Food & Drink
Courtesy of Fiorentino’sFine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante [http://fiorentinosristorante.com/] (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of Fiorentino’sFine Italian food is about to become a little scarcer in Gravesend. Fiorentino’s Ristorante [http://fiorentinosristorante.com/] (313 Avenue U), an authentic, no-frills Italian spot on Avenue U known for its generous helpings of red sauce-drenched pasta, will be closing its doors for good this Sunday
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Bucatini Alla Siciliana at Scopello. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus.)If you’re in the mood for a relaxing sit-down dinner for one that’s a little fancier than the [awesome] corner pub, then Scopello Ristorante [http://www.scopello.net] (63 Lafayette Avenue) should be on your go-to list. The
492 5th Avenue
(Photo by Mary Bakija / South Slope News)We never received official word that former oyster and hookah place Mezini [http://www.mezinirestaurantlounge.com/] (492 5th Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets) had closed. Open for just over two years [/blog/food/mezini-brings-fresh-to-fifth-ave], the restaurant had been shuttered for some time