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Europa Pizzeria and Restaurant, 6421 20th Avenue (Photo: Dina Rabiner)You can tell Europa Pizzeria and Restaurant [http://www.europa-restaurant.com/home.aspx] , on the corner of 20th Avenue and 65th Street bordering Mapleton and Bensonhurst, is a family-friendly restaurant. This is apparent even from a passing car. The architecture
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Is your mouth watering yet?A contender for the title of most popular Italian bakery in Bensonhurst, Villabate Alba is a neighborhood institution opened in 1978 and known for supplying cannoli at Brooklyn’s first cannoli eating contest [/villabate-cannoli-eating-contest-slated-18th-avenues-columbus-day-festival/#.V_VOqJMrKT8] , giving out free cannoli [/bensonhursts-18th-avenue-feast-kicks-off-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/#.V_VOk5MrKT8] after the
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Photo by brooklyn_ny718 [https://www.instagram.com/p/_rgRT8v5qS/]/InstagramThe line outside Villabate Alba [/food-stuffs-villabates-famous-strawberry-shortcake-burger/#.VoMQa8ArLu0] right before Christmas says it all. Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us
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84th Street, btwn 12th and 13th Avenues. (Photo by Will Caruso)It’s that magical time of year, when Dyker Heights is aglow [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/12/local-photographer-captures-spirit-and-color-of-dyker-heights-holiday-lights-display/#.VmhcpGSDGko] with a gazillion LED bulbs. Local photographer Will Caruso scoped out the scene this year and marked the streets
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Corner Media’s managing editor Mary Bakija poses with the burger, photo by Bensonhurst BeanFood Stuffs: [/tag/food-stuffs/] Let’s be honest. We’ve all eyeballed Villabate Alba [http://villabate.com/]‘s second most distinctive dessert (the first, of course, being their famous orange- and cherry-garnished cannoli [/villabate-cannoli-eating-contest-slated-18th-avenues-columbus-day-festival/#.VcthwCxViko] ) with
7023 20th ave
Photo courtesy of Sultry Sweets [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/1939-85th-street]Sultry Sweets Bakery [https://www.facebook.com/sultrysweetsbakery], located at 7023 20th Avenue, on the corner 71st Street, has been open just a month, but it’s already getting plenty of buzz. The charming, purple-stucco building – formerly a panini spot
7001 18th ave
Believe it or not, this is a cake. Find it at Villabate Alba [http://villabate.com/] (7001 18th Avenue). Happy Thanksgiving! Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us on Twitter