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A Chicago-style hot dog with a side of tater tots is served in a red basket with parchment paper. — A Chicago dog, as God intended.

The 15 Hottest New Restaurants in Brooklyn, January 2023

A home for Italian beef in Cobble Hill and a seafood spot in Prospect Lefferts Gardens join the list this month

by Luke Fortney and Eater Staff Updated Jan 4, 2023, 9:33am EST

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by Luke Fortney and Eater Staff Updated Jan 4, 2023, 9:33am EST

Eater editors get asked one question more than any other: Where should I eat right now? While many people still consider Manhattan the locus of New York’s dining scene, some neighborhoods in Brooklyn have become dining destinations in their own right. On this map, you’ll find the latest Brooklyn debuts drawing NYC’s dining obsessives.

New to the list in January: Bobbi’s Italian Beef, a home for Chicago dogs and Italian beef in Cobble Hill; Kingfisher, a new seafood restaurant in Prospect Lefferts Gardens; and Syko, a Windsor Terrace takeout counter with Syrian and Korean fare.

Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated; it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission.

For more New York dining recommendations, check out the new hotspots in Manhattan, Queens, and the Hamptons.

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K'Far

Michael Solomonov is building a headquarters for his Philadelphia restaurant hits at the Williamsburg Hoxton Hotel. First up was grill house Laser Wolf, which opened on the rooftop in April, followed by an outpost of his bakery and cafe K’Far, at the basement level, in November. The pastel and plant-cloaked dining rooms make K’Far the kind of place that’s palatable to parents visiting from out of town or friends celebrating a night out. At brunch, look for pistachio sticky buns, olive omelets, and breakfast sandwiches on chewy Jerusalem bagels.

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97 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249

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Sticky buns, borekasim, bagels, and more on a table. — Brunch is the move at K’Far.

Chino Grande

If fighting over lobster french fries and singing karaoke sounds like a night well spent, Chino Grande might be for you. This Williamsburg restaurant from a co-owner of Win Son bills itself as a “karaoke saloon” — and even though singing is only permitted after 10 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 p.m. on weekends, the bar usually starts buzzing after sundown. Look out for a short menu of finger foods like swordfish skewers, five-spice pork ribs, and an order of $65 french fries topped with a whole lobster.

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253 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Hands dive in to pick up fries on a plate with a whole lobster on it. — A heap of french fries with lobster at Chino Grande.

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Eyval

Iranian small plates and wood-fired cooking are the focus at this Persian restaurant from Ali Saboor, who previously ran the kitchen at Prospect Heights’s acclaimed Sofreh. Now in Bushwick, the chef is serving barbari bread with borani (a mix of potatoes, saffron yogurt, and pickled red peppers) and a handful of kebabs — octopus, chicken thigh, scallop, and more — that got a nod of approval from Eater critic Ryan Sutton earlier this year.

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25 Bogart St, Brooklyn, NY 11206

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A brown kebab sits on a white plate next to a dollop of yogurt with a green spot and a small side salad of herbs. — Kebabs are king at Eyval.

Tsuta

Dumbo is home to the city’s first location of Tsuta, a global chain that spun off from the first ramen shop in the world to earn a Michelin star. On opening day, fans waited in hour-long lines for a taste of the shop’s signature shoyu soba, a bowl of soft noodles served in a light broth, and seasoned with black truffle sauce. Five types of ramen are offered in total, including vegetarian ramen, original to the Brooklyn outpost.

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22 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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A red bowl filled with noodles and medium dark broth. — The signature truffle ramen at Tsuta.

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Baby's Buns & Buckets

Dekalb Market remains one of the best places to find actually interesting food hall fare. Case in point: Baby’s Buns and Buckets. The newer underground food stall sells in Thai meats and seafoods that come overflowing from mini sandwiches or loaded into buckets with rice, herbs, and onions. However you do it, expect reasonable prices and generous portions.

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445 Albee Square W, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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A filet sticks out of a small bun with lettuce and a green background. — Fried basa on a small brioche bun.

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Oma Grassa

Oma Grassa landed in Fort Greene last summer, serving charred sourdough pies that might remind you of Ops in Bushwick, even if they’re baked in an electric oven. The half-dozen or so pizzas on the menu rotate in and out; look out for ones topped with curled pepperoni cups, mussels, and farmer's market vegetables. Not much other that pizza is served here, but there’s usually an antipasti plate or small salad on the menu for rounding out a meal.

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753 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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A pepperoni pizza with lots of char along the edges. — A pepperoni pie gleams at Oma Grassa.

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Slutty Vegan

Meatless burger chain Slutty Vegan touched down in Fort Greene this fall — and the Brooklyn neighborhood may never be the same. Employees stand out front of the restaurant calling customers “sluts” through branded megaphones, and lines continue to wind down Fulton Street. Whether the company’s branding makes you want to get in line or squirm in your seat, it can’t be denied: These vegan burgers have fans, and this first location in New York is just the beginning of larger expansion plans for the five boroughs.

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690 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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A sea of customers with iPhones and cameras gathers out front of Slutty Vegan in Brooklyn, New York. — The grand opening of Slutty Vegan.

Bobbi’s Italian Beef

Chicago dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and other foods from the Windy City arrived in Cobble Hill last fall with the opening of Bobbi’s Italian Beef. The restaurant used to operate out of the Dekalb Market Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, but the standalone storefront means more sandwiches — a baker’s dozen on the menu, by the half or whole — and a 30-seat dining room for spreading out. Save yourself some time, and order the Italian beef: marinated top round sliced thin, tucked into a sandwich roll, then dunked in meat juice before serving.

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228 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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Gus's Chop House

Gus’s straddles the line between cool neighborhood hangout and family-friendly restaurant: There’s a full-length bathroom mirror for documenting your youth, but also a changing table for mourning it; a $30 steak for the masses, and a bo-bo chicken served with its head and feet still on for those with taste. This chophouse contains multitudes, and quality cuts of meat are the glue that holds it all together. Get there early and ask for the off-menu burger — a thick patty made from a blend of pork and beef that the restaurant makes a handful of each night.

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215 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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A burger with onions and melty cheese sits on a plate at Gus’s Chop House. — The off-menu burger at Gus’s.

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Pecking House

Pecking House, a fried chicken pop-up that once had a waitlist of around 10,000 people, found a permanent home in Prospect Heights last summer. The greatest hits from the restaurant’s two years on the road — chile fried chicken sandwiches, mapo tofu sloppy joes — are served here, too, along with new items like chicken salt french fries, canned beer, and cocktails. Don’t be deterred by the small crowd of customers you might find waiting out front on weekends; the line moves quick at this fine-tuned, fast-casual spot.

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244 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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A pair of tongs dips a piece of fried chicken into a vat of red sauce. — This chicken once had a 10,000-person waitlist.

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Masalawala & Sons

The team behind the city’s only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant is out with another hit, this time in residential Park Slope. Masalawala & Sons is the second coming for a restaurant the team used to run on the Lower East Side under a similar name, but the menu’s been revamped and now looks to bridge the gap between what’s eaten in Indian homes and what’s served in Indian restaurants. Keep an eye out for macher dim (a sac of fish roe that’s poached in curry) and daab chingri (tiger prawns served in a young coconut shell).

365 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

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A close-up shot of red and orange sauce and food in a red clay bowl, garnished with shredded green herbs. — The restaurant only makes five to seven orders of macher dim per day.

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SYKO

Find Syrian and Korean food, but not Syrian Korean fusion, at this charming Windsor Terrace takeout counter with exactly one table parked out front. The prices and portions of dishes like the bulgogi “fat boy” — a Korean burrito of sorts wrapped up in a greasy pancake for around $14 — seem to defy inflation. Larger plates like chicken shawarma and bibimbap, which come with a choice of mezze and banchan, make for good sharing.

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126 Windsor Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215

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A person wearing a red sweater clutches a burrito overflowing with bulgogi. — The bulgogi sandwich feels more like a burrito.

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Kingfisher

The sommelier André Hueston Mack has opened a small empire of restaurants in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in recent years. There’s the ham bar & Sons; a walk-up window dispensing breakfast tacos; and a bakery called Chickadee Bread. Kingfisher, a restaurant with an eye for seafood that opened last fall, is his sixth. Plates priced between $6 and $36 include oysters, monkfish with crushed kettle chips, and an overperforming shrimp cocktail.

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505 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

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Two razor clams sit atop a bowl. — Razor clams at Kingfisher.

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Fatta Mano

Abdul Elenani, the owner of acclaimed Palestinian restaurants Ayat and Al Badawi, opened Fatto Mano last fall — one of few places in the city to serve Italian cuisine that’s also halal. The Bay Ridge restaurant is churning out mostly hits, Eater critic Robert Sietsema said in an early review: The chicken Milanese was as “massive” as he hoped, while the fettuccine Bolognese “tasted as if the noodles had been rolled and cut minutes before.” BYOB.

8501 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209

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A blue bowl of wide noodles with an orange colored meat sauce. — The Bolognese at Fatta Mano.

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Lucia Pizza Of Avenue X

Salvatore Carlino was raised on pizza, so it’s no surprise there’s been buzz around the chef’s first restaurant. His family operated Manhattan Beach’s Papa Leone’s, which closed in 2017, and founded corner slice shop Smiling Pizza in Park Slope. Carlino opened the doors on his own pizza parlor in Sheepshead Bay earlier this year with margherita, white, and plain pies. Be sure to try the vodka pizza, which uses the same recipe from Papa Leone’s, dating back to 1974.

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2201 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11235

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An overhead photograph of a quarter of a pizza, topped with cheeses and crumbled meats. — Behold, the pies of Lucia Pizza of Avenue X.

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K'Far

97 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249

Michael Solomonov is building a headquarters for his Philadelphia restaurant hits at the Williamsburg Hoxton Hotel. First up was grill house Laser Wolf, which opened on the rooftop in April, followed by an outpost of his bakery and cafe K’Far, at the basement level, in November. The pastel and plant-cloaked dining rooms make K’Far the kind of place that’s palatable to parents visiting from out of town or friends celebrating a night out. At brunch, look for pistachio sticky buns, olive omelets, and breakfast sandwiches on chewy Jerusalem bagels.

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97 Wythe Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249

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Sticky buns, borekasim, bagels, and more on a table. — Brunch is the move at K’Far.

Chino Grande

253 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

If fighting over lobster french fries and singing karaoke sounds like a night well spent, Chino Grande might be for you. This Williamsburg restaurant from a co-owner of Win Son bills itself as a “karaoke saloon” — and even though singing is only permitted after 10 p.m. on weekdays, and 11 p.m. on weekends, the bar usually starts buzzing after sundown. Look out for a short menu of finger foods like swordfish skewers, five-spice pork ribs, and an order of $65 french fries topped with a whole lobster.

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253 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Hands dive in to pick up fries on a plate with a whole lobster on it. — A heap of french fries with lobster at Chino Grande.

Eyval

25 Bogart St, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Iranian small plates and wood-fired cooking are the focus at this Persian restaurant from Ali Saboor, who previously ran the kitchen at Prospect Heights’s acclaimed Sofreh. Now in Bushwick, the chef is serving barbari bread with borani (a mix of potatoes, saffron yogurt, and pickled red peppers) and a handful of kebabs — octopus, chicken thigh, scallop, and more — that got a nod of approval from Eater critic Ryan Sutton earlier this year.

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25 Bogart St, Brooklyn, NY 11206

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A brown kebab sits on a white plate next to a dollop of yogurt with a green spot and a small side salad of herbs. — Kebabs are king at Eyval.

Tsuta

22 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Dumbo is home to the city’s first location of Tsuta, a global chain that spun off from the first ramen shop in the world to earn a Michelin star. On opening day, fans waited in hour-long lines for a taste of the shop’s signature shoyu soba, a bowl of soft noodles served in a light broth, and seasoned with black truffle sauce. Five types of ramen are offered in total, including vegetarian ramen, original to the Brooklyn outpost.

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22 Old Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11201

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A red bowl filled with noodles and medium dark broth. — The signature truffle ramen at Tsuta.

Baby's Buns & Buckets

445 Albee Square W, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Dekalb Market remains one of the best places to find actually interesting food hall fare. Case in point: Baby’s Buns and Buckets. The newer underground food stall sells in Thai meats and seafoods that come overflowing from mini sandwiches or loaded into buckets with rice, herbs, and onions. However you do it, expect reasonable prices and generous portions.

Open in Google Maps

445 Albee Square W, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Visit Website

A filet sticks out of a small bun with lettuce and a green background. — Fried basa on a small brioche bun.

Oma Grassa

753 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Oma Grassa landed in Fort Greene last summer, serving charred sourdough pies that might remind you of Ops in Bushwick, even if they’re baked in an electric oven. The half-dozen or so pizzas on the menu rotate in and out; look out for ones topped with curled pepperoni cups, mussels, and farmer's market vegetables. Not much other that pizza is served here, but there’s usually an antipasti plate or small salad on the menu for rounding out a meal.

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753 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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A pepperoni pizza with lots of char along the edges. — A pepperoni pie gleams at Oma Grassa.

Slutty Vegan

690 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Meatless burger chain Slutty Vegan touched down in Fort Greene this fall — and the Brooklyn neighborhood may never be the same. Employees stand out front of the restaurant calling customers “sluts” through branded megaphones, and lines continue to wind down Fulton Street. Whether the company’s branding makes you want to get in line or squirm in your seat, it can’t be denied: These vegan burgers have fans, and this first location in New York is just the beginning of larger expansion plans for the five boroughs.

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690 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

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A sea of customers with iPhones and cameras gathers out front of Slutty Vegan in Brooklyn, New York. — The grand opening of Slutty Vegan.

Bobbi’s Italian Beef

228 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Chicago dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and other foods from the Windy City arrived in Cobble Hill last fall with the opening of Bobbi’s Italian Beef. The restaurant used to operate out of the Dekalb Market Hall in Downtown Brooklyn, but the standalone storefront means more sandwiches — a baker’s dozen on the menu, by the half or whole — and a 30-seat dining room for spreading out. Save yourself some time, and order the Italian beef: marinated top round sliced thin, tucked into a sandwich roll, then dunked in meat juice before serving.

Open in Google Maps

228 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Visit Website

A Chicago-style hot dog with a side of tater tots is served in a red basket with parchment paper. — A Chicago dog with celery salt tots.

Gus's Chop House

215 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Gus’s straddles the line between cool neighborhood hangout and family-friendly restaurant: There’s a full-length bathroom mirror for documenting your youth, but also a changing table for mourning it; a $30 steak for the masses, and a bo-bo chicken served with its head and feet still on for those with taste. This chophouse contains multitudes, and quality cuts of meat are the glue that holds it all together. Get there early and ask for the off-menu burger — a thick patty made from a blend of pork and beef that the restaurant makes a handful of each night.

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215 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Visit Website

A burger with onions and melty cheese sits on a plate at Gus’s Chop House. — The off-menu burger at Gus’s.

Pecking House

244 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Pecking House, a fried chicken pop-up that once had a waitlist of around 10,000 people, found a permanent home in Prospect Heights last summer. The greatest hits from the restaurant’s two years on the road — chile fried chicken sandwiches, mapo tofu sloppy joes — are served here, too, along with new items like chicken salt french fries, canned beer, and cocktails. Don’t be deterred by the small crowd of customers you might find waiting out front on weekends; the line moves quick at this fine-tuned, fast-casual spot.

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244 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

Visit Website

A pair of tongs dips a piece of fried chicken into a vat of red sauce. — This chicken once had a 10,000-person waitlist.

Masalawala & Sons

365 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

The team behind the city’s only Michelin-starred Indian restaurant is out with another hit, this time in residential Park Slope. Masalawala & Sons is the second coming for a restaurant the team used to run on the Lower East Side under a similar name, but the menu’s been revamped and now looks to bridge the gap between what’s eaten in Indian homes and what’s served in Indian restaurants. Keep an eye out for macher dim (a sac of fish roe that’s poached in curry) and daab chingri (tiger prawns served in a young coconut shell).

365 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Visit Website

A close-up shot of red and orange sauce and food in a red clay bowl, garnished with shredded green herbs. — The restaurant only makes five to seven orders of macher dim per day.

SYKO

126 Windsor Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Find Syrian and Korean food, but not Syrian Korean fusion, at this charming Windsor Terrace takeout counter with exactly one table parked out front. The prices and portions of dishes like the bulgogi “fat boy” — a Korean burrito of sorts wrapped up in a greasy pancake for around $14 — seem to defy inflation. Larger plates like chicken shawarma and bibimbap, which come with a choice of mezze and banchan, make for good sharing.

Open in Google Maps

126 Windsor Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Visit Website

A person wearing a red sweater clutches a burrito overflowing with bulgogi. — The bulgogi sandwich feels more like a burrito.

Kingfisher

505 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

The sommelier André Hueston Mack has opened a small empire of restaurants in Prospect Lefferts Gardens in recent years. There’s the ham bar & Sons; a walk-up window dispensing breakfast tacos; and a bakery called Chickadee Bread. Kingfisher, a restaurant with an eye for seafood that opened last fall, is his sixth. Plates priced between $6 and $36 include oysters, monkfish with crushed kettle chips, and an overperforming shrimp cocktail.

Open in Google Maps

505 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Visit Website

Two razor clams sit atop a bowl. — Razor clams at Kingfisher.

Fatta Mano

8501 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Abdul Elenani, the owner of acclaimed Palestinian restaurants Ayat and Al Badawi, opened Fatto Mano last fall — one of few places in the city to serve Italian cuisine that’s also halal. The Bay Ridge restaurant is churning out mostly hits, Eater critic Robert Sietsema said in an early review: The chicken Milanese was as “massive” as he hoped, while the fettuccine Bolognese “tasted as if the noodles had been rolled and cut minutes before.” BYOB.

8501 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209

Visit Website

A blue bowl of wide noodles with an orange colored meat sauce. — The Bolognese at Fatta Mano.

Lucia Pizza Of Avenue X

2201 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Salvatore Carlino was raised on pizza, so it’s no surprise there’s been buzz around the chef’s first restaurant. His family operated Manhattan Beach’s Papa Leone’s, which closed in 2017, and founded corner slice shop Smiling Pizza in Park Slope. Carlino opened the doors on his own pizza parlor in Sheepshead Bay earlier this year with margherita, white, and plain pies. Be sure to try the vodka pizza, which uses the same recipe from Papa Leone’s, dating back to 1974.

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2201 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11235

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An overhead photograph of a quarter of a pizza, topped with cheeses and crumbled meats. — Behold, the pies of Lucia Pizza of Avenue X.

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