The Village Voice, which seems to be paying more and more attention to Brooklyn recently, is giving lots of love to Frankies 457 Spuntino in Carroll Gardens this week:

A spuntino is a snack shop—an appropriate description of Frankies if you also add “restaurant” and “wine bar.” The menu encompasses such diverse offerings as roasted veggies like parsnips and Jerusalem artichokes, pine-nutted polenta, a tart salad of bitter chicory spears called puntarelle, a half-dozen crostini, plates of cheese and cured meats, soups, raisin-dotted meatballs, and a few true entrées, including pastas and a stray braise or two. Among the braises find braciola, a pork steak rolled around a filling of garlic, parsley, provolone, and pecorino romano. It comes deposited in a thick marinara, and Mama couldn’t have done better. The wine list is exemplary, and a comparative bargain.

As much as the reviewer loves the food, though, the highest praise, in his opinion, is that the restaurant feels like it belongs in the neighborhood.
Review: Frankies 457 Spuntino [Village Voice]