StreetLevel: Pizza War in Dumbo?
Could a new pizza place possibly challenge the supremacy of one of Brooklyn’s most revered pizza parlors? Seems like the soon-to-open Ignazio’s at 4 Water Street may be fixing to do just that, since it’s setting up shop only a couple blocks away from Grimaldi’s. Louis Timero, a Bensonhurst native who left the city to…
Could a new pizza place possibly challenge the supremacy of one of Brooklyn’s most revered pizza parlors? Seems like the soon-to-open Ignazio’s at 4 Water Street may be fixing to do just that, since it’s setting up shop only a couple blocks away from Grimaldi’s. Louis Timero, a Bensonhurst native who left the city to start the celebrated Luna Pizza near Hartford, owns the new restaurant and intends to focus on the art of pizza, according to an article in the Brooklyn Eagle.
A December Homecoming Planned For A DUMBO Pizzeria [Brooklyn Eagle] GMAP
Total waste of a good Saturday afternoon. Waited over an hour to overpay for a highly overrated pizza that was skimpy on the toppings and had a burnt crust. The place sucks.
This place looks no where close to opening. Will it ever?
Ignazio’s will not be a Connecticut-style pizza (i.e good ovens, bad everything else).
Ignazio’s will be Bensonhurst/Italian-American style pizza at it’s best; a homage to great Brooklyn pizza past & present.
It will also feature live Jazz/Blues, great local microbrew beer, and yes, salads.
Live in the BH/Dumbo area, and rather just go to Fascati’s on Henry for a pretty good slice of pizza (or meatball sandwich) and the pretty fast service. Unless you are there at an off hour, I don’t think Grimaldi’s is worth the wait.
Good luck to the new place though, glad to try something new.
“New Haven, CT is regarded as having some of the best pizza in the US.”
“All well and good, but it means having to step foot in Connecticut. No thanks.”
12:08 You’re missing the point. You don’t have to go to CT. When Ignazio’s opens, CT pizza is coming to you. Or DUMBO, anyway. If it’s on par with CT’s best (and only if) Grimaldi’s is going to get a run for their money. But it’s a big IF.
I’m very excited about this. I work in Dumbo and the lunch options are sad if best. Luna Pizza is solid, better than 99% of the pizza joints here in NYC, and certainly better than what I’ve gotten from Grimaldi’s lately. I will certainly give them a shot or three, where I wouldn’t even consider Grimaldi’s these days.
“New Haven, CT is regarded as having some of the best pizza in the US.”
All well and good, but it means having to step foot in Connecticut. No thanks.
4:37 – That may be an indication of generic suburban dining anywhere including upstate and LI, but here’s a tidbit about what NY times thinks about food in New Haven
Drivers on the New York-New England route know New Haven best as the intersection of Interstates 91 and 95, an almost guaranteed traffic jam. And for years, savvy drivers have taken the traffic into account and planned a lunch or dinner stop, most often at Pepe’s or Sally’s, the city’s consistently fine pizza places, or the ever-changing variety of other, mostly Italian, restaurants that have gained local notice.
Rest of the article about the better Spanish than you can find in the City
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E5DE153FF930A15756C0A9629C8B63
Grimaldi’s is a hellhole.
Great news that a competitor is moving in.
If they are good, they will clean up. Grimaldi’s is for tourists and people with nothing to do who are willing to stand in line for over-rated pizza.