Amorina
Amorina in Prospect Heights was recommended to us by Fjorder, and AlwaysEating claims that it serves "the best pizza in the nabe, and is easily the holder of the best slices. It's hard to resist their slice special, two square slices and a Boylan's soda for $5, one of the better deals I've found in Park Slope or Prospect Heights."
"Ruth Kaplan, the pizzaiola, produces almost perfectly charred and crispy crusts, and creates their toppings with an eye to detail... A Gorgonzola pie with pears and figs was creamy and only slightly sweet, despite a drizzle of dark honey, while a Siciliana pie successfully married the acidic tang of orange slices to lightly caramelized onions and fennel," writes Andrea Thompson for the New Yorker.
New York magazine adds, "Homey pastas like spaghetti and meatballs perfectly suit the cozy room, which has been outfitted with red-checked-cloth-covered tables, salvaged menu boards, and [owner Albano] Ballerini’s grandmother’s yellowing invoices and receipts." How would you rate this place?
Reviews (85)
winthropst wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:06 PM
the two people on their cell phones to the left of the photo - what gender are they?
SenatorStreet wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:13 PM
More important - are they talking to each other??
dirty_hipster wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:17 PM
pic looks like a weird Gap commercial
PitbullNYC wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:23 PM
the one on the left looks like a fetus :-/ the one talking on the right on his cell may or may not be ellen degeneres.
*rob*
parkplacer wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:24 PM
Totally agree! Not only does their pizza rock but the rest of the menu is amazing, too...and the staff is great - always very friendly and jovial. You can tell they like working there. We eat at least there once a week. And I love that they deliver on roller skates!
Joe from Brooklyn wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:25 PM
Or a cell-phone or internet phone commercial. Whoo hoo whoo hoo hoo whoo hoo whoo hoo hoo...
parkplacer wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:28 PM
Oh - and for those interested in food on Vandy the rumor that Barrette will be a Mexican joint is true. It will be a second branch of Fort Greene's Pequena.
http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/the-feed-blog/restaurants-bars/2009/06/the-feed-openings-barrette-update/
bkbornandbred wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:33 PM
Duh...this is obviously the meeting place for the "Men Who Wear Sandals Without Shame" annual brunch. They're just calling the rest of their foot soldiers. (Sorry for the dopey pun, I just had to.)
WonTon wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:33 PM
This place is good and a good deal. I took my mother there.
kaylas wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:53 PM
Excellent pizza, very friendly staff who obviously likes working there, homey atmosphere. I totally love the pizza with pancetta and figs, and the pizza with potatoes and rosemary. Great place to take kids too.
tiptoe wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:54 PM
I can't make heads or tails of the one on the left. That being said, this place is great. Delicious salads and pizza combos, and the spaghetti & meatballs ain't nothing to sneeze at. Good nabe vibe, though I live somewhat out of the nabe.
bkre wrote a review on June 25, 2009 12:55 PM
My favorite pizza place in the neighborhood. And the people are always in a good mood and nice. No complaints at all.
young archi wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:11 PM
This place is definitely pretty good. Pizza is good, not great, with some interesting toppings. The pasta is mediocre. Still, its definately a good place with a decent deal.
winthropst wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:14 PM
maybe they are both on a blind internet date with each other and one is calling the other to say "i'm here in front of the restaurant wearing an orange scarf"...
dirty_hipster wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:18 PM
just noticed the flip flops
flip flops + jeans = epic failure
PitbullNYC wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:28 PM
flip flops + huge orange scarf in 90 degree weather :-/
*rob*
funniest.thread.ever!
Expert Textpert wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:34 PM
oooooh, the apple bottom on the guy peering in the window. Now that's a slice of heaven!
Expert Textpert wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:35 PM
oooooh, the apple bottom on the guy peering in the window. Now that's a slice of heaven!
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:37 PM
looks like Shaggy finally got his hair cut. where is Mr. Doo though?
tinarina wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:38 PM
"The lesbian knitters meetup is NOT at Amorina?"
randolph wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:38 PM
old dude with stubby legs in the background is doing an inventory of his pink folding chair collection.
PitbullNYC wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:39 PM
LOL textpert. and what the heck is the guy on the far right in the back doing!?!?
*rob*
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:44 PM
"Yes, this is an emergency; while flashing a couple of tourists from the mid-west, my exhibitionist father just got his pee pee stuck in a folding chair. Please send an ambulance."
winthropst wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:44 PM
they got there too early for the PFLAG meeting (www.pflag.org - parents, families & friends of lesbians and gays)
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:45 PM
The working class blue shirt guy seems to be making secret baseball signals with his left hand
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:47 PM
Its one of those darn chairs that are hard to put up. I've gotten into trouble with them too. In the next shot he'll be on the floor with his head through the back of the chair along with a foot bent round his chin.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:48 PM
That's me in the white shirt and brown linen pants.
:-\
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:54 PM
And you're here because your usual table at Al Di La was taken??? :)
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:54 PM
winthropst, yours are the funniest - but biff made me larf too.
etson wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:55 PM
Restaurant -Amorina
Customers - Androgyna
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:56 PM
11217, if that is you, do you have hips or is it the way you are standing?
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:56 PM
Dave,
As you can see, I was calling Al Di La to see if they could squeeze me in...
gemini10 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:57 PM
Wintropst - hilarious!!!!
DH - wtf is wrong with flip flops and jeans? that's what I wear, but again I'm a woman not sure what these two are in the pic....
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:57 PM
There will be a brownstoner staff meeting at 4:00 today to discuss the "do's" and "don'ts" of taking photographs for any future ROTD.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:58 PM
I'm fairly certain that's a woman, ditto.
Yeah, that's it. A woman.
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 1:58 PM
11217, I had a pair of bell bottoms like those in 1970.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:02 PM
That's not really me Dave.
Not that that there's anything wrong with that!
winthropst wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:03 PM
i should shut my trap cause i get confused for a chick sometimes. people must be blind though cause i'd make one hell of a fugly girl.
off to lunch now. maybe i'll stop by amorina so my next post here will have actual restaurant ratings.
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:04 PM
Oh come on 11217, "that" has "runway" written all over "it."
winthropst wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:08 PM
dave - maybe "mumbai fashion week runway"
ttfn
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:10 PM
Looks more like a gay ukranian :)
dirty_hipster wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:12 PM
Hahah GEM! You're a woman so you get a little leeway (or however you spell it)
Haha 11217!
PitbullNYC wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:12 PM
whoever the new photographer for the ROTD threads should win a pulitzer!
*rob*
dirty_hipster wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:13 PM
Looks like "Pat" from SNL lost a little weight and got "their" hair-dun-did.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:13 PM
It's the ambiguously gay duo.
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:17 PM
11217, looks more like a skinny Scot to me.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:19 PM
Well that Scot's gots some SERIOUS birthin' hips!
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:24 PM
I'd like to personally apologize to the owners of Amorino for the unfortunate menagerie of characters who happened to be standing outside of their restaurant on this particular day. To make up for what has not been the most respectful ROTD, I do promise to come visit your restaurant in near future.
On an unrelated note, I have SUCH an online crush on DH it's not even funny.
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:25 PM
Which one do you think is the "pitcher" and which one the "catcher?"
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:26 PM
I think we should all meet there for dinner next week. We need to leave a really big tip after all this.
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:30 PM
When the woman who's outside looks like she's a guy
That's Amorina
When you give the chair a kick and it folds up on your d!ck
That's Amorina
Cells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:31 PM
Biff, that was absolutely hysterical.
Truly.
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:33 PM
Oops, and I just realized that I accidentally called it AmorinO.
I guess I really am gay.
Adam Incognito wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:33 PM
I thought all the lesbians lived in PLG? That old man really looks like he's having a difficult time getting his johnson out of that folding chair. He's probably cursing in Russian and scaring the two lesbians who are now calling 911 that some mad russian man is after them.
PitbullNYC wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:37 PM
bravo biff!
*rob*
East New York wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:37 PM
What is "white shirt" doing with his/her left hand there??
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:39 PM
ENY..that's called "playing pocket pool."
Kensingtonian wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:40 PM
Biff, that was genuis. I almost peed my pants.
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:40 PM
11217, thanks. I think you, me and DH should go out for a PBR after work! He's even funnier and more entertaining in person...you have good taste.
dirty_hipster wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:40 PM
Haha 11217 - you rule. Glad we got over our spat and you're back on Brownstoner wasting away the work day with us!
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:41 PM
ENY:
Well...the way I see it....that dude lookin' in the window looks like he's doing some sort of ballet move up on his tippy toes. I think the wife (they are both in from Paramus) is so sick of her husband's gay "tendencies" that she's decided to switch on over to the dark side and the large hipped Scotish man is giving her the ALL CLEAR down her slacks to head on over to babeland after a little nosh to pick out a new toy.
DeLepp wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:43 PM
Biff, it's beyond me what you're doing at DeathStar, you should be submitting work to the new yorker or the onion.
infinitejester wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:43 PM
"Amorina is the name
The flowers cover everything
The flowers cover everything."
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:45 PM
And just what the hell do you all have against Scottish men????? I come from the Mcleans of Mull, an offshoot of the Stuarts. Be damned, all of your lot.
WonTon wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:46 PM
Biff Champion: Post of the Day!!
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:46 PM
DeLepp, I've been wondering the same thing for years. I love The Onion.
infinitejester, anybody who quotes Flowers of Guatemala by REM is a friend of mine!
11217 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:48 PM
Yeah, DH....I'm glad to be back also.
Fighting on bstoner is SO 2008.
East New York wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:49 PM
Oh...I figured as much, 11217. She's looking over at white shirt with a "OK, I got it!" smile.
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:50 PM
Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:54 PM
Amorina, here I go again
I'm not a guy, I'm post-op since you.
Amorina, can I show you again?
My vagina, will that convince you?
(Team Hetero, in case you didn't figure it out, this is sung to the tune of Mamma Mia)
East New York wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:54 PM
"And just what the hell do you all have against Scottish men?????"
Thanks a lot Dave. The perfect set-up to my favorite line!! But, after yesterday's race war (and today's running skirmishes) I can't use it! Crap!!
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 2:58 PM
11217, I dare you to come to the darkside, the OT. :)
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 3:02 PM
what was that show where the two robots and the guy filled in comical dialogue for the films they were watching. in space perhaps? Somehow this thread evokesof it.
East New York wrote a review on June 25, 2009 3:04 PM
MysteryScience Theater 3000. Loved that show.
daveinbedstuy wrote a review on June 25, 2009 3:05 PM
I loved Mystery Science Theatre!!!!
dittoburg wrote a review on June 25, 2009 3:06 PM
Oh yea! Thanks, that would have bugged me all day.
gemini10 wrote a review on June 25, 2009 3:14 PM
LOVED MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE too
am I the only woman posting in this thread ?
sluggita wrote a review on June 25, 2009 4:24 PM
I love this place!!! The Deliciosa endive/goat cheese/beet salad is my favorite, I am getting hungry just thinking about it. The pizza's are perfect: perfectly cooked, and with just the right amount of interesting toppings. It's not inexpensive, but somewhere in the middle. I never feel ripped off, but I can't afford to eat here more than once or twice a week.
slopefarm wrote a review on June 25, 2009 4:28 PM
"I think we should all meet there for dinner next week. We need to leave a really big tip after all this."
I think the guy with the folding chairs already took care of this.
Biff Champion wrote a review on June 25, 2009 4:35 PM
slopefarm, like my mohel, you are such a cut up!
grand army wrote a review on June 25, 2009 7:06 PM
I love it when all the brownstoners kids show their true sexist, sophomoric colors... and the gay boys feel they have to join in through fear of being left out of the joke.
Meanwhile AMORINA is a great neighborhood joint where the staff will embrace all: androgynes, dykes, fags, straights, over 50s, over 70s, black, white.
Too bad the posters here aren't so cool.
young archi wrote a review on June 26, 2009 11:25 AM
two cents:
This web site rates Amorino's food as being better than A Di La.
No F$%king way.
A Di La is much, much better. they're not even playing the same sport.
geekspice wrote a review on June 30, 2009 12:24 PM
This place has good pizza and the people who work there are friendly. I only wish they delivered to me.
tanner wrote a review on July 2, 2009 11:50 AM
what? 4+ for food??? now I know not to trust the ratings here...
not bad, but certainly nothing special... 2.75, tops, for food.
and again, why is there no value option between "about right" and "very overpriced"? How about "a bit overpriced"?
and not cheap, either. pay a little more and get WAY, WAY better everything at Franny's...
YES wrote a review on July 12, 2009 11:08 AM
Dear homophobic and unabashedly ignorant posters,
I am one of the queers in the photograph.
When did it become OK for people to cower under a cloak of digital anonymity to hurl degrading insults at folks? Does my androgyny throw your own masculinity into such peril that you must ridicule my gender expression? It is a sad sad thing when a site such as *Brownstoner* becomes a place for such cowardly and hateful banter.
I live here. This is my neighborhood. It is a place for queer people to live and feel a sense of community.
Stop by and see me next time you come by Amorinas, I live upstairs.
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