Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Totonno’s: Officially Reopened 1524 Neptune Avenue, Coney Island; (718) 372-8606 “After 11 months of being out of commission, and many promises to open next week, next month, soon, etc., Totonnos Pizzeria of Coney Island has finally reopened,” says Lost City. Adam Kuban from Slice already paid them a visit and shares some videos from opening…
Totonno’s: Officially Reopened
1524 Neptune Avenue, Coney Island; (718) 372-8606
“After 11 months of being out of commission, and many promises to open next week, next month, soon, etc., Totonnos Pizzeria of Coney Island has finally reopened,” says Lost City. Adam Kuban from Slice already paid them a visit and shares some videos from opening day. Photo by Nick Sherman.
Motorino: The City’s Best Pizza?
319 Graham Avenue (Devoe Street), Williamsburg; (718) 599-8899
“Motorino is having a moment. That seems fair. It serves the city’s best pizza,” writes Sam Sifton for the New York Times. He gives the place one star and a rave review: “Multiple visits to the restaurants confirm: Motorino pies are great hot out of the oven, 5 minutes later, 10. You can order too much, watch a pie go cool on the plate, eat it anyway and discover: terrific.” Anybody else think that this pizzeria, with locations in Williamsburg and the East Village, is the best in town?
Openings in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
The Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream truck has announced its first “nonrolling location,” says The Feed. It’ll be located at 632 Manhattan Avenue (between Bedford and Nassau) in Greenpoint: “10-seat café will serve Intelligentsia coffee (espresso and drip), and a rotating selection of pastries, including scones and a hazelnutbrown-butter cake.” … The Feed also reports that The Counting Room, a “multilevel wine bar in a converted quinine factory,” is opening at 44 Berry St (at North 11th) in Williamsburg.
After the jump: Radegast is growing, a review for Roman’s, and Sixpoint’s 5th birthday parties…
Radegast Expands
113 N. 3rd Street, Williamsburg; (718) 963-3973
Eater reports: “Williamsburg’s giant, ever-crowded, baby-friendly beer garden, is going to get even bigger. Two weeks ago, construction began on the large space adjacent to the restaurant on North 3rd between Berry and Wythe, and a Radegast staff member confirms it’s theirs. The expansion will be complete in two to three months, just in time for the nice weather.”
Recently Reviewed: Roman’s
243 DeKalb Avenue (Vanderbilt Avenue), Fort Greene; (718) 622-5300
Pete Wells for the New York Times finds it difficult to order at Roman’s. He finds the menu too small and portion sizes too varied, but he has some advice for fixing this situation: “It might be easier for everyone if it just went with a set menu: three fixed courses, take it or leave it. Freed from Roman’s most maddening aspect, diners could focus on its most rewarding: the clean, almost monastically pure cooking.”
Happy Birthday, Sixpoint!
Sixpoint Craft Ales is celebrating their 5th birthday, and Time Out New York‘s The Feed has the details on their three Brooklyn parties. Tonight’s all-you-can-eat pizza bash at Roberta’s is already sold-out, but this coming Tuesday, you can “sample more than ten varieties of suds ($5$7) at a first-come, first-served tasting at Bierkraft (191 Fifth Ave between Berkeley Pl and Union St, Park Slope; 718-230-7600; 79pm).” And on Wednesday next week, Sixpoint “brings 12 taps, cask ales and three quaffs from the brewery’s experimental program to Barcade (388 Union Ave between Ainslie and Powers Sts, Williamsburg; 718-302-6464; 6pm4am, free).“
PARK SLOPE RULES
Biff – totally, and as a future parent, I will totally be able to host my own Bday party at my own house with 10 little kids playing games and whatnot and not need other kids’ parents to stay on board
what is wrong with the world today?
Dave,
Any person with HALF a brain knows that this city (and probably country) would fall apart without illegal immigrants.
Or perhaps wine lover would like to move to Florida and pick oranges and lemons off trees for 16 hours a day.
His ignorance is laughable.
I’m all for integrating them into society with a goal towards citizenship, but wine lover’s comment that “All illegal aliens are entering this country have zero respect for our laws and DO NOT DESERVE TO BE HERE!” is thoroughly disgusting in my opinion.
One of the best, and busiest, French Bistros in Manhattan pretty much openly flaunts that pretty much it’s entire kitchen staff, including the now head chef, were once illegal.
Wine lover sounds like one of those gross parents who cares more about what the other parents are like and if they like him then about the children. It’s beyond weird.
You may hate Park Slope, and that’s cool but it’s a wonderful place for CHILDREN to grow up. I know what a thought…parents settle down there not to be cool or fabulous, but to give their kids a nice upbringing in the middle of the big city with a gorgeous park, great schools etc. Sorry it doesn’t have enough beer gardens for you and the other kids’ parents to hang out during the day and gossip about the “illegals” working at Marlow & Sons.
If you are so concerned with being cool and finding new and interesting parents to think you are cool, perhaps you should have thought about why it is you wanted children in the first place. They sound like your accessory the way you talk about them.
“It’s funny wine lover that you boast about the restaurants in Williamsburg as being the best ever and a reason to live in the neighborhood, yet don’t realize that most of them are employing “illegals” to cook and serve you your perfect food.”
11217, was thinking the exact same thing.
“but any parent who sends their kid to another kid’s Bday party(I guess after the age of 4)and waits for their kid at the party is TOTALLY weird”
I have kids and agree with G10. Unless one is asked to stay to help out, what parent in their right mind wouldn’t take the opportunity to have an hour or two of quiet time? Last time both Champs went to the same party (at Moxie Spot), after we dropped them off, Mrs. C and I ran, didn’t walk, over to Floyd NY for a wonderful hour or so of relaxation.
disclaimer:
I don’t have kids
but any parent who sends their kid to another kid’s Bday party(I guess after the age of 4)and waits for their kid at the party is TOTALLY weird
And, “morally reprehensible?” Who died and made you pope???
And I’ve never asked you to support my posts. I find all of your posts offensive because you have made racist statements before and I HATE people like you you have it out for people because they are different than you.
Your blanket statements about illegals and people from Park Slope just shows what a closed minded person you are and it’s disgusting.