Brooklyn
Ices Queen, Brooklyn
After a great Chinese food dinner on Flatbush Avenue, my daughter wanted to get dessert at Ices Queen. Now, I’ve been taking her there pretty much her whole life. I started coming to Ices Queen as a teenager when they opened in 1978. To share that with her and her girlfriend is a special thing. […]
DiFara Pizzeria, Midwood, Brooklyn
Last weekend, we went to a movie in my old neighborhood of Midwood. With little time and nothing much open in the area on a Saturday, we headed to the pizza place I had my first slice at. Ground zero for my lifelong love of pizza, DiFara. I know much has been written about this […]
Taqueria Talavera, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
After a rough morning, we needed a place for Mexican food in south Brooklyn and found Taqueria Talavera in Bay Ridge. It’s a bright, colorful space on Bay Ridge Parkway, just a couple of blocks from the New Utrecht subway stop. We showed up on the later side of lunch, around 2:30pm, and were seated […]
Randazzo’s Clam Bar, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
For Father’s Day dinner, we headed to one of my favorite Italian restaurants in Brooklyn: Randazzo’s in Sheepshead Bay. Randazzo’s has been serving seafood covered in their signature marinara sauce for four generations, and they are consistently wonderful. Even Anthony Bourdain professed his love for the place on the last episode of “No Reservations.” What […]
Mancini’s Wood-Fired Pizza – Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY
Growing up in Brooklyn, I knew of Bay Ridge — that neighborhood in the far southwestern corner of the borough, made famous by “Saturday Night Fever.” We’d shop at the Korvette’s on Bay Parkway and think that was all Bay Ridge had to offer. Oh, were we ignorant. Last week I read about the Bay […]
L&B Spumoni Gardens – Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY
Last night was a family celebration, so it was back to L&B Spumoni Gardens and this time for something more than just pizza, don’t worry, we got a pie as well. We started with the garlic bread parmigiana and the fried zucchini. Both superb. Then chicken parm in portions so big, everyone will have a […]
AvenUe Pizza – Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY
In our attempt to try all the best pizza in South Brooklyn, we came upon AvenUe Pizza on Avenue U in Bensonhurst. A very nice place that serves not only pizza of various types but also burgers and Italian dishes. We kept our lunch to pizza, trying the regular slice, the regular Sicilian, a veggie […]