Italian-American with 1930s supper club heritage and checkered floors
Must-try: Chicken parm, Onion rings, Rainbow cookie layer cake
📍 575 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Missy Robbins' Williamsburg pasta kitchen — the mafaldini with pink peppercorns is one of the best plates of pasta in America
Must-try: Mafaldini with pink peppercorns & parmigiano, Sheep's milk ravioli, Wood-roasted clams
📍 567 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
a converted bank doing casual-fancy Italian with a tableside martini cart
Must-try: Dry-aged roast duck, Oysters, Tableside martini
📍 134 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Brooklyn's oldest Italian restaurant, open since 1900 — red sauce, tuxedoed waiters, and a phone booth in the back
Must-try: Chicken parmigiana, Linguine with white clam sauce, Veal scaloppine
📍 32 Withers St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Missy Robbins' pasta-and-vegetables follow-up to Lilia — a glass pasta room and twelve dishes done perfectly
Must-try: Occhi with lamb sausage, Cacio e pepe, Grilled vegetable antipasti
📍 329 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
original Italian cooking from the Four Horsemen team, vintage amps included
Must-try: Beef tendon salad, Bluefin tuna, Crunchy focaccia
📍 284 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211