Carroll Gardens · Italian
The Carroll Gardens Italian restaurant with the back garden that half of Brooklyn has proposed in
Frankies 457 opened in 2004 and has spent two decades as the default answer to where to eat in Carroll Gardens. The cooking is straightforward Italian-American done with good ingredients and no shortcuts: cavatelli with sausage and sage butter, meatballs, a sharp escarole salad, house-cured meats. The back garden — brick-walled, vine-covered, strung with lights — is one of the most pleasant outdoor spaces in Brooklyn and the reason the restaurant books solid from May through October. The two Franks behind it went on to build a small empire, and this is still the best room in it.
Frankies 457 Spuntino is the Carroll Gardens Italian restaurant with the back garden that half of Brooklyn has proposed in. Regulars order cavatelli with sausage and browned sage butter and meatballs.
Frankies 457 Spuntino is priced at $$$ — approx. $40–$75 per person.
Frankies 457 Spuntino takes reservations by phone — call (718) 403-0033 to book.
Frankies 457 Spuntino is at 457 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231, in Carroll Gardens. Street parking on Court St