The Noble (148 Noble St.), a cozy new wine bar and restaurant in Greenpoint, opens Friday, November 17.
Itir Aloba and Rick Curi are co-owners of The Noble, which is their second restaurant in Brooklyn. The husband and wife team have been operating a Mexican spot in Dumbo for the past ten years.
“The Noble really started with Greenpoint,” Aloba said. “We were looking for a space in the area and saw the potential for a charming corner establishment at 148 Noble.”
The space’s transformation took over four years, but the team finally feels like they have achieved the desired atmosphere. “After a long journey of bringing our space back to its old beautiful self, we are finally opening,” the team told Greenpointers.
Aloba describes their new venture as “a wine bar style restaurant.” She told Greenpointers, “It’s meant to be exciting for wine lovers, and we see it as a neighborhood spot.”
The Noble’s menu is inspired by flavors of the Aegean region, where Aloba grew up, with nods to both Greek and Turkish specialties. “We aim to bring the spirit and flavors of that region to Brooklyn using high-quality ingredients,” Aloba said.
The Noble’s food menu features items like chilled shrimp with lemon crushed fava beans, zucchini fritters, and grilled octopus. The menu also includes sujuk toast, which is a popular Turkish fast food sandwich made with sausage and cheese.
For dessert, there is mastic pudding, another popular Turkish food made with a gummy tree sap substance from the bark of mastic trees.
The Noble’s wine list holds labels from both the Aegean region and other locations and is mostly focused on low-intervention natural wine.
Aloba called The Noble is a “very personal project,” and said the team’s goal was to create a space where they “would be comfortable meeting friends for wine and bites in an inviting atmosphere.”
I grew up in greenpoint& still visit so do my brothers it’s amazing how area has changed for the better look forward to visiting this restaurant when I’m in town again my nephew moved from Denver & is I Greenpoint all the time to try different eateries
The Sea Bass Crudo and the Kofta were my favorites! Excellent service and atmosphere. A low-key gem, and a fine addition to our beloved Greenpoint.
Can’t wait to try!
I’ve waited 20 years for something to open in this corner space. Decent food and interesting wine list. Friendly staff and engaged owners/managers. But I have to say the “small plates” style that is such a trend in food/beverage industry is so played out. Especially since the trend tries to market itself as eating “family style”. It is nice to be able to taste so many different dishes and share with the table, but family style usually means there is plenty of food for everyone, not just one or two bites per dish… We went this week, 3 people, we ordered 3/4 of the food menu and drank a few glasses of wine each (We were encouraged to order 2-3 dishes from each section of menu per person – which was almost the whole menu). I don’t want to complain about prices as I know how expensive it is to run a business like this in NYC… but man this was expensive and we all left hungry @ $375… It is borderline abusive how expensive it is. I get it, running a food/beverage business is not easy or cheap – but if you compare these prices to other places in the neighborhood that are much much better, I can’t see this place lasting. I wish them luck, but unless they bring down prices or increase portion size I doubt people will return. Being mid-block this place has the potential to be a neighborhood jaunt, but sadly it is just too expensive for what you get, or for people to go there multiple times a week or month…
Hi M W,
Thank you for your feedback. Of course there are many great places to chose from that are run by the hard working people of Greenpoint. We continually assess the value we provide to our guests and make adjustments to optimize the experience. Thank you for visiting and expressing your thoughts.
Unreal experience. After finishing our mains and trying to flag down the server on multiple occasions for dessert (over a 30m period), the owner came over, implied we didn’t have the right to order dessert, aggressively threw the remaining wine from our bottle into an empty glass and told us we’d overstayed our welcome. When we showed our surprise, he said “what do you want, something off the check?” When we replied no, he continued to berate us with increasing rage and told us to “just get out” and demanded we leave – gathering attention from other patrons who later felt the need to check in to see if we were ok on our way out. We were so excited for this neighborhood newcomer – but beware of the owner’s anger issues. Note that we occupied the table for 1h 45m.