Gnocchi on 9th (251 Metropolitan Ave.), a small, New York City-based chain focused on the Italian pasta, recently opened its newest location in Williamsburg.
Friends Mike Salzano and Ariel Strizower opened the first Gnocchi on 9th eatery in 2024 in the East Village. Just two years later, they operate nine takeout locations in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Salzano and Strizower “believed in keeping things simple and doing one thing really well,” according to Gnocchi on 9th’s
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