A longtime Greenpoint Italian restaurant is making some changes to their menu to start the new year after transitioning the restaurant to a 100 percent plant-based menu.
Il Funghetto pizza (sauce, mozzarella, cremini mushroom & fresh parsley)
Adelina’s (159 Greenpoint Ave.) transitioned to a fully vegetarian and vegan menu last year and as of January 1st, the restaurant has stopped making their usual pizza fritta (fried pizza) and is now focused on a style of pizza known as pinsa Romana made with fermented dough.
This style of pizza is light in gluten with a crust that is crispy on the outside, fluffy in the middle and “much more digestible than a standard pizza due to the minimum 48 hour fermentation and very high hydration,” according to Adelina’s owner Toby Buggiani.
Pizza offerings on the new menu are split between vegan and vegetarian options and range in price from $11 for the la Marinara (double sauce, fried caper & oregano) to $17 for the la Burrata pizza (sauce, topped with post oven pesto, stracciatella & arugula).
la Burrata (sauce, topped with post oven pesto, stracciatella & arugula)
Look out for their rotating list of natural wines and their “Meet the Wine Maker” sessions, usually held on Wednesday nights.
Ria Bella Pizza has been closed since early December.
It’s now a new year, but the changes in the neighborhood continued during the holiday season with the closure of both a Greenpoint pizzeria and a longtime neighborhood shop in Williamsburg, along a few business openings.
Closures:
Greenpoint appears to be down one spectacular pizza spot as the Paul Giamatti approved Ria Bella (1049 Manhattan Ave.), which opened in 2014, has been closed since early December.
The Sicilian style pies were reason enough to venture to the northernmost stretch of Manhattan Avenue, and concerned customers have contacted Greenpointers asking if the business is reopening as no official closing announcement was made. We reached out to the owners and are waiting to hear back, but Ria Bella’s Yelp page lists the business as closed.
Fuego 718 Store in Williamsburg is now closed
Over in Williamsburg, Fuego 718 Store (249 Grand St.), a neighborhood shop with colorful handmade goods from Mexico and around the world opened in 2004 and closed last week after 16 years of business.
My gratitude to you is huge and indescribable! What a great pleasure to have walked with you and the hand of so many artisans, artists, women and men whose creations and art have pulled a smile from our lips, they have brought us happiness to our lives and the lives of those we love so much!
Over the past decade, luxury development has proliferated around East River State Park, but dive bar prices can now be found on the corner of N. 8th Street and Kent Avenue at Dolly’s Swing and Dive (101 Kent Ave.), the newest Williamsburg watering hole complete with a jukebox and a throwback vibe to the 1930s – 1970s.
To complement the reasonably-priced drinks, the menu features pub classics like house-baked pretzels and smaller bites like vegetarian taquitos. Winter hours (Nov. 1st – April 1st) are Mon. – Fri. from 3 p.m. – 4 a.m., and Sat. – Sun. from 12 p.m. – 4 a.m.
Just a quick walk up Kent Avenue to the corner of Grand Street, Two Hands (262 Kent Ave.), also celebrated its grand opening last week. The Australian-inspired restaurant has a clean, Instagram-friendly aesthetic likely to draw a brunch crowd seeking out avocado toast and açaí bowls.
If you’re celebrating Hannukah or want to join in the festivities, The Chabad of Greenpoint will host an outdoor menorah lighting at the corner of Greenpoint Avenue and Franklin Street on Saturday night at 8 p.m.
On a sad and serious development this holiday week, Kong Chae Choi, manager of the recently closed Young Fruit (192 Nassau Ave.) for over 30 years, has been missing since Monday, December 23rd when he was last seen leaving his former workplace.
Have a safe weekend and catch up on this week’s headlines:
New York’s Safe Way Home Act, which started from Greenpoint resident Deborah Spiroff’s crowdfunding campaign to provide sexual assault victims free transportation home from the hospital following treatment, is now officially law.
Governor Cuomo signed the act into law this week and Senate Bill S3966A, as it’s known, goes into effect in three months, NBC reports.
Concerns were raised by Spiroff for sexual assault survivors who have to walk home alone after being discharged from Wyckoff Heights Medical Center where she has volunteered in the Violence Intervention Treatment Program for three years.
“I’ve had more than one case where after the person has been treated they’re just released, and they literally were walking home from Wycoff Hospital at 2 o’clock, 3 o’clock, 4 o’clock in the morning,” Spiroff told Greenpointers last winter when the bill was first introduced. Continue reading →
Kong Chae Choi has been missing since Monday 12/23.
Kong Chae Choi, who managed the recently closed Young Fruit (192 Nassau Ave.) for over 30 years, has been missing since Monday, December 23rd.
Choi was last seen on Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the closed Young Fruit in Greenpoint at 192 Nassau Ave. His daughter Grace has contacted the NYPD and is looking for any information: “It is with great sadness (and anxiety) I write this, in hopes that the community may help with our family’s search…He is a loving father and family man and we wish for nothing more than his safe return.”
If you have any information please call 917-575-7976 :
Name: Kong Chae Choi Height: 5’5 Weight:160 Age: 67 Car: White 2009 Ford Econoline Plates: JDZ7412
Happy Holiday weekend Greenpointers! Look and listen for the “Evergreenpoint Carolers” tonight near the G train entrance at India Street starting at 7 p.m. and ending at The Springs (224 Franklin Street) at around 8:30 p.m.
If you missed this week’s meeting on the search for a site to build a new Greenpoint elementary school the entire meeting was streamed by Councilmember Stephen Levin.
Looking ahead to the weekend, on Saturday NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, along with Santa and superhero friends, will deliver presents in the neighborhood for their 4th Annual Sleigh Ride starting at 10 a.m.
This Saturday, NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn North, along with Santa and superhero friends, will deliver presents in the neighborhood for their 4th Annual Sleigh Ride starting at 10 a.m.
This year more than 7,000 toys will be delivered by a 50 truck caravan loaded with gifts for local kids from Greenpoint to East New York.
The Polish butcher shop Sikorski Meat Market (603 Manhattan Ave.) is closing on December 23rd. (image via GoogleMaps)
Another longtime Greenpoint Polish-owned business will close next week as the owners of Sikorski Meat Market (603 Manhattan Ave.) have decided to retire after 45 years in the butcher business.
The owners, Pat and Jim Sikorski, also operate a Bethpage, Long Island location of the meat market which will also close, according to a thank you note on the business’ website:
After 45 years of business we will be closing our stores on December 23, 2019 and retiring. It has been our pleasure serving you and we thank you for your loyalty and patronage. We will miss you!
Evening of Festive Fortunes Holiday Pop-In @ Francoise Olivas (135 Franklin St.):
The beautiful fairy goddess-mother @elisajimeneznyc is hosting an Evening of Festive Fortunes tonight at sustainable lifestyle shop,Francoise Olivas (135 Franklin St) from 7-9PM. There will be Heart Healing Reiki gifts and Tarot Card readings for CLARITY, PERSPECTIVE, and GUIDANCE. Pull up and start the holidays with a bit of fairy magic! $25 for 15 minute three-card pull readings. (Retail value $120/hour)
WEDNESDAY 12/18
* Greenpoint School Meeting @ Dupont Senior Housing (80 Dupont St), 7pm, FREE, An update on the plans to construct an elementary school in Greenpoint hosted by Councilmember Stephen Levin, More Info ♫ Christmas Hymn Sing @ St. John’s Lutheran Church of Greenpoint (255 Milton St.), 6pm, FREE, Sing!!! Everyone is invited to come sing our favorite Christmas hymns. All levels of ability are welcome. Music and lyrics will be provided, More Info ☺ Smokes and Jokes @ Wythe Hotel (55 Wythe Ave) 7pm, $12 – $20, a floating comedy show, Buy Tix ♦ Hello My Name is thingNY @ Areté Venue and Gallery (67 West St #103), 7pm, $5, a night of audio-visual chamber music and sonic theaters. The program explores the sounds of language through its obscuration and translation, Buy Tix
THURSDAY 12/19
♦ 35s & 45s Presents: Smilin’ Stylin’ & Profilin’ @ Ponyboy (632 Manhattan Ave), 8pm, FREE, portrait photography and tunes, More Info * Debate Watch Party @ Magazine Bar (130 Franklin St), 8pm, FREE, watch the next debate with the DSA! Merch for sale and free pizza and happy hour all night, More Info ♦ Triskelion Arts Presents: E/D @ Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer St), 8pm, $18, Utilizing ritual, repetition, and game, E/D dangles in obfuscatory oblivion. Aboard a hypnotic soundscore, Buy Tix ♫ Caged Animals, Turner Cody, Endless Eros, and more! @ The Park Church Co-op (129 Russell St), 8pm, $10 – $15 (suggested), Buy TixContinue reading →
