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Tag: italian

Posted inEat & Drink

Bacàn, an Italian Bistro, Opens in Williamsburg

by Jennifer Rosini-GentileMarch 1, 2022March 2, 2022

The name means “party” in Venetian dialect.

Posted inEat & Drink

Milk and Roses Reopens on Box Street

by Jennifer Rosini-GentileJanuary 25, 2022January 24, 2022

Inside the new location of this local favorite.

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

Love in Greenpoint in Wartime: How an Italian Prisoner-of-War Won a Brooklyn Girl’s Heart

by Geoff CobbDecember 5, 2017November 30, 2017

About a year ago, I wrote a story for Greenpointers about a Brooklyn Italian-American girl who fell in love with a captured Italian soldier during World War II while he […]

Posted inEat & Drink

Humboldt & Jackson Has a New Dinner Menu, But First Let’s Talk About Humboldt & Jackson

by The Brothers BuoyJuly 18, 2017July 18, 2017

Echoes of the Cozy Royale catering hall can still be heard in the warm dining room in the back of the bar at Humboldt & Jackson (434 Humboldt Street). The […]

Posted inEat & Drink, Historical Greenpoint, Uncategorized

A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: Bamonte’s Restaurant

by Geoff CobbSeptember 7, 2016September 10, 2016

Bamonte’s Restaurant is not only the oldest restaurant in North Brooklyn; founded in 1900 by Italian immigrant Pasquale Bamonte, the restaurant claims to be the oldest Italian eatery in all of […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Culture, Historical Greenpoint, Uncategorized

You Gotta See It Once! The Amazing Giglio Feast!

by Geoff CobbJuly 5, 2016June 22, 2016

If you have lived in North Brooklyn for any amount of time and have never seen the Giglio—you don’t know what you are missing. This celebration of Italian culture is […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Historical Greenpoint, Uncategorized

Greenpoint’s WWII Prisoner of War Camp and a Forbidden Love

by Geoff CobbMay 19, 2016November 30, 2017

One of the things I did while researching my local history book Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past was talking to as many Greenpoint seniors as I could. They have repeatedly told me a […]

Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews, Uncategorized

Italian Pizza & Paninis Just Around The Corner

by Megan PenmannMay 6, 2016May 17, 2016

“Sotto casa” is an Italian idiom that translates roughly to something like, “below the house” or “on your doorstep”; in English the closest phrase we have might be something like […]

Posted inEat & Drink

Comforting New Dishes from Adelina’s to See You Through this Week’s Cold Snap

by RosieNovember 10, 2014November 10, 2014

Puffer jackets at the ready…this week’s gonna be a chill one with temperatures rumored to be dropping down to the 30’s by midweek.  Brrrrrr. Fortunately our favorite neighborhood Italian Adelina’s […]

Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews

New Italian ‘Le Fanfare’ Serves up Dinner with a Side of Jazz

by PeterOctober 7, 2014October 7, 2014

In a neighborhood largely under occupation by the Haslegrave brothers, we walked into new bar and restaurant Le Fanfare to the pleasant surprise that it wasn’t another one of theirs. […]

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