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Tag: italian
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Williamsburg Italian Restaurant Il Passatore Announces Closure
They opened in 2008.
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Italian Restaurant, Cecilia’s Version: An Interview with Naked Dog’s Owner, Cecilia Di Paola
Why the name “Naked Dog”? We finally found out!
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Italian Mainstay Frost Closes Doors After 64 Years in Williamsburg
It’s the end of an era for the long-standing restaurant.
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Bacà n, an Italian Bistro, Opens in Williamsburg
The name means “party” in Venetian dialect.
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Milk and Roses Reopens on Box Street
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
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 […]
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Humboldt & Jackson Has a New Dinner Menu, But First Let’s Talk About Humboldt & Jackson
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 […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: Bamonte’s Restaurant
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!
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 […]