2012 Restaurants
An Nhau
With its festive colors and island decor, An Nhau restaurant and bar transports you from the congested city streets to the breezy coast of Southern Vietnam for your lunch break, dinner or Happy Hour. Our culinary trained and Vietnam native chefs artfully prepare Southern Vietnamese dishes with a modern twist that surpass the expectation of any foodie, vegetarian or Vietnam native. An Nhau sets the standard for Vietnamese cuisine and flawlessly marries the energy of New York and Vietnamese culture.
Arancini Bros
Arancini Bros. is NYC's first and only company specializing in Sicilian rice balls. We offer a large variety of flavors both savory and sweet. Come visit our store in Bushwick, Brooklyn or visit us at www.arancinibros.com for all your catering needs. Read our review.
Benchmark Restaurant
Park Slope’s Benchmark Restaurant features a New American menu focused on pasture-raised animals and locally-grown produce. Chef Ryan Jaronik has created a diverse menu that melds the traditional and the contemporary with global influences. The restaurant features an à la carte selection of steaks and chops, including a 24oz Bone-in Ribeye and an 11oz Filet Mignon. Guests enjoy dining in a rustic and romantic former 1920’s-era icehouse. Warm exposed brick, arched windows and spacious garden seating enhance the restaurant’s rich history. A thoughtful menu, 200-plus boutique bottle wine list, and appealing urban interior make for a quintessential Brooklyn dining experience.
Cheryl’s Global Soul
Hip and family-friendly—just like its prime location in Prospect Heights,Cheryl’s Global Soul is a great place to enjoy hearty, affordable, and expertly prepared food. The comfortable venue and distinctive cuisine—Chef Cheryl Smith’s signature global home-style—creates a home-away-from-home for locals and make diners from Manhattan and beyond wish that they lived in the neighborhood!
D. Coluccio and Sons
A unique shopping experience, D. Coluccio and Sons has become the source for chefs, retailers, and consumers to source genuine Italian products. The store was founded in 1962 as a place for Italian immigrants to gather and satisfy their cravings for the foods of Italy. Over the years we have imported regional specialties such as calabresi olives, traditional holiday cakes like panettone, and some of Italy’s best cheeses, salumi, artisanal pastas among others.
Egg
Egg is a simple restaurant that serves simple food. It takes its culinary cues from the foods of the South—Virginia and the Carolinas in particular—and assumes that people want something pretty basic when they go out to eat: well-prepared food made from high-quality, responsibly-sourced ingredients. We’ve seen the excitement in the eyes of countless diners who’ve cut into a perfectly poached egg or eaten a sliver of aged country ham and realized that even something as routine as breakfast has the capacity to surprise when it’s done right.
Fornino Park Slope
Fornino Park Slope is a family-oriented, neighborhood restaurant in Park Slope Brooklyn that offers exceptional service in a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere. Our extensive menu has something for everyone, and includes such items as lamb, fish, chicken, homemade pastas, and our famous grilled pizzas. Fornino Park Slope is the perfect destination for delicious Italian cuisine served by a friendly, knowledgeable staff. Read our review.
Kiwiana Restaurant
A Top Chef has set up shop in Brooklyn and is offering up the tastes of New Zealand to NYC. Kiwiana is about combining the rich cultural and culinary traditions of New Zealand with the culmination of Chef Mark Simmons' passion for his beloved homeland in a friendly, warm and welcoming space. Chef Simmons takes inspiration from both local and native New Zealand ingredients; and combines elements and techniques acquired during his international travels, to bring you an ever-changing menu featuring a variety of lamb and seafood dishes, in addition to beloved comfort foods, New Zealand style."
Loreley Restaurant and Biergarten
Modeled after the Brauhaus of owner Michael Momm's native Cologne (Köln),Loreley is a German restaurant with a great selection of beers, wines, and spirits. 12 imported German beers are featured on tap and authentic German dishes based on Momm's mother's recipes are served.
Maison Premiere
Maison Premiere, an Oyster House and Cocktail Den reflective of the staple establishments of New York, Paris and New Orleans. Inspired by hotel lobby's of days gone by, afternoons in Paris cafes, late night dinners brooding over bivalves and wading through glasses of pastis and absinthe. We bring to our guest a list of oysters ranging up to 33 different varieties based on market availability. Our Absinthe list boast the largest collection of premium Absinthes in New York city and in honor of the ceremony and traditions of Absinthe, Maison Premiere's ode to the green fairy can be found center stage dispensing chilled water in the form of the worlds most accurate working replica of the Absinthe fountain which once flowed in the Olde Absinthe House of New Orleans.Welcome yourself in and allow us to accommodate you."
Palo Santo
Tucked in to the ground floor of a brownstone on a tree-lined block of Union Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Palo Santo has developed a loyal following for serving eclectic Latin cuisine paired with carefully selected South American and local New York State wines.
Robicellis
Since they began making cupcakes two years ago, husband & wife Matt and Allison Robicelli have quickly become two of the best known bakers in the NY food scene. Using their experiences as pastry chefs in some of NYC's most legendary kitchens,they turned their attention to making desserts with high-end flair that everyone could afford. With over 130 cupcake flavors, brownies, pastries and more, their creativity is constantly garnering them attention not just from their Brooklyn neighbors but from the media and fans worldwide.
SoCo Restaurant
So jazzy! So Brooklyn! So SoCo! SoCo is making its mark on the Brooklyn dining scene with sensational "Southern Comfort". From the food to the ambience and aura. The menu encompasses Cajun/Creole, barbecue and soul food. Along with an innovative bar program, SoCo is already becoming a game changer in the Brooklyn dining scene, bringing a new level of cuisine to the up-and-coming Myrtle Avenue neighborhood. Read our review.
Stone Park Cafe
Stone Park Cafe is a contemporary American restaurant with a full bar, sidewalk cafe and an inviting neighborhood atmosphere. The menu emphasizes seasonal ingredients and features a mix of original and classic dishes. Read our review.
Sweet Loren’s
After overcoming some health problems, Loren Brill began to look at sweets differently, craving only the best ingredients. Because of her insatiable sweet tooth, she decided to start Sweet Loren's using delicious, all-natural and pure ingredients. Sweet Loren’s is now a ready-to-bake desserts company offering mouth-watering cookie dough and brownie batter. Sweet Loren’s products contain the finest unrefined ingredients--they are made with 100% whole grains and natural sweeteners, do not contain dairy products or preservatives, and are certified kosher. Just heat up your oven and in minutes you’ll have piping hot, delicious artisanal cookies and brownies.
Tchoup Shop
Tchoup is short for Tchoupitoulas, which is the name of a famous street in New Orleans and pronounced "Chop". Chef Simon Glen is the creator of Tchoup Shop, which is a New Orleans style "pop-up" BBQ that takes place once a week in a backyard of a bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tchoup specializes in Louisiana classics like BBQ Shrimp, gumbos, Po' boys and killer buttermilk biscuits.
The Chocolate Room
The Chocolate Room is an intimate chocolate boutique and dessert cafe devoted to fine chocolate confections and expertly prepared desserts. Locations at 86 5th Ave, and 269 Court St., Brooklyn.
The Saint Austere
Siblings Fabrizio, Jacqueline and John Pirolo share the duties of owners/operators. Michael Pirolo, another sibling and the Chef de Cuisine of Scarpetta Miami designed the menu and our goal is to provide the neighborhood with an honest, unpretentious and laid back drinking and dining experience. Both the food and beverage program have been inspired by and center around Old World (Europe) food and drink.
The Sunburnt Calf BK
Located a stones throw away from the upcoming Barclays Center, The Sunburnt Calf Brooklyn (A.K.A. The Calf BK), is the fourth venture from restaurateur Heathe St. Clair and the Moo Life Group (The Sunburnt Cow, The Sunburnt Calf, Bondi Road). The restaurant will feature a unique "Australasian" menu by chefs Christopher Faulkner (The Moo Life Group) and Jimmy Tu (Eleven Madison Park, Fulton) and will reflect the Asian influence of Australia's Pacific island region. Greg Seider of The Summit Bar is developing Asian-influenced cocktails. Read our review.
Wild Rise
At Wild Rise we combine science with the traditions of artisanal Neapolitan pizzamaking. We incorporate a wild yeast culture to make our crust, topping that with fresh and natural ingredients, each of which has a rich story. Wild Rise respects the core principles of Neapolitan pizza, while elevating pizza to a new level of flavor and quality.
