The Best Places to Eat and Stay in Brooklyn
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Rank 187. Salsa Pizza Napoletana & Street Food
Neapolitan Pizzeria
You order at the door, grab a table, and the pizza shows up without ceremony, which is exactly the point at this Greenpoint slice shop. The dough is soft and light in the way Neapolitan purists get worked up about, and the toppings stay out of each other's way. The bruschetta with honey and ricotta is a small, sweet detour worth taking. Ranked 32nd on 50 Top Pizza USA, Salsa keeps things casual enough that nobody feels underdressed.
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- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #32 · 50 Top Pizza USA
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Rank 187. Xin Fa Bakery
Chinese Bakery
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Rank 204. Bacchus
French
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Rank 204. Botte Brooklyn
Pizzeria
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Rank 204. Juliana's Pizza
New York-style Pizzeria
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Rank 204. Lucali
Pizzeria
Cash only, no reservations, and a line down Henry Street most nights: Lucali has been a Carroll Gardens institution long enough that the wait has become part of the lore. It's a small, candle-lit pizza shop serving large pies and calzones, nothing more. The dough is soft and thin in the New York tradition, and the room is the kind of quietly charming that makes two hours feel reasonable.
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Rank 204. Opera Cafe & Lounge
Turkish
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Rank 204. Tatiana Restaurant Brighton Beach
Eastern European
Tables on a patio steps off the Brighton Beach boardwalk, with the Atlantic doing its thing just beyond. This sprawling Russian restaurant is modeled on the festive seaside dining culture of Odessa, which means the menu runs from smoked fish and shish kebab to foie gras, and the room is never quiet about it. The crowd brings its own occasion. The gratuity situation is explained on the bill, which is the kind of transparency you appreciate after the fact.
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Rank 214. Baby Blues Luncheonette
Modern Greek Diner
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Rank 214. Bamonte's
Italian-American
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Rank 214. Bar Bruno
Mexican
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Rank 214. Bar Ferdinando
Sicilian
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Rank 214. Brooklyn Ball Factory
Japanese
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Rank 214. David's Brisket House
Barbecue
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Rank 214. Glasserie
Mediterranean
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Rank 214. La Bicyclette Bakery
French Bakery
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Rank 214. La Flor De Izucar
Mexican
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Rank 214. Leland Eating and Drinking House
Mediterranean
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Rank 214. Little Fino
Italian Café
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Rank 214. Smør
Nordic Café
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Unlimited Variety Coffee for a few dollars is the detail that tells you everything you need to know about Three Decker Diner, a Greenpoint all-day diner that's been around forever and recently got a quiet upgrade in both kitchen and ownership. Pancakes, waffles, and breakfast burritos run around ten dollars at any hour, which in New York feels slightly miraculous.
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Rank 214. Tlacualli Breakfast
Mexican
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Rank 241. Cas
Caribbean
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Rank 241. Laghman Express
Chinese Noodle Shop
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Rank 241. Lucia Pizza
Pizzeria
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Rank 241. Meet Fresh
Taiwanese
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Rank 241. Randazzo's Clam Bar
Italian Seafood
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Rank 246. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 246. Bergen Bagels
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 246. Joe's Pizza
NY-Style Pizzeria
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Rank 253. Bagel Point
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 253. Bagel Pub
NY-Style Bakery
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Rank 253. Bagel Pub
Bakery
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Rank 253. Bake Shop
Bakery
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Rank 253. Baker's Dozen
Bakery
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Rank 253. Bark Barbecue
Central Texas Barbecue
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Rank 253. Bien Cuit
French Bakery
The sign out front reads "pastry well done," which is essentially what Bien Cuit means and also a fair warning about their croissants. This French bakery in Cobble Hill turns out deeply caramelized pastries so symmetrical and architecturally precise they look almost too deliberate to eat. Eater put them on its best croissants in NYC list. Drier than the butter-pools-on-your-fingers school, but the lamination is immaculate. Additional locations in Crown Heights and Grand Central.
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Rank 253. Brennan and Carr
American
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The original location of this festively orange Greenpoint coffee shop has a second room given over to quiet laptoppers and a shelf of free books, which sets the tone nicely. Cafe Grumpy roasts its own beans and has been around forever; the vibe is airy and unhurried, the kind of place that handles both first dates and long Sunday afternoons without breaking a sweat. Pastries, gluten-free options, and grab-and-go cold brew round things out.
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Rank 253. Dinosaur Barbecue
Barbecue
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Rank 253. Fette Sau
Central Texas Barbecue
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Rank 253. Fortunato Brothers
Italian Bakery
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Rank 253. Island Pops
Caribbean Dessert
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Rank 253. Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House
Chinese Noodle Shop
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Rank 253. L'Albero dei gelati
Italian Dessert
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Rank 253. L'imprimerie
French Bakery
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Rank 253. La Cabra Roastery
Coffee
The individual library-style carrels built into the "solid oak retail structure" tell you everything: this Danish roastery and coffee shop in Bushwick is more serious than cozy. The cafe wraps across several storefronts of an upcycled industrial block, with roasting operations visible in back and a pastry counter up front where the warm staff, dressed in lab coats, quietly undercut the austere Scandinavian design. The pastries routinely upstage the excellent coffee.
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Rank 253. Loveless
New York Nordic Coffee Shop
The pink-tiled bar and arched mirrors make the Nordic-leaning coffee shop look like a pastel fever dream from 1987, and the baristas lean into the contrast by taking everything very seriously. Pour-overs and espresso drinks are made with their own roasts, and a bowl of oatmeal is on the table if you need it. Sustainability runs deep here, from compostable materials to a Loring roaster chosen specifically for its fuel efficiency.
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Rank 253. Mable's Smokehouse
Central Texas Barbecue
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Rank 253. Me-Do Desserts
Chinese Dessert
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Rank 253. Miolin
French Bakery
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Rank 253. Patisserie Tomoko
Japanese Bakery
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Rank 253. Simple Loaf Bakehouse
French Bakery
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Rank 253. St. Anselm
Steakhouse
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