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NY1 takes a look at some delicious food at different Brooklyn establishments for "Brooklyn Week," which means Gothamist will have to explore Bay Ridge and Midwood for some eats very soon. They point out L&B Spumoni Gardens (a Buffalo resident's first stop in NY), DiFara, and Lento's for pizza, while there's Rocco's Calamari for...calamari! But after so much mention of savories, you need sweets, so the segment (which Gothamist highly recommends you download from the page) end with Cakeman Raven's Confectionary in Fort Greene, famous for the red velvet cake. Cakeman Raven also makes a damn fine cheesecake, as we know from the Cheesecake Challenge. L&B Spumoni Gardens has a famous dessert, too - spumoni, which is a blend of pistachio, vanilla and chocolate Italian ice creams (gelato, we'd guess), which takes us back to the day when Gothamist would wait for our ice cream to melt and then we'd mix it up because we had OCD.
Slice has visited a few pizzerias - check out the review for DiFara as well as a shout-out for L&B.
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I hope this post denotes the return of carbs. I luvs me the pizza and the cake.
I live right down the street from Rocco's Calamari. It's an italian buffet/cafeteria style place that's good but sometimes hit or miss - depending on how long the fried calamari's been sitting. The area around it smells of fried calamari. Rocco himself is a fixture, greeting patrons and directing wait staff. But I don't know if you can really call it Bay Ridge. More like boro park, though no one wants to admit it. The heart of bayridge (3,4,5 aves) is pretty far from this place.
For what it's worth, Pizza Royale on fort hamilton pway and 67 has better pizza than L & B, though L & B is more fun to go to. Unless you're into guns; then you could go to the below ground shooting range right next to Pizza Royale. http://www.gunsports.com/
If you want pizza in Bay Ridge go to Nino's. Oh man is it good!
wow, it's been so long since the cheesecake challenge, i think i might actually be able to look at a slice now and not get queasy.
Lentos! YUM
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ah yes, i finally had another slice of cheesecake a few weeks ago. it still made me a bit queezy, though. in fact, sometimes i swear that my apt still smells like cream cheese.
which reminds me, it's almost time for the cupcake challenge...
If you're talking about cake in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Blackout cake (also available in cupcake size!) at Two Little Red Hens (7th Ave and 12th St, Park Slope) is quite possibly the best I've ever had. Crumbly, mousse-y, yummy!