Where to find the real deal, classic Italian food in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
There is no shortage of old school and new Italian restaurants throughout New York City, from Manhattan’s Little Italy to Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. But an often overlooked neighborhood with a rich Italian history is Bensonhurst in southern Brooklyn., grew up in Bensonhurst. His grandparents and family moved to the neighborhood from Sicily looking for opportunity and work in 1959, when his father was 5 years old.
Pinello ordered a lemon ice with bits of lemon peel in it and told me he used to ride his bike to the shop as a kid. I ordered the cremolata, a vanilla ice cream base with toasted hazelnuts throughout.While I’m always happy to have Italian ice and gelato as my first meal of the day, we were both hungry for something a little more substantial, so we headed toon 15th Avenue between 78th Street and 79th Street.
We sat outside at a table on the sidewalk to eat. The bread was soft, perfect for this kind of sandwich – the kind so large, you have a hard time opening your mouth wide enough to take a bite. The prosciutto on the Alyssa Milano was salty and the eggplant on the Joe Pepitone was so thin that we assumed it was cut with a meat slicer. We wrapped up our leftovers and headed to 18th Avenue, which Pinello said was once the heart of Bensonhurst's Italian community.
Here we ordered a grandma slice, which is rectangular with a thin crust. We watched as they slid the pizza into a smaller oven for a few minutes, where is was reheated to crispy perfection. I grabbed a can of cola because how can anyone have a slice of pizza without a soda? The marinara was savory and the slice was sprinkled with parmesan and dried oregano. I love a simple slice.on 18th Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets.
Antonio Gnerre cut the fresh pie into rectangles when it was done and handed a few slices to us on a tray lined with checkered red and white paper along with a pile of white paper plates and napkins. Pinello ordered us each an espresso and I grabbed a cannoli for us to share. Celine Dion blasted through the speakers as we went outside to stand at a high top table. The cannoli filling was rich and creamy and the shell was crisp. Combined with the espresso shot, it was the perfect pick-me-up before our final meal at nearby Il Colosseo.About a 10 minute walk down 18th Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets iswhich was established in 1991.
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