HOEK PIZZA...117 FERRIS ST RED HOOK

EVERYONE IN NYC HAS THE BEST PLACE NYC PLACE FOR PIZZA...EXCEPT FOR ED LEVINE, THE FOOD WRITER, WHO SENDS YOU TO SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA(I HAVE TRIED IT . AND ASIDE FROM THE 2 HOUR WAIT IT WAS GOOD).  BUT YOU PROBABLY WONT NEED TO WAIT...YET...FOR HOEK, DUTCH FOR HOOK.
               AND YOU WILL HAVE GREAT ROMAN PIZZA INTRODUCED TO US BY SUSAN AND DAVID. SECOND TRIP TO THIS REMOTE/CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE (THINK PRIVATE STATUE OF LIBERTY AND MANHATTAN SKYLINE VIEW ) WAS WITH  TIM AND ANA . UPON ENTERING WE GREETED ANNA THE PROPRIETOR(WHOM I KNOW FROM OTHER WORLDS) AND BEGAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR A PARTY...AND SAID HI TO RESTAURATEUR ANDREA(REMEMBER THE WONDERFUL VAH BEH?) . 

        THE PIZZA IS PIE-LICIOUS...WHETHER THE MARGARITA OR THE TRUFFLE/HAM . OR THE WHITE  ZUCCHINI

WOOD BURNING OVEN

ZUCHINI...ALL SPECIAL THE POLISH /ITALIAN TIRAMISU WAS A ROYAL JOY.   BONUS ALERT : A FEW BLOCKS AWAY IS SUNNY'S ...A MARITIME BAR WITH A 9PM SAT BLUE GRASS JAM. STANDING ROOM VIEW OF A WEEKLY FEST.

IL PORTO...RISTORANTE&BRICK OVEN PIZZA

THEY HAVE BEEN AT 37 WASHINGTON AVE FOR 11 YEARS AND NOW TEY ARE ALSO NEAR TE NEW WEGMANS. OUR FIRST VISIT WAS AN IMPULSE . LAST NIGHT. A GOOD IMPULSE. CAVERN LIKE SETTING WITH WINDOWS AND A NAVY YARD NEIGHBOR.

BELLA DONNA

AND THEN WE FOUND THERE WOULD BE MUSIC   BY Charlie APPICELLA'S IRON CITY AND JAZZ  STYLINGS  BY MAYRA CASALES  [THURS, FRI,SAT].
DARK AND TASTY BAKED CLAMS...A VARIETY OF PIZZAS....

AND CAPER OLIVE AND CHERRY TOMATOES

CREATED A KIND OF PUTTANESCA.

MURAL LOOKS LIKE IT REMAINS FROM IN EARLIER TIME

 

INSALATA DI POMODORO

insalata di pomodoro

spagehetti bella donna