From Lilia's legendary mafaldini and Aska's two-starred Nordic tasting menu to Leo's wood-fired sourdough pies and Aurora Brooklyn's 20-year handmade pasta tradition, Williamsburg sets the bar for dining in Brooklyn.
Williamsburg · 567 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Whitewashed walls, high ceilings, and a former auto-body shop on Union Avenue transformed into one of the rare places where pasta genuinely feels reservation-worthy. The mafaldini with pink peppercorn is the dish people…
Williamsburg · 47 S 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
Two Michelin stars and only around 30 seats, with a Nordic tasting menu built around foraged Northeastern ingredients and an open kitchen that turns each course into a small seasonal thought experiment. Birch wood ice c…
Williamsburg · 123 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
A Williamsburg sourdough operation where everything starts with naturally fermented dough — the pizza crusts have that perfect char-and-chew and the clam pie is a permanent fixture. Founded by the Variety Coffee crew, …
Williamsburg · 70 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
Twenty-plus years in and still making pasta by hand which at this point qualifies as an act of defiance. The back garden - leafy, enclosed, strung with lights - is the reason half the neighborhood got engaged here. Chee…
Williamsburg · 135 N 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
The rooftop alone has launched a thousand first dates and at least a dozen ill-advised proposals. Downstairs is all tin ceilings and candlelight, the kind of French bistro where you order steak frites and a carafe of re…
Williamsburg · 284 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Williamsburg’s new Italian stunner from the Four Horsemen crew trades wine-bar minimalism for white brick, warm wood, and a menu that swings from trofie pesto to fried eel toast. Pastas are the draw, cocktails lean amar…
Williamsburg · 221 S 1st St, Brooklyn, NY 11211, USA
Uruguayan food in Williamsburg sounds like a pitch, but this place has been quietly grilling churrasco on South 1st since before the neighborhood got its third wine bar. The empanadas are the real gateway (do the chicke…
Williamsburg · 495 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Part grocery, part sit-down restaurant, and entirely devoted to the Jewish diaspora. The star of the show is the Montreal-style bagels boiled in honey water and made with heirloom grain. Schnecken come stuffed with sour…