Don't be fooled by its humble coffee shop exterior, Ortine has a great full menu that is carefully crafted from local and seasonal ingredients. Many items include ingredients from the backyard garden.
The owners of Park Slope's much-loved Al Di Là Trattoria opened this lower-priced northern Italian restaurant in Crown Heights on Thursday. Read more.
Solid wood-fired-oven pizza from an alumnus of Paulie Gee's. Clam pie is very good. Get it. And is this weird, but the Bibb salad is nice, too. Read more.
Even the nuggets are healthy: They're made of chickpeas and oyster mushrooms, baked and served with whole-grain honey mustard. Or start with the pureed corn soup, served with popcorn. Read more.
Very vegetarian friendly and pleasant staff. I added extra chile to my tan tan ramen, but was happy I didn't add salt; the remaining broth was very flavorful if you like shiitake mushrooms.
