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🇮🇹 Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill, New York City
20 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 20 Restaurants
✨ Italian, Wine, Date Night, Family
Old-school Italian meets new Brooklyn. Red-sauce joints alongside natural wine bars.
Known for: Court Street, Smith Street, Lucali, Clover Club
Don't miss: Lucali, Frankies 457, Clover Club, Long Island Bar
💡 Lucali is BYOB, cash only, whole pies only. Expect 2+ hour wait.
Top 10 in Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill
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Lucali
Pizza
Mark Iacono's Carroll Gardens pizzeria serves exactly two things: whole pies and calzones. That's it. No slices, no appetizers, BYOB, cash only, and a line that wraps around the bl...
95
2
Ugly Baby
Thai · NYT Critics Pick
Sirichai Sreparplarn’s ferociously spicy Thai restaurant is reopening in a bigger Williamsburg space at 364 Grand Street after shuttering its beloved Carroll Gardens original. A “n...
90
3
Long Island Bar
Cocktail Bar
Toby Cecchini and Joel Tompkins's restored 1950s diner in Cobble Hill reborn as one of the best cocktail bars in the country. The perfect gimlet and the martini have a cult followi...
89
4
F&F Pizzeria
Pizza · NYT Critics Pick
From the Frank's/Prime Meats team, F&F is a tiny Carroll Gardens slice shop that churns out a superb New York plain with blistered undercarriage and balanced sauce. The square ...
88
5
Court Street Grocers
Deli & Sandwiches
Brooklyn answer to the great American deli sandwich, and honestly one of the best delis in the entire city. They cure their own meats, source obsessively, and stack sandwiches with...
86
6
Tera Mera
Indian
Brooklyn Indian restaurant rooted in Bombay culinary traditions, on Court Street in Cobble Hill. Closed Monday and Tuesday; lunch and dinner Wed-Sun.
86
7
Bien Cuit
Bakery
Zachary Golper Carroll Gardens bakery is where NYC bread nerds go to worship -- the sourdough is dark, deeply caramelized, and unlike anything else in the city. Bien cuit literally...
85
8
Frankies 457 Spuntino
Italian
Carroll Gardens Italian institution since 2004 with handmade pastas, meatballs, and a gorgeous backyard garden that's one of the most romantic outdoor dining spaces in Brooklyn. Th...
85
9
Margot
French
Charming Carroll Gardens French bistro with a gorgeous garden patio, seasonal prix fixe, and a weekend brunch that's one of the best in south Brooklyn. The steak frites is perfectl...
85
10
La Vara
Spanish
Alex Raij and Eder Montero Carroll Gardens spot is a deeply personal love letter to Spanish and Moorish cooking that goes way beyond tapas-bar cliches. The menu digs into the Jewis...
85
All 20 Restaurants in Carroll Gardens / Cobble Hill
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Brewery
84
Mile End Delicatessen
Jewish Deli
83
DUMBO Boulders
Entertainment
82
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Entertainment
82
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