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7 restaurants · 2026
🍽️ 7 Restaurants
✨ BBQ, Waterfront, Casual
Waterfront industrial charm with destination BBQ, seafood, and sweeping harbor views.
Known for: Hometown BBQ, Brooklyn Crab, key lime pie vendors
Don't miss: Hometown BBQ, Red Hook Tavern, Brooklyn Crab, Sunny's Bar
💡 Sunny's Bar has live bluegrass on Saturdays. One of NYC's oldest.
Top 7 in Red Hook
1
Red Hook Tavern
New American
Billy Durney's Red Hook tavern is the neighborhood restaurant everyone wishes was in their neighborhood. The burger is one of the best in Brooklyn — a thick, juicy, perfectly seare...
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2
Hometown Bar-B-Que
BBQ
Red Hook Texas-style BBQ that rivals anything in Austin. Billy Durney smokes brisket low and slow until the bark cracks and the fat renders into silk. The pulled pork and lamb bell...
86
3
Defonte's of Brooklyn
Sandwiches
Red Hook sandwich institution since 1922 — three generations making massive Italian heroes with house-roasted meats, fresh mozzarella, and bread that could double as a weapon. The ...
85
4
Third Time's the Charm
Pizza
The first physical restaurant from the Bad Cholesterol pizza pop-up, and the sourdough pies live up to the cult hype. Wood-fired in a Red Hook space with supper club vibes — chicke...
83
5
Baked
Bakery
Red Hook bakery with a cult following for its sweet and salty brownie — the dessert that put the neighborhood on the map. The banana cake with cream cheese frosting is equally lege...
83
6
Brooklyn Crab
Seafood
Massive Red Hook waterfront seafood restaurant with three levels, mini golf, and views of the Statue of Liberty that make you wonder why this place isn't more famous. The crab buck...
83
7
Sunny's Bar
Bar
Legendary Red Hook waterfront dive in an old longshoreman's hall — sawdust floors, Christmas lights, and live bluegrass on Saturdays that feels like a documentary about Old Brookly...
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