Frank Bruni Disses Il Brigante

Posted by Adam Kuban, June 4, 2007 at 10:51 AM

Remember that rave review Village Voice food critic Robert Sietsema gave Il Brigante the other week?

New York Times food critic Frank Bruni says, "huh," slamming the new pizzeria and, by extension, Sietsema.

If his point is that Neapolitan pizza is unduly romanticized, and that your standard pizza pie in Naples is not necessarily some gastronomically wondrous epiphany, then O.K., there’s some merit to what he’s saying.
But his point seems to be that he loved this pie. My lunch companion and I found nothing lovable about it.

I haven't been yet, but now I'm even more curious...

5 Comments | Tags: Financial District, Manhattan, Neapolitan, New York, NYC, U.S.

5 Comments:

Frank Bruni likes stirring up controversy, it would appear. I'm just glad there is a new post on Slice. :)

Slice Prairie at 2:13AM on 06/05/07

Yeah. Sorry about the lag, Prairie! :(

Adam Kuban at 3:03AM on 06/05/07

s'ok. I had enough doughnut love last week, it was time for some new pizza post. :)

Slice Prairie at 4:08AM on 06/05/07

Just got back from eating there tonight. This place is nothing special...seriously. Frank Bruni's right. I went back and read Sietsema's review again and I honestly have no idea what he's talking about. Definately below average.

Slice Tony at 6:55AM on 06/06/07

Ate there the other day. Its definitely as mediocre as Frank describes.

Slice a guy at 5:23PM on 06/07/07

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