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Pizzaiolo Michael Ayoub in the 'Brooklyn Paper'

The previous post reminds me that I was negligent in blogging this item about Cronkite and Fornino owner Michael Ayoub from the March 3 issue of the Brooklyn Paper: Sitting at a table in his award-winning Williamsburg restaurant, Fornino, Ayoub was rightfully proud to be discussing his growing pizza empire. To call Fornino, or its newborn Manhattan sibling Cronkite, a “pizzeria” is a mighty understatement. What he offers—gourmet pies with homegrown and high-end ingredients, including homemade mozzarella and three types of specialty flour—is about as far from a plain old slice as you can get....

1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 15, 2007 at 4:39 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Cronkite, Downtown Brooklyn, Fornino, LES, Manhattan, NYC, Press, Williamsburg

Closings: Downtown Brooklyn's Nick and Joe's

Joe Carlone knows the last thing downtown Brooklyn needs is another bank. But after 35 years serving up pizzas seven days a week at Nick and Joe's Pizzeria on Court St., Carlone has decided to throw in his red-sauce-stained towel and rent his space to a Chase branch. "I hear that all day long, that people don't want another bank," said Carlone, 52, who started working full time at his father's pizza place straight out of high school. "But nothing lasts forever. It was time." Carlone, who closed the place April 8, owns the building his pizzeria occupied, and he...

1 Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, May 2, 2006 at 12:36 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Closings, Downtown Brooklyn, New York, NYC, U.S.

Fascati Pizza

While we're in the neighborhood, let's have a look at another Brooklyn Heights pizzeria that's been garnering some good press: Fascati Pizza. Thin is in at Slice, and that's why I liked this well-run little pizzeria. From what I've seen and eaten, Fascati is making some of the thinnest pizzas to come from a no-frills, non-coal, non-woodburning, non-brick oven. Furthermore, this shop is clean and efficient, qualities suggested by its handsome facade featuring a modern-looking sans-serif font. (Did I make it clear that I really like their signage?)...

11 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 28, 2004 at 12:27 PM
Tagged: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Fascati, NYC, reviews, Slice reviews