The Hottest New Restaurants in Brooklyn, February 2025

"There are probably a hundred ways to have a meal at Strange Delight. Sit at the bar alone for a reasonably priced seafood tower “for one”. Or, visit with a group and fill every inch of a table with plates like hush puppies and charbroiled oysters inspired by New Orleans. Be sure to order the restaurant’s fried seafood loaf, one of the year’s best new sandwiches, with fried shrimp or oysters on milk bread. The restaurant recently debuted brunch, which is $25 for an entree like catfish nuggets with three sides, served on a school lunch tray." - Emma Orlow