"Eating a square slice followed by a drip-down-your-hands spumoni cone on the patio of L&B Spumoni is a New York rite of passage, similar to walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, or being yelled at by someone for doing nothing wrong. Families eat towering bowls of spaghetti in an indoor dining room, but a few slices at a picnic table in the summer is where this Gravesend restaurant really shines. Sold by the slice or pie, the upside-down pizza has sweet sauce baked onto the top and cheese underneath, which melds with the dough in such a gooey way that it almost seems raw. The biggest change here since L&B opened in 1935 is the addition of a vodka square pie—similar to the upside-down, and also excellent." - molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, neha talreja
