L&B Spumoni Gardens
Italian restaurant · Gravesend
2725 86th St, Brooklyn, NY 11223
Highlights
Iconic Sicilian square pizza & homemade spumoni since 1939
Iconic Sicilian square pizza & homemade spumoni since 1939
"On the first warm day of the year you might find the patio at L&B Spumoni Gardens packed with youth soccer teams, their faces and forearms dripping with spumoni. The picnic tables at this classic pizza spot in Gravesend are also great for when you're sandy after a day at the beach There's a window where you order ice cream, and another where you can get their phenomenal upside-down pizza ." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, willa moore, sonal shah
"The prix fixe menu at this Clinton Hill restaurant changes around every two weeks, but please, Dinner Party, bring back the spumoni semifreddo for dessert. It’s cold and custardy with layers of chocolate espresso ice cream, pistachio ice cream with shards of pistachio, and cherry ice cream with whole luxardo cherries suspended in it." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, arden shore, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah, arden shore, will hartman, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, sonal shah, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick
"The little league teams at L&B Spumoni are onto something. Eating a lava-like upside-down pie on a picnic table is a sticky-weather rite of passage, whether or not someone else’s grandpa just told you to keep your eye on the ball. Chasing that gooey square slice with a drip-down-your-wrist spumoni cone is also mandatory. There’s a Dumbo location, but it lacks a patio with benches that leave an imprint on the back of your thighs." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah
"This old-school Bensonhurst pizzeria, open since 1939, is a rewarding nice-weather destination with its outdoor setup, yet the indoor dining room (with an extensive menu of Italian American classics) is too often overlooked. Go here for pillowy square pies and the lesser known round ones. Slices are available too, but if you want toppings, you must order a pizza. Leave room for spumoni. This is a good spot for groups. There’s also a location in Dumbo. Don’t miss: If you’re here to celebrate an occasion, order a spumoni cake. During the summer, this is an easy spot to bring a crowd. There’s also a new Dumbo location." - Eater Staff
"Going to L&B is a rite of passage, and if you haven’t made the trip out to Gravesend for a square slice, we don’t think you can really call yourself a New Yorker. This place has been around since 1938, with an over-the-top Rococo interior for sit-down meals, and an always-bustling outdoor seating area with grab-and-go windows for slices, sandwiches, and spumoni. Don’t bother with round pizza here—you want their signature sauce-on-top square that achieves textural perfection. L&B also has a Dumbo location, so if you have visitors in town who want to take that photo under the Brooklyn Bridge, feed them some perfect pizza afterwards." - bryan kim, willa moore, kenny yang, carlo mantuano, molly fitzpatrick
