L&B Spumoni Gardens

"L&B Spumoni Gardens is now available for online delivery and pick-up for the first time ever. (We just got goosebumps writing that). Get the Sicilian square pie, and the homemade spumoni if you feel like playing a frozen dessert related race against time." - hannah albertine

"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

"For many Brooklynites, there’s the L&B square slice, and then there’s everything else. The defining feature of this pizza is the fact that the cheese is layered underneath the sauce, creating an almost mochi-like chew where the thick crust and cheese meet. The sauce is, dare we say, to die for. Get a whole pie, even if you come here alone. It reheats beautifully. " - willa moore, bryan kim, neha talreja, kenny yang

"Love it or hate it — L&B proffers one of the most distinctive Sicilian pizzas in town. The square slices are in the famous Brooklyn upside-down configuration, wherein the cheese is underneath and the sauce on top. Romano cheese is sprinkled above that for added salinity, and the interior of the crust is often damp and doughy though the bottom of the crust is supremely crunchy." - Robert Sietsema

"High chairs: Yes On the first warm day of the year, the patio at L&B Spumoni Gardens packs with youth soccer teams yelling loudly and letting their spumoni cones drip down their arms. This classic spot in Gravesend has one window where you order ice cream, and another for upside-down pizza that's gooey enough for a toothless baby to enjoy. There’s also a sit-down dining room inside, where you’ll find a long menu of old-school Italian classics and families passing around mountains of spaghetti. " - willa moore, molly fitzpatrick