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Nelson had mentioned to me that there was this great pizza place in Brooklyn with a brick oven called Grimaldi’s and since we were staying in Brooklyn during our recent trip to NYC; this was be a perfect time to try it out. I wanted to go sometime during the week after work, but we didn’t end up fitting it in until we were about to leave on Saturday. We showed up right when it opened, at 12PM, and there was already a line up out front. We didn’t make it in the first batch, so had to wait about half an hour for a table; we ended up getting a table when a tour group left (looks like they were seated before the restaurant opened).

Because it’s so well known, I think Grimaldi’s gets away with some weird rules. It’s cash only, there’s no delivery, there’s no slices, and you have to pay for each topping. We got pepperoni ($2), italian sausage ($2), and mushrooms ($2) on our small regular pizza ($14). We wanted to get oven-roasted sweet peppers ($4) but they didn’t have any (maybe because it was the beginning of the day and they hadn’t made them yet?) The pepperoni by itself was very good – it had a spicy flavor that didn’t come from the italian sausage. I didn’t notice the italian sausage or mushrooms much. The pizza itself was also really good, lots of cheese and flavouring with basil. The small pizza (6 slices) were sufficient for the two of us – although the slices were cut weird with some of them being real big (the table beside us folded the slices to eat them by hand).

Afterwards, we headed to the nearby Brooklyn Bridge park. It looks like it was recently redesigned and looked pretty good. The design with unfinished wood, gravel and metal wires contrasted well with the greenery. The park had a nice view of the Brooklyn bridge and the Manhattan skyline and a lot of chairs but the park wasn’t that full that day (it was drizzling). All the spring leaves had also come in so the foliage was a nice light green.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: brooklyn, food, nyc