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457 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11231

718-403-0033

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Tiramisu
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Cuisine(s): Italian

Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-12am, Fri-Sat 11am-1am

Price: $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Vegetarian Friendly, Family Style

Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer, Wine

Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: No Parking

Description

A spuntino is an Italian snack shop, but Frankies goes way beyond that, offering a wonderful wine list and limited series of main courses, too. Rather than looking to Tuscany or Rome for its model, the food pays homage to Brooklyn-Italian culinary history, focusing particularly on the fare of Apulia. Cavatelli-knurled homemade pasta nuggets-come bombarded with Faicco's spicy sausage and fresh sage; the same sausage also appears in a sandwich with broccoli rabe deposited on Sullivan Street Bakery's pizza bianca, and a similar intelligence goes into nearly everything on the menu.

2008 | Tiramisu

You may find this hard to believe, but tirami s� ("pick me up"), far from being an Italian dessert of ancient vintage, was actually invented at El Toula restaurant in Treviso, just north of Venice, in the '60s. It spread across the ocean like swine influenza, with such startling rapidity that by the '80s, it was de rigueur in every Italian restaurant in the city. Catch a slammin' version at Frankie's. More »
2006 | Best newfangled Italian

It can't decide whether it wants to be a sandwich shop, wine bar, or sit-down restaurant--and manages to succeed admirably at all three. Frankies 457 Spuntino is the rare newfangled spot that actually feels like it belongs in its Carroll Gardens neighborhood, where religious shrines commemorate the origin of many immigrants in Apulia, Italy. Frankies concentrates on using Italian American products, such as sausages from Faicco's, to fabricate a supernal broccoli rabe and sausage sandwich. More »

Co. and Frankies Spuntino Offer Opportunities to Drink Beer This Weekend

By Rebecca Marx | Thu, October 14, 2010

Between pickles, New Amsterdam, and the Grub/Hester Street festival, there are already plenty of ways to stuff your face this weekend. And now, in honor of Oktoberfest, here are two more.On Sunday, th... More »
The Next Food Experiment Will Take Place September 12

By Rebecca Marx | Thu, August 26, 2010

Following an almost six-month period of dormancy, Nick Suarez and Theo Peck's Food Experiments will return on September 12.The latest experiment will be the Brooklyn Roots Experiment, which challenges... More »
Signature Foods of the 1980’s

By Robert Sietsema, Sarah DiGregorio | Wed, October 15, 2008

Before the Age of Foodism descended on us like manna from heaven—bringing with it a concern for food excellence rather than just novelty (or so we hope)—we were willing guinea pigs for a succession of food fads, many of them quite weird. Some, lik... More »

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thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

| Sun, May 10, 2009

You may find this hard to believe, but tiramisu ("pick me up"), far from being an Italian dessert of ancient vintage, was actually invented at El Toula restaurant in Treviso, just north of Venice, in the '60s. It spread across the ocean like swine influenza, with such startling rapidity that by the '80s, it was de rigueur in every Italian restaurant in the city. Catch a slammin' version at Frankie's.
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fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews

| Mon, June 28, 2010

get the BLT!
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wordgirl1 | Brooklyn, NY | 10 Reviews

| Thu, September 2, 2010

Bruschetta with avocado is heaven, so is the cavatelli.

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Frankies Spuntino Restaurant

457 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11231

718-403-0033

Description

2008 | Tiramisu

2006 | Best newfangled Italian

By Rebecca Marx | Thu, October 14, 2010

By Rebecca Marx | Thu, August 26, 2010

By Robert Sietsema, Sarah DiGregorio | Wed, October 15, 2008

thevillagevoicebestof | New York, NY | 84 Reviews

fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews

wordgirl1 | Brooklyn, NY | 10 Reviews