Williamsburg restaurant guide: The best places to eat now
The Williamsburg restaurant scene is constantly shifting—our critic-approved selection includes trusty favorites and the latest hot spots.
Spanning everything from old-school steakhouse Peter Luger, where the waiters still wear waistcoats and bow ties, to hip eateries like Isa and Reynards, the Williamsburg restaurant scene is one of the best in Brooklyn. Whether you crave barbecued baby back ribs or traditional Neapolitan pizza, you’ll find it here. There are also plenty of cheap eats and great brunch places.
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Gwynnett St.
- Rated as: 3/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
When a novel idea flares up in the food world these days, it doesn’t take long for the fire to spread. The “modern primitive” ethos that seemed so distinctive when it first erupted at Isa is now creeping onto menus all over town, along with shades of its “New Nordic” cousin, just a few months after
- 312 Graham Ave, (between Ainslie and Devoe Sts)
Peter Luger
- Critics choice
Although a slew of Luger copycats have prospered in the last several years, none have captured the elusive charm of this stucco walled, beer-hall style eatery, with well-worn wooden floors and tables, and waiters in waist coats and bow ties. Excess is the thing, be it the reasonably health-
- 178 Broadway, (at Driggs Ave), 11211
Reynards
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
The indications were there even before the high-rise condos began shooting up along the waterfront: in the twee fashion boutiques hawking $600 French frocks, in the retro bars devoted to serious craft cocktails, in the restaurants priced more for bankers than editorial assistants. Williamsburg,
- Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Ave, (at North 11th St)
St. Anselm
- Critics choice
As cooking methods go, grilling may be the ultimate American art form. But New York restaurants, hamstrung by tight urban quarters (and by the Building and Fire Departments), rarely explore its smoky, greaseless, flame-licked potential. St. Anselm in Williamsburg may be the city's most impressive
- 355 Metropolitan Ave, (between Havemeyer and Roebling Sts)
Mable's Smokehouse and Banquet Hall
- Rated as: 3/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Hill Country, Fette Sau, Daisy Mae’s, Dinosaur: Back in the aughts it seemed like a new barbecue joint was opening every week. That boom brought us plenty of great low-and-slow meat, but barbecue—unlike, say, pizza or burgers—still hasn’t peaked in NYC. Mable’s Smokehouse and Banquet Hall, which
- 44 Berry St, (at North 11th St), 11211
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