Chef Cono Morena offers versions of his grandmother's cooking at this Southern Italian restaurant, a sibling to the nearby La Nonna Pizzeria Trattoria Paninoteca. Bronze wire chandeliers and burlap drapes decorate the 130-seat room, and a wine cellar comes stocked with 88 international bottles, focusing primarily on the Boot. The menu features house-made polenta gnocchi, bucatini with guanciale, and costolette di agnello (lamb chops with amarena cherries and goat cheese).
Visiting La Nonna was disappointing. Despite having a reservation, our party waited over an hour to be seated (and the hostess consistently complained about the other guests in the restaurant while we waited). Our waitress forgot that we were celebrating a birthday and while we were waiting to surprise the guest of honor, we had to watch the other surrounding tables (seated after us) have their own celebrations. The food was fine, but with all of the amazing Italian restaurants in Brooklyn - don't waste your time here.