L&B Spumoni Gardens

L&B Spumoni Gardens is a pizzeria-restaurant located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend.[1][2][3][4] Originally conceived as an ice and spumoni stand prior to World War II, it grew during the mid-1950s into a full-scale pizzeria that's known today primarily for its Sicilian pizza and ices.[5] The restaurant has been featured on the show Man v. Food. NY Eater critic Robert Sietsema considers L&B Spumoni Gardens a must-try Italian American restaurant in Brooklyn.[6] They were featured on Andrew Zimmern’s show The Zimmern List.[7]

Sicilian-style pizza at Spumoni Gardens

History

Founder Ludovico Barbati came to the United States in 1917 from Torella dei Lombardi, Italy.[8] In 1938, Barbati sold pizza from a horse and wagon.[8] In 1939, he purchased a vacant property on 86th Street to make the spumoni and ice.[8] By the mid 1950s, the location came to be L&B Spumoni Gardens, with the spumoni factory, a pizzeria and a luncheonette all on site.[8]

In 2016, one of the co-owners, Louis Barbati, 61, was murdered outside his home in Dyker Heights.[9] In 2019, another co-owner, Patricia Barbati Coffey, 56, died after a seven-year battle with ALS.[10]

See also

References
  1. "L&B Spumoni Gardens". NYC Go. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  2. Sifton, Sam (2010-12-02). "Looking for Old Brooklyn? Nosh This Way". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  3. Sietsema, Robert (28 October 2013). "Staten Island Pizzas That Stood the Test of Time". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  4. Eugene Durante (2012-04-03). "Rating New York's 'Upper Crusts'". High Brow Magazine. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  5. Will Bredderman (2012-09-26). "It's hip to be square! Bensonhurst legend coming to Barclays". The Brooklyn Paper. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  6. Robert Sietsema (2014-12-01). "10 Old-Fashioned Italian-American Restaurants to Try in Brooklyn". Eater NY. Retrieved 2015-03-07. five must-try Italian American restaurants in Brooklyn
  7. Dellso, Meredith (April 19, 2018). "NYC restaurants get spotlight on episode of Andrew Zimmern's 'The Zimmern List'". AM New York. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  8. "Our Story". L&B Spumoni Gardens. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  9. "Co-owner of NYC pizzeria that nearly stirred mob war shot dead". Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  10. Brown, Stephen Rex. "Co-owner of famed Brooklyn pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens dead at 56". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.

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