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Lucali
Critics' Pick
575 Henry St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11231
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Hours
Wed-Mon, 6pm-10pm; Tue, closed
Nearby Subway Stops
F, G at Carroll St.
Prices
$10-$24
Payment Methods
Cash Only
Special Features
- BYOB
- Hot Spot
- Reservations Not Required
Alcohol
- BYOB
Reservations
Not Accepted
Profile
Accidental pizzaiolo Mark Iacono opened Lucali as a labor of love, to save the local candy store of his Carroll Gardens youth from an uncertain, generic fate (i.e., becoming a Subway or Dunkin’ Donuts, no doubt). After devoting himself to the monklike regimen of making old-fashioned thin-crust, brick-oven pizzas, Iacono has created a business that has instantly become woven into the neighborhood fabric, a cozy, softly lit, and effortlessly soulful spot where families commune over the simple pleasures of Iacono’s rough-hewn, satisfying pies, all of them made front and center at a workstation that looks like a stage. Vestiges from the candy store hang on the brick walls, along with a chalkboard menu restricted to pies and calzones. It’s cash-only, BYOB, and like Graydon Carter’s Waverly Inn, not really officially open, according to Iacono, but the lack of familiar trappings only adds to its charm.
Related Stories
Best of New York Awards
- Best Neighborhood Pizzeria (2007)
Featured In
- Eat Cheap 2009: Where Famous New Yorkers Go for Pizza (7/20/09)
- Where to Eat 2008 (1/7/08)
- New York's Best Cheap Eats 2007 (7/30/07)