L&B Spumoni Gardens Explained

L&B Spumoni Gardens
Food-Type:Italian-American
Dress-Code:casual
Street-Address:2725 86th Street
City:Brooklyn
County:Kings
State:New York
Postcode:11223
Country:USA
Reservations:Yes
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L&B Spumoni Gardens is an Italian-American pizzeria-restaurant in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.[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]

History

Founder Ludovico Barbati came to the United States in 1917 from Torella dei Lombardi, Italy.[8] In 1938, Barbati sold Spumoni and Italian Ice 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: L&B Spumoni Gardens. NYC Go. March 7, 2015.
  2. Web site: Looking for Old Brooklyn? Nosh This Way. Sifton, Sam. The New York Times. December 2, 2010. March 7, 2015.
  3. Web site: Staten Island Pizzas That Stood the Test of Time. Sietsema . Robert. The New York Times. October 28, 2013. March 7, 2015.
  4. Web site: Rating New York's 'Upper Crusts'. Eugene . Durante. High Brow Magazine. April 3, 2012. March 7, 2015.
  5. Web site: It's hip to be square! Bensonhurst legend coming to Barclays. Will . Bredderman. The Brooklyn Paper. September 26, 2012. March 7, 2015.
  6. Web site: 10 Old-Fashioned Italian-American Restaurants to Try in Brooklyn. Robert . Sietsema. Eater NY. December 1, 2014. March 7, 2015. five must-try Italian American restaurants in Brooklyn.
  7. News: Dellso . Meredith . NYC restaurants get spotlight on episode of Andrew Zimmern's 'The Zimmern List' . February 10, 2019 . AM New York . April 19, 2018.
  8. Web site: Our Story. L&B Spumoni Gardens. August 10, 2017. August 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170810183411/http://www.spumonigardens.com/our-story. dead.
  9. Web site: Kerry. Burke. John. Annese. Denis. Slattery. July 1, 2016. Co-owner of famed L&B Spumoni Gardens pizzeria that nearly stirred mob war shot dead in backyard of his Brooklyn home. Daily News. New York. August 10, 2017.
  10. Web site: Co-owner of famed Brooklyn pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens dead at 56. Brown. Stephen Rex. Daily News. New York. February 18, 2019. February 23, 2019.

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