IS BROOKLYN'S BEST TASTING MENU AT A 70-YEAR-OLD PIZZERIA?

Everyone knows about L&B Spumoni Gardens for their pizza, but wait until you try the semi-secret chef's table.

'“Meatballs, olive oil, basil,” read one of the crumpled sheets of paper. “Spaghetti, tomatoes, garlic,” instructed another. These weren’t erstwhile grocery lists, but rather, actual recipes assiduously procured from the 70-year-old Southern Brooklyn staple, L&B Spumoni Gardens, after an extravagant vetting process (involving multiple getting-to-know-you “sit-downs” in the form of banquet-style dinners), and a six-hour long photo session where they sent out 12-some odd dishes; not because they were intended to be shot, but just, you know, because.'>>>

http://www.saveur.com/best-tasting-menu-brooklyn-l-b-spumoni-gardens