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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY |
My mother has a brother named Jonzi. I don't know why she didn't name me after him? She's always saying, oh you remind me of your uncle Jonzi so much! Oh, your uncle Jonzi would have said the same thing! You and you uncle Jonzi are twins! Which is a compliment, because he is a fun loving guy with a great personality when Uncle Jonzi walks in a room he owns it! So I could see why people would say we are a lot alike, some might even say we have the same style!
The truth is my uncle Jonzi and I are very close, I love him and Aunt Polly very much! So when my dad told me that they were coming to visit from Maine, I was very happy! I told my dad I wanted to take them to a nice Italian restaurant, somewhere they have never been before, my dad asked me what about Gino's on 5th in Brooklyn? I told him I have only had the pizza there, and it was delicious! He said the restaurant is great! So we R.S.V.P for Saturday 6 adults at 8 pm!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY |
Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria is Family owned and been serving
Bay Ridge Brooklyn, some of the best Italian food since 1964!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
As you walk in Gino's, you will enter to the Pizzeria, the amazing aroma of old world style pizza tempted me to grab a quick slice on my way to the restaurant in the back, but my family said I would spoil my appetite! I guess they don't know me very well?
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
If you can make it past the pizzeria without stopping for a slice,
you will come to a full-service bar. You can choose from two their dining areas, one the right and one to the left.
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Just a few feet away is their wall of fame! Where you can look
at all the famous people, who love the food at Gino's restaurant!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
The dining area to the right has a more classic feel to it, in shades of gray with silver metal trimmings around the lamps, mirrors, and light fixtures.
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
The dining area to the left has an old world feel to it, with brick walls, terracotta
wall frames and dark copper light fixtures. I let me uncle Jonzi decide
which dining area he wanted to dine in? Of course, he chose this dining area because he's an old world type of guy himself!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
At Gino's, they don't just serve a pitcher of water, but also a small bowl of ice
for your refills. Little touches like this score big points for me when I'm blogging!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY |
I wanted to try the salad that was on the daily special menu, which was an Asparagus, Beets, Red Potatoes, and Goat Cheese Arugula salad in a mustard vinaigrette, It truly was delicious! Note, we were there on a Saturday night.
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
For true Italian food lovers, no explanation is needed!
But to fulfill my blogger duty I will give it a title.THE ITALIAN ANTIPASTO!
Fresh Mozzarella, Roasted Peppers, Green Olives and premium Italian cold cuts
make up this delicious appetizer. This is a great dish the whole table will enjoy!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Next, we had the Fried Calamari! These were very light and crisp with a side
of sweet marinara sauce.I usually order rings only because
I don't eat the body and legs, but my uncle Jonzi does, so I didn't make the special request this time, and we both enjoyed them!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Next, we had the Baked Clams! The breadcrumb was nice and toasty, and the clams were juicy in a butter sauce, of course coming from Maine, Uncle Jonzi knows a good baked clam when he tastes one, he said they were delicious, and I must agree! Yes, the portion is just enough for one, but he manages to share them with us.
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Mom and dad had the Chicken Cutlet Parmigiana, Nice size chicken cutlets with light marinara and Mozzarella! Am I not sure about your family? But my mom and dad always order food with the intentions to share with the rest of the household! And I'm glad they did because the portion they give me was delicious!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Aunt Polly order the Shrimp Scampi over Linguine! I guess you can take the lady out of Maine but you can't take the Maine out of the lady? She orders some extra dishes and handed me a nice spoonful of this amazing entree! The shrimp were a nice size and clean, the linguine was full and robust and the scampi sauce was rich!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
My uncle Jonzi and I are steak and potato men so we order the Grilled Shell Steak
with Roasted Potatoes! This is a real men's meal! Thick juicy steak, burnt in all the right spots with no need for steak sauce because the little metal cup had a delicious steak juice in it! My uncle Jonzi and I both like our steaks medium well
( I guess we really are just alike? )
The roasted potatoes had just the right seasoning to make this a complete meal!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Now, of course, it's time for dessert! These mini chocolate chip cannoli's come 3 in an order, sprinkle with cinnamon and powdered sugar with a dollop of whip cream and a fresh sliced strawberry. This is Brooklyn's finest! They are the perfect size when you just want a little something sweet to end a great dinner!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
This is the Italian cheesecake! Now to be very honest I actually prefer the NY style cheesecake which is made without ricotta cheese,
but it seems like everyone at the table really enjoyed it! So if you're a fan of Italian cheesecake my family say's it's delicious!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY. |
Now, this is the mamma mia of Italian Dessert! Of course, this is what I ordered,
the Tartufo is an ice cream lovers dream! Vanilla and chocolate ice cream with a peanut center, covered in a rich chocolate shell! This is truly a dessert that can't be beaten, it may take a few minutes to defrost but it's worth the wait!
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| Gino's Restaurant & Pizzeria Bay Ridge Brooklyn NY |
We order Cappuccino's & Espresso topped with whip cream from
our wonderful server to wash it all down!
There is nothing worse than taking someone out to dinner and the food or service is really bad!! Well, I'm happy to say that my whole family really enjoyed Gino's, and I'm more than happy that my uncle Jonzi loved it also! So I waved our waiter down to get the check, but he informed me that when my uncle went to wash his hands after dessert he paid the bill!! Of course, there was a 2-minute family ruckus to pay him back the money, but he was not hearing it from anyone, so we just give him a very humble thank you, and told him the next family dinner was on me!
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