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New Restaurant And Bar Openings: Forcella, Bark, Fatty Snack, And DohYo

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John Del Signore

Published Jun 16, 2011

Modified Jun 21, 2011

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Forcella: If you like the delicious Neapolitan-style pizza at OLiO in the West Village (we sure do), you're bound to dig Forcella, the new Williamsburg restaurant from chef Giulio Adriani, the hipster-looking "pizzaiolo" who started out at OLiO. When that restaurant opened last year we presciently noted that "award winning Pizzaiolo Giulio Adriani comes direct from Naples, but could immediately blend in in Bushwick with his thick goatee, designer frames and trucker cap." Close enough; Forcella is now open for business in Williamsburg, which isn't exactly desperate for Neapolitan pizza, but Adriani is the real deal.The casual restaurant is the first of two Forcellas; a second "flagship location" will open in Manhattan later this summer. For now you can feast on Adrani's pies on Lorimer Street at Grand Street, where an Acunto-manufactured oven imported from Italy turns out pies such as the Margherita (mozzarella, tomato sauce, basil), San Gregorio (mozzarella, pesto, truffles, tomato) and the Fuorigrotta (mozzarella, lemon, arugula, pecorino). We're told the mozzarella cheese used at Forcella is made daily on premises by Adriani, and the pizza options are supplemented by traditional Italian dishes and salads "coupled with a decadent dessert menu."485 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, (718) 388-8820

 

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Click through on the photos for the scoop on the latest restaurants and bars opening around town, which include Neapolitan pizza at Forcella in Williamsburg, Bark hot dogs debut at Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Fatty Snack Battery Park kiosk, and a sumo-wrestling style restaurant and gorgeous terrace at DohYo at Yotel.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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