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Anella
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If you want to spend more time in Greenpoint, you should start with a day spent on Franklin Street. And if you want to be convinced to move to Greenpoint, you should end that day with dinner at Anella.
That isn’t to say that Anella is some mind-blowing destination restaurant. It’s the opposite: a never-too-crowded neighborhood place that serves the kind of crowd-pleasing food you would be happy to eat multiple times a week. Pastas? Check. A burger? Yep. Roast chicken, and a kale salad that actually tastes better than one you could make for yourself at home? You get the idea. Plus, the warm dinner bread comes in a little flower pot that you would have to be dead inside not to like. And while the framework of the menu is always the same, the individual dishes change with the seasons. So when you move here and inevitably become a regular at Anella, you also won’t get bored.
Even if you don’t find yourself in the neighborhood very often, you should still make a mental note about Anella for one key situation: outdoor brunch. They have a great back patio, and you can usually get a spot on it without too much of a wait. Just don’t tell too many people and ruin it for the regulars.