We are back with the Monday Subway Series! Quick Reminder - this series profiles a restaurant that is either 2 blocks and/or less than one avenue away from a subway stop. Once you get off the subway, you are moments away from an excellent dining experience. You can avoid the cold by minimizing your outdoor time, and you can avoid wandering. Nothing is worse than wandering in the cold. If you wander in the cold looking for food, you will freeze AND you will make a poor dining decision. It is like impulse shopping. You see the word "food" across the street and you are freezing so you run to it, only to realize that the name of the restaurant is actually "Our Food Sucks" and it is not even open.
Some people really hate planning. I love it. I won't rub it in your face. But let me help you plan on these particularly cold days. When it is 15 degrees, you need a dining destination with possible backups in case the restaurant happens to be closed due to a fire or some other freak accident.
Today I am encouraging you to jump on the L train, one of my favorite trains! Yes, I sit around and think about which trains are my favorite. The L tells you how long you have to wait. And it takes you to great places. I love all that happens around 14th street in Manhattan, and love the places the L travels to in Brooklyn, so it is the train for me.
Ok you are on the L. You are there. You are judging that punk sitting next to you who has their music on so damn loud and he won't stop fidgeting with his stupid ITouchBerry and then the woman next to you starts breastfeeding, meanwhile someone gets on the train with a donkey. Damn. Not to worry, once you get to Bedford Avenue, you can jump right off that train and into your restaurant.
For those of you that are familiar with the Bedford Avenue stop in Brooklyn, you are probably wondering which one of the SEVERAL restaurants within a 2 block radius I am going to profile. Well, that is a good start at least. There are several restaurants, bars, bodegas, street carts, etc. right when you get off the L train. From Manhattan to Brooklyn, this is a quick ride, and fun hits you in the face. Sounds awesome right?
Well for the pizza lover, today's Subway Series features Fornino Pizza, located at 187 Bedford Avenue, less than 1 BLOCK away from the subway. You get out of the subway, and walk south for 2 seconds on Bedford Avenue, and bam, you can be seated at Fornino Pizza. Although you can get takeout, this is a full service restaurant!
The menu
Pizza. Salads. Calzones. Done.
I went over the summer, before heading to the Brooklyn Beer Garden (another post for another day, but damn I love beer gardens). There are several pizza pies to choose from. PIES. Not slices. You get a pie. This is classy pizza eating people. No slices on a paper plate that you can eat while walking through Union Square. This is for real.
Me and a friend split the Spinach pizza, with mozzarella, ricotta, pecorino, pinenuts, and truffle oil. Pinenuts on pizza. CRAZY. I can picture some old-fashioned person saying "WHAT IS THIS?! Pinenuts on PIZZA?!? I remember the days when I would walk uphill to the pizza shop both ways just for a plain slice of cheese pizza"
The pizza came out and it was delightful. It was really delicious, the crust was not burnt, and the pinenuts were great. The place was not too crowded on a Saturday at noon. And the pizzas are all under $20, and MORE than enough for 2!
So jump on the L, get some pizzas, and go find some cheap beer afterwards. You will have a good night, I hope.
Have a delicious day!
NYCMenuGirl
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