Franny's
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 230-0221
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Prospect Place
- Directions:
- 2, 3 at Bergen St; B, Q at 7th Ave
- Hours:
- Tue-Thu 5:30pm-11pm, Fri 5:30pm-11:30pm, Sat 12pm-3pm-11:30pm, Sun 12pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Franny's – by Karen Hudes
The Scene
The most striking feature of this Flatbush Avenue restaurant is its arched, blazing oven in back of the open kitchen. Exposed brick walls and a long row of square wooden tables lend an earthiness to the frequently packed room, which leads out to a leafy patio.
The Food
Sustainable, independent farms provide the majority of ingredients, from veggies to milk to beef. Among the starters are a zesty house-cured sardine crostini, a delicate yet heartily flavored prosciutto di Parma and a "Jewish ghetto style" fried artichoke with an onion-skin crispiness. Toppings on the stellar thin-crust pizzas include vibrantly seasoned, tender meatballs; ricotta and parsley pesto with a refreshing accent of mint; and pancetta, ramps and fontina, which play off each other in pungent harmony. Desserts of smooth anise pannacotta and homemade pistachio ice cream with crushed nuts are subtle and beautifully textured.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoOnly pies with tomato listed in the ingredients are prepared with tomato sauce.
What to DrinkThe wines by the glass tend to be rather mild; a red Nero d'Avola, however, is deliciously full-bodied, almost to the point of creaminess.
User Reviews for Franny's
08/11/2008 Posted by jpl23
Aside from the unsubstantiated prices and pretentious air, the pizza just isn't any good at Franny's. I LOVE thin crust pizza, but what I received at Franny's was a burnt piece of paper, topped with tasteless mozzarella and a ridiculous amount of overpowering parmesan cheese. Franny's represents what is wrong with the "new" Brooklyn, all hype but no substance. If you are actually in the mood for pizza you're better off at DiFara, Grimaldi's or just about any other pizzeria in Brooklyn. On a positive note, is a cute space.
Pros: Relaxing decor
Cons: The food is horrible, prices unjustified.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
07/05/2008 Posted by TheGringoGentile
Right off the bat, the air of pretentiousness left me gasping for breath. The menu read of "lettuces" and "cannolo" (the singular of cannoli) - not how people talk, just their way of showing self-importance. After being seated at one of the smallest tables-for-two in town, I pulled the empty table next to us closer for some elbow room. The hostess swooped in to pull it away from us about 3 inches. That was all the room left to us between the other "table-for-two." I wondered what people did when the place was packed and someone in the booth wanted to get out for a restroom visit. We ordered the anchovy pizza and SODA which she NEVER brought. The waitress explained to us that if the menu doesn't MENTION cheese, there's no chesse on the pizza. Lame. Not exactly what I call informative. The way this menu neglects to mention important things like CHEESE AT A PIZZA PLACE and overbears with its "lettuces," you'd think it was written by Frasier Crane with A.D.D. When we asked the waitress about ingredients, she replied with something like "Oh yes that would be a yellow ground leaf from the mountains of the Himylayas, imported exclusively to us on the backs of African geese at 14,000 feet above sea level" or some like verbose answer. Just tell me what the pizza is seasoned with!!! The pizza was unsliced. Did they forget to slice everyone's pizza? Is this their kitschy gimmick? Slice your own pizza? Aren't we being put out enough with the cramped space, a table-obsessed hostess, menus with their noses in the air and waitresses too busy being self-congradulatory that they forget to bring your soda? CUT MY FREAKIN' PIZZA!! The pizza was okay. Not going back there again. For a small, average pizza, $16.00 is pretty steep. If this is your favorite hangout and you love it so much that my review has you seething, feel free to flame me with a comment knowing that I won't be back to read it. Speaking of not coming back, that's the last time I waste an hour at Franny's.
Pros: Walking distance is a plus.
Cons: When you get there, the food and service are BAD.
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
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