21 Greenpoint

“Favorite spot in Greenpoint. The best no-frills burger in the city. Possibly the best hot dog anywhere. The focaccia always slaps. The cocktails never miss. The churros are so good they should be illegal. And to top it off, the staff has always been so friendly. Phenomenal service every time.”

“We really enjoyed our time here @ brunch. Our waiter was fun & the place is beautiful. The Super Coffee is a boozy delight: Jameson, Baileys, Gran Marnier, Ice, Classic Coffee Cup. Breakfast burrito is solid & will get again; add bacon or chorizo. The Mortadella, Egg, & Gruyere Sandwich is also tasty, & different enough from a regular BEC to be worth your time. We also really enjoyed the Roasted Squash Salad - the maple tahini dressing + cranberries are sweeter than you'd expect Wednesdays are pizza nights with their own menu, & we want to go back to try the beef stick sandwich”

“This place is superb. We hosted my dad’s birthday with a big group in the back room - service was terrific, staff was incredibly accommodating and the food was excellent. We all had an epic four hour night and my whole family has been telling everyone about it. This place is so fun. 5 stars across the board. (Also Wednesday is pizza night and the clam pizza is one of the best dishes in nyc).”

“A truly special Greenpoint institution. The dishes here are created with such love and *top quality* ingredients. I never knew what a ramp, bucatini noodle or sunchoke was before I came to 21. Food is an art form at this place. One of the longest-running restaurants in the neighborhood for a reason. Top notch”

“TLDR: This restaurant gave me and my friends free chicken/eggplant parms and now I will not only die on that hill but actively fight (metaphorically) anyone who disagrees that this is the best brunch spot in all of Greenpoint. So I've been on a quest to find the best breakfast burrito in the area. Why? Cause I work in Times Sq as a photographer (it's a real job) and a co-worker intro'd me to this spot called Los Tacos No. 1. They have these little girthless breakfast burritos that slap. The lack of girth tbh is what makes them so appealing. "They fit in my mouth so nicely" is a common sentiment around the office. We don't have an HR dept, so, take that as you will. But I digress, I got hooked on breakfast b's again and wanted to find the equivalent of the "girthless burrito wonder" in my own neighborhood. I asked the good people of Reddit (irony if you can't tell) and a bunch of people suggested 21 Greenpoint. Now the idea was to try a few places in the hood, but I loved the breakfast burrito so much at 21 that I stopped looking altogether. Now, I know what you're thinking aloud... and the answer is no, the burrito was not girthless, it was average girth, but not so big that it can't all fit in your mouth. It is what my Hell's Kitchen friends call a "boyfriend burrito." No I won't explain that. Anyways, I like to call restaurants and talk to the hosts when I get lonely or I want to set up a callback joke (I fell as a child, I'm not kidding) when I come in. I called on Sunday cause it was snowing and I wasn't sure if they were open. They were. And I talked to the hostess about if they had the pancake (it's divine) and she mentioned that on Sunday's they also had chicken parm. "Come in for a pancake and a parm" were the words I heard, but I somehow assumed that because it was snowing and they were allegedly leaving early, that they were giving out free chicken parms. So I called my friend ol' Matty Blue Eyes and this girl I had been on exactly one date with where we kissed and did some under-the-table hand stuff at a dive bar. Everyone was psyched for the brunch, but double psyched for free chicken parm. But I had misheard... there was no free chicken parm according to the waiter. I saw the hostess walk by and sheepishly asked her if I had misheard her, she confirmed I had, but then told me "if I thought I was getting free chicken parm and then didn't, that would totally ruin my day, so you all get free chicken or eggplant parm!" Not only was the brunch amazing, but that chicken parm reheated on a cold Sunday night in the middle of a snowstorm after I crushed 4 Montauk IPAs, was nothing short of magical. Then I turned on Titanic for the first time with that girl I went on exactly one date with, the one I kissed and did some hand stuff with under-the-table at the dive bar and we cuddled and talked about how amazing the chicken parm was while Kate Hudson cheated on her fiancé with Leo. Not even kidding, best Sunday I've had in years. I added a picture of the 2 chicken parms and the one eggplant parm they gave us. This restaurant is now solidified as a spot of legend in my mind. Go here if you want all your dreams and purpose in life fulfilled. Now if you'll excuse me, I have leftover chicken parm to eat because the servings were outrageously generous.”