Popina NYC

“Excellent local spot in Cobble Hill, we did a great lunch for Valentine’s Day here for their private event, couldn’t have been better. Pepperoni pizza with Arancino and champagne. Fantastic service, couldn’t recommend more.”

“Not many restaurants make me want to move so it can be my local go to but this does just that. Lived in this neighborhood 22 years ago and this is a welcome change. From the bread to the Basque cheesecake every dish was a "I'll be back". Service was standout, drinks were spot on. Ambiance was perfect casual. Well done.”

“What a wonderful neighborhood gem! I've bike ridden past this place many times on my commutes to/from work and always wondered about it. Thankfully my roommate & I decided one afternoon to go for dinner. We started with the sourdough, a massive piece of sliced bread served with olive oil. Hint- get the butter with fennel pollen add on, it's divine. This was the perfect thing to dip into the straciatella, absolutely creamy and delicious with peas and favas. The "romaine" felt more like a traditional Caesar (not a bad thing), with a nice dressing punch to the taste buds. Both of us had the pork chop, a wonderfully tender and juicy hunk of meat sliced nicely into bite sized portions. Thankfully they left a good amount of meat on the bone, as that's my favorite part. Sadly, my roommate doesn't eat meat on bone and tried to cut it with a fork and knife, missing out on flavor greatness. As we were discussing where to go next, the server convinced us to look at the dessert menu, from which we ordered the cheesecake and panna Cotta. Rich, luscious Basque style cheesecake, so plain looking, yet so full of flavor and just enough sweetness, and the panna Cotta was properly creamy and refreshed ng. So many other dishes on the menu I want to try, including the rigatoni, papardelle (we didn't get pasta this visit), arancini and bronzino; the Mon-Thurs happy hour menu has some appealing choices like pasta carbonara, pasta amatriciana, $10 negronis and spritz's, and a few other things not available on the dinner menu. You can be sure I'll be back very soon.”

“I went here a year or so ago and had the hot chicken Milanese and have thought about it ever since. So when I found myself in the area the other night I knew we had to go there for dinner! I hadn’t been to the outdoor space before which is spacious and really lovely. All of the food was yet again really great and presented beautifully. Love that they have a really classic wine list. Honestly one of my favorite spots. Highly recommend.”

“Sadly this was a disappointment. The place is small and crowded. Some of the dishes are outstanding but the hanger steak was a big disappointment. Their version of medium rare was truly rare and honestly wasn’t particularly well seasoned. Also no coffee. Overall a pretentious place with some excellent dishes and some real misses.”