Our Favorite Places to Eat in and Around Coney Island

Totonno’s

1524 Neptune Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224

Since 1924, the pizza parlor Totonno’s has been operated by the identical household. The restaurant is simply open for a couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, for takeout solely, and the menu is simply two objects deep (a standard pie and a white pie). Still, the ten-minute trek inland to Neptune Avenue is value it. The crust is a sturdy, crisp base for the milky mozzarella and astoundingly fresh-tasting tomato sauce. Pick up a stack of the paper plates and napkins on provide, and convey your pizza field again to the seashore to eat on the sand.

Among the breads Georgian Corner serves, acharuli khachapuri is a staple for its boat form and the elegant combination of cheese and egg contained inside.

Courtesy Georgian Corner

Proteins on the menu at Georgian Corner embody the pork mtsvadi and its floor beef counterpart, kababi. Both include sauces, herbs, and onion in addition to bread for sopping.

Courtesy Georgian Corner

Georgian Corner

626 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11224

About a mile east down the boardwalk from Luna Park, you’ll discover Brighton Beach, which is the place to be in New York City to eat Russian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek meals. If you don’t have time for a full pelmeni-fueled detour, cease at Georgian Corner, on the border between Brighton Beach and Coney Island. This cafe sells every little thing you want for a picnic on the sand. On a brisk day, decide up a deli container of scorching kharcho or borscht. If you’re not in a soup temper, deal with the stuffed breads, steamed khinkali, the deli show of chilly salads, and the fridge case filled with mineral water, tarragon soda, and quince juice.

Doña Zita

1221 Bowery St, Brooklyn, NY 11224

If you end up weaving between outsized stuffed animal prizes and fried Oreos on the lookout for a shady spot to sit down for lunch and an agua de jamaica, cease by Mexican restaurant Doña Zita. The cemitas are sky-high, stacked with chipotles, stringy Oaxaca cheese, and grassy pápalo leaves. At one finish of the ordering counter, diners with iron stomachs can buy elotes dusted with the spicy powder of blue, purple, and orange Takis. If you may’t resolve between chili canines and tacos on this Coney Island outing, get a chorizo-topped canine at Doña Zita and smother it in salsa. The restaurant has its personal enclosed patio, restroom, and michelada stand.