L&B Spumoni Gardens
The 1939 Bensonhurst institution famous for Sicilian square slices with sauce over the cheese, plus tricolor spumoni.
Example
The house order is a square slice with the sauce striped over the cheese, eaten at an outdoor picnic table with a cup of tricolor spumoni after.
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Frequently asked questions
What makes the L&B square different from other Sicilian slices?
Sauce over cheese, so the tomato stays bright instead of baking dry, on a thick oily crumb. It eats more like focaccia than pizza.
Original Bensonhurst or the DUMBO location?
Bensonhurst for the picnic tables and the neighborhood ritual. DUMBO if you only have an afternoon near the bridge.
What is spumoni and should I order it?
Tricolor Italian ice cream, and yes. The square slice followed by a cup of spumoni at the picnic tables is the full reason the place is a Brooklyn institution.
