Spumoni Gardens
L&B Spumoni Gardens is a pizzeria-restaurant located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gravesend. Originally conceived as an ice and spumoni stand prior to World War II, it grew during the mid-1950s into a full-scale pizzeria that's known today primarily for its Sicilian pizza and ices. The restaurant has been featured on the show Man v. Food. NY Eater critic Robert Sietsema considers L&B Spumoni Gardens a must-try Italian American restaurant in Brooklyn.
Founder Ludovico Barbati came to the United States in 1917 from Torella dei Lombardi, Italy. In 1938, Barbati sold pizza from a horse and wagon. In 1939, he purchased a vacant property on 86th Street to make the spumoni and ice. By the mid 1950s, the location came to be L&B Spumoni Gardens, with the spumoni factory, a pizzeria and a luncheonette all on site.
In 2016, one of the co-owners, Louis Barbati, 61, was murdered outside his home in Dyker Heights.
Coordinates: 40°35′41″N 73°58′52.5″W / 40.59472°N 73.981250°W / 40.59472; -73.981250
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