L&B Spumoni Gardens
Restaurant in New York, USA
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L&B Spumoni Gardens is an Italian-American pizzeria-restaurant in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.[1][2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[6] They were featured on Andrew Zimmern’s show The Zimmern List.[7]
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| L&B Spumoni Gardens | |
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Two slices of Sicilian pizza at L&B Spumoni Gardens | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1939 |
| Food type | Italian-American |
| Location | 2725 86th Street, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, 11223, USA |
| Reservations | Yes |
| Website | spumonigardens |
History
Founder Ludovico Barbati came to the United States in 1917 from Torella dei Lombardi, Italy.[8] In 1938, Barbati sold Spumoni and Italian Ice from a horse and wagon.[8] In 1939, he purchased a vacant property on 86th Street to make the spumoni and ice.[8] 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.[8]
In 2016, one of the co-owners, Louis Barbati, 61, was murdered outside his home in Dyker Heights.[9] In 2019, another co-owner, Patricia Barbati Coffey, 56, died after a seven-year battle with ALS.[10]
The restaurant opened a second location in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn in December 2024.[11]
