{"id":274,"date":"2011-02-28T23:39:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-02-28T23:39:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:39:13","slug":"tobys-public-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"Toby’s Public House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toby's Public House<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of you Manhattanites are believers.\u00c2\u00a0 Others have heard the stories and aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sure what to think.\u00c2\u00a0 Well I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here to tell you the rumors are true: amazing food can be found just a subway ride outside of the island of Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Down in South Park Slope, just off the N train, is a gem of pizza places.\u00c2\u00a0 Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Public House<\/a> manages to fit the best of a pub, a sports bar, and small Italian restaurant all into one place.\u00c2\u00a0 When I first moved to the Slope at the beginning of the school year, a neighbor told me I had to go for the great beer selection.\u00c2\u00a0 Upon arrival, I found a beer list that, while not vast, is varied and regularly updated and includes some uncommon brews.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is in three story brick building with tall narrow windows and heavy wooden shudders.\u00c2\u00a0 The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153faded\u00e2\u20ac\u009d painted name on the brick exterior above the door suggests a timeless establishment, despite its 2008 opening.\u00c2\u00a0 The old style character continues as you walk through the door with dark woods, exposed brick, and a hammered tin ceiling.\u00c2\u00a0 Once inside, you find yourself looking down the length of the one room bar at the large bell-shaped wood fired brick oven that is truly at the heart of Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n

Out of the wood burning oven come some of the best pizza I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve found in New York.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I know that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a huge statement, but Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s backs me up.\u00c2\u00a0 (And for the Minnesotans out there: this pie beats Punch Pizza.) The pizzas are seemingly Naples-styled (or at least influenced, given it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little larger than a true Neapolitan pizza), in that the high temperature of the wood burning oven yields a wonderful crispy thin crust.\u00c2\u00a0 My biggest disappointment with this style of pizza at too many New York restaurants is a soggy middle.\u00c2\u00a0 A good Neapolitan pizza should have a crispy under crust from the edge to the center\u00e2\u20ac\u201dend of story\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s delivers, without fear of piling on amazing topping combinations.<\/p>\n

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Nice'n Crisp<\/p><\/div>\n

The only drawback to Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is that, despite its Brooklyn location, it has Manhattan prices.\u00c2\u00a0 Pizza prices range from $13 for the classic margherita to $18 for the tartufata (complete with black truffle cream sauce, mozzarella, crimini mushrooms, prosciutto cotto, truffle oil).\u00c2\u00a0 One of Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pizzas can satisfy a single ravenous person or be split between two less eager diners.\u00c2\u00a0 The real danger comes off the pizza menu.\u00c2\u00a0 Though tempting and, yes, delicious, the antipasti can quickly make your bill spiral out of control.\u00c2\u00a0 If you venture off the pizza menu, mussels in a spicy marinara sauce (on the list to be made cheaply at home<\/a>), served with focaccia to soak up the extra sauce, is sure to be a hit.<\/p>\n

A favorable departure from the ol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122time feel of Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s are the three flat screen TVs playing everything from soccer to college football.\u00c2\u00a0 I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think of a more tempting bar at which to watch \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the game.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 And though the football season may be over, with its outdoor patio seating, Toby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s is sure to be a favorite summertime destination.<\/p>\n

Toby’s Public House
\n686 6th Avenue
\nBrooklyn, NY 11215<\/strong>
\nwww.TobysPublicHouse.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some of you Manhattanites are believers.\u00c2\u00a0 Others have heard the stories and aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sure what to think.\u00c2\u00a0 Well I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m here to tell you the rumors are true: amazing food can be found just a subway ride outside of the island of Manhattan. Down in South Park Slope, just off the N train, is a gem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19,27,40],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining-out","tag-beer","tag-italian","tag-pizza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.eatcooklive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}