November’s new restaurants are here! These are the openings we’re excited to try this month—along with a few we’re eagerly awaiting. Ziggy’s Roman Cafe has debuted in DUMBO, offering Roman-style pizza, cocktails, and a kid-friendly play space. Il Leone has brought its Maine-born Neapolitan pizza to Park Slope, Falansai is now serving Vietnamese-Mexican dishes and baked goods all day in Greenpoint, and Park Slope has added a new affordable fast-pasta spot. And there’s much more on the horizon this month: an Afghan bakery in Brooklyn Heights, an all-day Italian spot in Carroll Gardens by the Cafe Spaghetti team, a Park Slope cocktail bar, and the reinvention of Jewish deli Gertie as as latke counter in Prospect Heights.
November also saw several closures from one restaurant group: Colonie in Brooklyn Heights and Hildur in DUMBO have shut down, following the earlier closure of Pips on Atlantic Avenue. Read on for more!
Closing:
The owners of Colonie in Brooklyn Heights and Hildur in DUMBO have announced that both restaurants will shut their doors this month. Hildur, which offered a new Scandinavian concept in the former space of the Mexican Gran Eléctrica, will close on Saturday, November 15. Colonie will have its last service on Sunday, November 30 after close to 14 years one Atlantic Avenue. The owners also closed their wine bar Pips, also on Atlantic Avenue, earlier this fall.
Now open:
Ziggy’s Roman Café | DUMBO | NOW OPEN
Ziggy’s Roman Cafe is now open in DUMBO! Founded by husband-and-wife team Helen Zhang and Igor Hadzismajlovic (co-founder of Employees Only), the restaurant is designed for families, offering a place where parents can relax over a meal and cocktails while kids enjoy a mezzanine play area stocked with sensory toys. The two-level space includes a bar, ground-floor dining room, and upstairs seating and play zone. The menu features Roman-style pizzas, classic pastas like Cacio e Pepe and Carbonara, Artichokes alla Romana, crostini, salumi and cheeses, and dishes such as fennel agrodolce sausage and grilled skirt steak. The cocktail list includes martinis, bellinis, and other signature and low-ABV options. Located at 15 Main Street, Ziggy’s is open Wednesday–Sunday, 5-10pm, with more hours coming soon. Walk-ins welcome.
Il Leone | Park Slope | NOW OPEN
Il Leone, a popular pizza popup hailing from Peaks Island, Maine, has opened a Brooklyn location on 7th Avenue between First and Garfield, in the former Bar Vinazo space. Expect Neapolitan-style pies with toppings ranging from Maine lobster to zucchini and squash blossom to asparagus. The drink menu includes Italian wines, martinis, spritzes, and Maine beers. Alongside pizzas, Il Leone will also serve antipasti including meatballs, burrata with prosciutto di Parma, and pan-fried artichokes. Located at 158 7th Avenue, Il Leone also has a back yard space that will seat customers in the warmer months.
Falansai | Greenpoint | NOW OPEN
The beloved (now-closed) Bushwick restaurant Falansai, from Vietnamese-Mexican chef Eric Tran, has found a new home in Greenpoint. The restaurant has teamed up with Pan Pan Vino Vino at 120 Norman Avenue, taking over their space. By day, Falansai will continue operating as a bakery—run by Pan Pan’s team—and by night, it will transform into a wine bar and dinner destination. The evening menu highlights Tran’s signature Vietnamese-Mexican fusion, with dishes like curry chicken tostadas, lemongrass pork skewers with pickles, and shrimp cake lettuce wraps. Guests can choose from six à la carte options or two prix fixe menus ($58 or $88), both requiring full table participation. The bakery will be open Sunday–Thursday from 8am-3pm and Saturday from 12pm-3pm. Dinner service runs Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 5-10pm and Friday from 5pm-12am.
Psta | Park Slope | NOW OPEN
This new pasta shop is celebrating their soft opening at 210 Flatbush Avenue, in the former space of Thermostat Cafe. The fast-casual restaurant will bring the neighborhood an affordable option for both lunch and dinner, with pastas starting at just $12. All pastas and sauces are made in-house, and range from a rigatoni with creamy tomato vodka sauce to a gemelli with basil-pistachio pesto, with toppings on offer like chicken, shrimp, meatballs, mozzarella and burrata, and truffle oil. They also have antipasti, salads, and desserts, and even kids’ pastas.
Coming soon:
Diljān Bakery in Brooklyn Heights | Coming soon
The team behind Little Flower Cafe in Astoria and Blue Hour in Bushwick (which closed recently) is taking over the space at 330 Hicks Street, formerly Fatoosh Pitza & Grill. Diljān will be an Afghan bakery that will specialize in Afghan flatbread, or or Naan e panjayi. Breads will use Afghan ingredients such as saffron, cardamom, pistachio, and apricots. They will also serve samosas with ground halal lamb and beef, a pastry called Saffron Shah, filled with saffron pastry cream, and the sheer pira, an Afghan milk fudge topped with custard. The bakery plans to launch in November.
Gertie | Prospect Heights | Coming soon
Gertie, which closed in Williamsburg in June, will reopen in Prospect Heights this November with a new counter-deli concept. They will have a latke bar where customers can choose their toppings at the counter, including smoked fish (lox, whitefish, house-smoked salmon), apple butter, sour cream, pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and more. Gertie will also serve bagels, bialys, chicken schnitzel, tuna and whitefish salads, matzo ball soup, pickles, and more. Baked goods will include knishes, babka, and black-and-white cookies. They will also make their own sodas and egg creams, and serve inventive coffee drinks such as the chocolate egg cream latte and the B&W coffee shake made with nitro cold brew and chocolate syrup, topped with vanilla cold foam and bits of black-and-white cookies. With a full liquor license, they will be able to serve cocktails such as borscht bloody marys and Aquavit pickle martinis. Gertie takes over the former space of R&D Foods, who still operate R&D Goods next door and will share a back yard.
Bar Ferdinando | Carroll Gardens | Coming soon
Sal Lamboglia, the chef behind Cafe Spaghetti, Sal Tang’s and Swoony’s, is opening Bar Ferdinando this fall, a reimagining of the 120-year-old Ferdinando’s Focacceria, which closed last year. The new all-day spot will serve snacks, focaccia sandwiches, and classics like Sicilian rice balls, pane e panelle, and octopus salad, alongside an Italian-inspired cocktail program. The restaurant will preserve original artwork and fixtures from the historic restaurant as an homage to the neighborhood institution.
Folk | Park Slope | Coming soon
The team behind the Park Slope restaurant Lore is opening a new cocktail bar this fall at 689 6th Avenue. Folk will serve both craft cocktails and small plates by chef Jay Kumar (also of Lore in Park Slope) in a 1,000-square-foot space. In addition to cocktails, the food menu will feature Indian flatbreads and UK-style pot pie.
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Updated: November 14, 2025. Main Image: Ziggy’s Roman Café in DUMBO.