It’s a bold move to relocate a brand-new business. Still, Confidant chefs and co-owners Brendan Kelley and Daniel Grossman weren’t afraid of that challenge when they moved their nine-month-old restaurant from Industry City into Brooklyn Heights this past February. Luckily, neighborhood change works out well for the New American restaurant.
The new space feels like a cozy cabin, with brick walls lined with quirky artwork, wood-paneled ceilings, and a larger, wide-open kitchen. The expanded menu includes pastas (a first for the kitchen), rounded out by pastry chef Mariah Neston’s already enticing desserts.
Manager and wine director Lucy Saintcyr knows her drinks — ask for a recommendation. We shared the Domaine Rijckaert Arbois Savagnin ($83), a mineral white wine that worked well with the range of our dishes.
Grab a pre- or post-dinner drink at the kitty-corner Long Island Bar, which is the truest of truly neighborhood bars that is all at once dive-y, casual, and welcoming.
The team is also opening a new bakery and pizzeria next door, Lou & Bev’s, in the spring.