Reasons to Love Red Hook #2: Defonte's

Ahh, Defonte's. At the corner of Columbia and Luquer, this neighborhood shop has been serving up Brooklyn-style hero sandwiches since the 1940's. The potato and egg hero is famous, but everyone has a favorite - we love the italian sub with hot peppers, our kids are fiends for the meatball parm. Victoria swears by the italian tuna. Even a simple bacon, egg and cheese, served on a hero instead of a roll, is transcendent. It has healing powers. Order a 1/2 or a 1/3 sandwich (that's a half or a third of a baseball bat-sized loaf of italian bread).  1/2 easily serves two. 

Defonte's just opened an outlet in the suburbs: Manhattan, at Third Ave and 21st Street. Not so peculiar, until you consider the fact that Rocky Sullivan's relocated to Red Hook from Lex and 29th. Could there be a secret tunnel (or cosmic wormhole) linking Red Hook to the Gramercy/Murray Hill area? 

Defonte's: 379 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231. (718) 625-8052