The
City Grill on Westmorland Street is closing, and will reopen as
two new restaurants (presumably upstairs and downstairs) in the near future:
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Angelina's Italian Grill
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Brooklyn Deli
This is apparently in response to the changing culinary landscape in the downtown area with several new popular restaurants opening in the core over the course of the last year.....
At Angelina’s Italian Grill the dining room will be large and airy with the aromas of garlic, tomato sauce and basil. It will have just the right balance of comfort and old world style to make it the right restaurant for any occasion.
We hope to be both an extraordinary casual dining experience and a favourite neighbourhood restaurant. We want to make everyone who walks into the restaurant feel happy.
We will operate on the principles of authenticity, hospitality, quality and fun. The dishes true to their Italian heritage and local sensibilities; the hospitality - generous and heartfelt; food - of the highest quality, as are the surroundings and ambiance; and finally there will be an affectionate sense of fun.
Angelina’s center piece will be the open kitchen. You will see respected well dressed cooks prepare your meal from scratch. The hustle and bustle will provide a liveliness that flows throughout the entire restaurant, not unlike the warm glow from the wood-burning oven.
You will not find any cans of prepared pasta sauce, microwave ovens or pre-made sauces. You will find pots of freshly made tomato sauce gently bubbling on the stoves, hand-rolled meatballs waiting to be cooked; and fragrant bouquets of fresh herbs soon to be chopped and mixed. You will also see jugs of imported, fruity olive oil; fresh and dried pasta; large chunks of age Romano and Parmesan cheeses; and bottles of red wine and balsamic vinegars.
Brooklyn deli will be about good food, good cooking and good people.
The Deli will capture the history of Brooklyn from the 1930s until today - guests will come to meet friends for an overstuffed deli sandwich and a premium coffee for lunch and come back with their families at the end of the day for fresh beef brisket, turkey with dressing and all the trimmings, a Brooklyn sized steakburger, crispy southern fried chicken or a mile high meat loaf.
As guests walk inside they will be greeted by the sweet smells and aromas of rich cheesecake- some plain and creamy, others crowned with strawberries, blueberries or cherries all finished off with our macaroon crumb topping. Rows and rows of perfect cookies, lemon meringue pie, and strawberry shortcake frosted with whipped cream and crowned with fresh strawberries. Bakery cases with pans of warm coffee rings stuffed with cherries & nuts, monstrous muffins and sticky buns. Most items will look extra-high and extra large, overstuffed with filling, towering with mounds of whipped cream or frosting, and professionally decorated to perfection. This will be no ordinary bakery counter.
The walls and decor will tell a decade by decade story of Brooklyn. The theatre district, vaudeville, rock “n’roll extravaganzas, Brooklyn Dodgers, the boardwalk, Coney Island and the Brooklyn Bridge. Framed press clipping of major Brooklyn events, pictures of baseball heroes, movie stars and Brooklyn memorabilia will adorn every corner of the dining room. Waiters in white shirts and black slacks, vests and bow ties- all making you think you just stepped back into the glorious fifties.
Going to Brooklyn Deli will be an event. A place that will be a home away from home.
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