Marco Polo Take Out
3.5
- Neighborhood: Carroll Gardens
- 347 Court St.
- Brooklyn, NY 11231
- 718-243-1000
If you’ve ever walked past Marco Polo Ristorante, the Venetian-style
supper club on Court Street in Carroll Gardens, it’s hard not to notice
the sign outside advertising valet parking. So people actually drive to
dinner in brownstone Brooklyn? Apparently. But as is the case with
Italian social clubs, intimidation ($26 osso bucco; broken joints for
ordering the wrong way; a combination of both) has kept many from
entering Macro Polo for a meal. Now is your chance, sorta, with a new
takeout branch next door featuring brick-oven pizza, calzones and
select menu items like veal Marsala and eggplant rollatini. Owner
Joseph Chirico built the oven brick-by-brick with help from a Napoli
mason (flown in for the task), and the results justify the labor.
Paper-thin crust, charred in the 1,000-degree hearth, is topped with
fresh mozzarella and offbeat ingredients like quail eggs and spicy
anduja sausage. Each “individual” pie runs between $9 and $13,
bargain-basement pricing compared to nearby Lucali. According to
Chiricio, the nabe’s standing brick-oven savant Mark Iacono has stopped
by a couple times for a slice…and approved.
Getting There
- Cross Streets:
- Union St.
The Basics
- Cuisine:
- Italian
Features
- Features:
- Takeout/Carryout
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Rate Marco Polo Take Out
"Cheap and Yummy"
charliecookz from downtown - April 17, 2008
Great brick oven pizza, properly seasoned unlike Lucali
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