Wood-fired pizza, handmade pasta, and generations of love — brought straight from Naples to your table.
Seasonal creations — available while ingredients last.
Wide ribbon pasta with slow-braised wild boar ragù, rosemary, juniper, aged Pecorino.
32oz T-bone, aged 45 days, grilled over wood embers. Serves two. With roasted potatoes and grilled vegetables.
Crispy fried shell, whipped ricotta, candied orange, dark chocolate chips, pistachio dust.
Salvatore and Maria Esposito left Naples with one suitcase, a family recipe book, and a dream. In 1987, they opened Bella Napoli in a tiny Carroll Gardens storefront — twenty seats, no reservations, line out the door.
Three decades later, their son Marco runs the kitchen with the same sourdough starter his mother brought from Italy. The wood-fired oven is original. The recipes haven't changed.
Today, Bella Napoli is a Brooklyn institution — but it still feels like Sunday dinner at the Esposito family table.
"The Margherita here ruined pizza for me everywhere else. I'm not even joking — I drove 45 minutes just to get it again last week."
"Been coming for 15 years. Marco now remembers my usual order. The osso buco is still the best in the borough — maybe the city."
"Took my Italian grandmother here and she cried. Said it tasted exactly like her mother's cooking in Salerno. That's the only review you need."
Reservations fill fast on weekends. Book your table now — or walk in and hope for the best.
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fisherpikeman.com247 Smith Street
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Near F/G at Smith-9th · Street parking available
(718) 555-0192
reservations@bellanapoli.com
Reservations recommended
Walk-ins welcome when available