"Opened by a brother-and-sister duo, Johnny's belongs to a long line of family-owned pollo a la brasa restaurants that started in Woodside back in 1973. This slightly upscaled, still unassuming corner chifa spot - where, under a curtain covering half the window, you can spy on the rotisserie chickens spinning on the spit in the back room - is planted in a restaurant-dense corner of Williamsburg, but it's making a name for itself even with places"
"Sit at the bar and kick things off with a frozen lychee pisco sour that's finished with a float of Angostura bitters. Then order the chicken, its mahogany-brown, crisped skin and side of creamy aji verde is a boon for the neighborhood. Make it a combo with the yuca fries, cut real thick. There's a vegetarian fried rice that's exactly what you'd want out of your neighborhood Chinese takeout, and a lomo saltado with a soy-vinegar sauce."
The roundup highlights new and notable restaurants across Brooklyn and beyond, including new Ethiopian, Peruvian, Thai, and two hotel restaurants. Johnny's in Williamsburg is opened by a brother-and-sister duo and continues a family-owned pollo a la brasa tradition originating in Woodside in 1973. The upscaled yet unassuming corner chifa spot reveals rotisserie chickens behind a curtained window and serves a frozen lychee pisco sour, mahogany-brown rotisserie chicken with creamy aji verde, thick-cut yuca fries, vegetarian fried rice, and lomo saltado with soy-vinegar sauce. Barbuto Brooklyn is Jonathan Waxman's new iteration located in a large 1 Hotel space in DUMBO that caters to parents and visiting family.
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