Roberta's Pizza - Bushwick

Since my previous attempt to visit Roberta's Pizza was diverted due to dinner-rush-wait-times this second try was aimed at the normally empty time when brunch turns over into dinner. Of course, this being Roberta's, the place was still mostly full but there were a couple of free seats to be had, and my sister and I made sure to have them.

Roebling Tea Room - Williamsburg

Robert Burns once wrote that, "The best laid plans of mice and men go often askew and leave us naught but grief and pain for promised joy." Such was almost the case when my planned birthday dinner with my sister at Roberta's Pizza ran into a roadblock the size of their Saturday night dinner rush. The evening's bar plans would not allow for the 45 minute wait and I was left racking my brain for a nearby replacement. Thankfully, I remembered the Roebling Tea Room a short trip away on the L train.