“it always delivers on its purpose—serving tasty classic italian sandos in a welcoming space.”
H3
8.9/10
AI-generated summary
The roast pork special is the pick. It comes with broccoli rabe and fried eggplant, and the eggplant keeps the bread from going soggy. The and the are the other two people name. Skip the chicken cutlet, it sits in the steam table and gets soggy. The sandwiches are enormous and Red Hook is a hike, but regulars say it's worth it.
NYC classic — Founded in 1922 by Nick Defonte as a bodega in Red Hook, Brooklyn, it began making sandwiches when neighborhood longshoremen started asking for them. Still run by his grandson Nicky, the shop is known for oversized Italian heroes layered with ham, provolone, salami, roast beef, mozzarella and fried eggplant. Wikipedia
“it always delivers on its purpose—serving tasty classic italian sandos in a welcoming space.”
H3
“To me, the best sandwich is the roast pork special: their pork is roasted in-house, and it comes with their fried eggplant which is amazing.”
H3
“their chicken cutlet is kind of weak. It sits in the steam table and gets soggy. I would not recommend somebody travel to red hook for Defontes cutlet.”
H3
“Been wanting to try this one of theirs for a while, and boy, I was not disappointed. This beef was melt-in-your-mouth tender, the kind of thing my mom made in a slow cooker. Great sauce, too, not your usual tomato sauce, there's red wine or something going on there too.”
H3
“Definitely the thinness. I think the batter helps too. A lot of Italian delis use breadcrumbs, but they got soggy really quickly.”
H3
“I’m all about the roast pork special. The fried eggplant serving as a buffer to keep the bread from getting soggy is chefs 💋”
H3
“boy, I was not disappointed. This beef was melt-in-your-mouth tender, the kind of thing my mom made in a slow cooker. Great sauce, too”
H3
“I’m a huge eggplant fan, but it’s SO thin here that it just always kinda tastes like breading and nothing else to me.”
H3
“Easily. What I get is the fried eggplant w sauce and grated cheese. I asked the kid on tiktok. They batter the eggplant. And fry. Somehow it’s crispy”
H3
“Defontes is ass. Other than roast beef it’s genuinely not a good sandwich they use c tier slimy deli meat and weak bread.”
H3
“Roast pork special, add hot salad and gravy on the side at Defontes. You are welcome.”
H2
“my favorite is the potato egg and cheese from Defonte's. So much more than the sum of its parts.”
H2