“it always delivers on its purpose—serving tasty classic italian sandos in a welcoming space.”
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“it always delivers on its purpose—serving tasty classic italian sandos in a welcoming space.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Definitely the thinness. I think the batter helps too. A lot of Italian delis use breadcrumbs, but they got soggy really quickly.”
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“I’m all about the roast pork special. The fried eggplant serving as a buffer to keep the bread from getting soggy is chefs 💋”
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“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”
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“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.”
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“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”
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“Defontes is ass. Other than roast beef it’s genuinely not a good sandwich they use c tier slimy deli meat and weak bread.”
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“Roast pork special, add hot salad and gravy on the side at Defontes. You are welcome.”
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“my favorite is the potato egg and cheese from Defonte's. So much more than the sum of its parts.”
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“Valentino Special at Defonte's in first place - fried eggplant, provolone and red peppers on a gargantuan hero”
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“It does, however have the best monster sandwiches in the city.”
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“Defontes is the best though. Nothing like a steak piazolla.”
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“you can't go wrong with any of the sandwiches”
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“the chicken itself was very thick, a little dry, and not very flavorful sans the delicious sauce.”
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“defontes for Italian hero’s”
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“If I had to do my 6 favourite sandwich spots/ sandwiches I’d do: Agis tuna melt De fontes egg and potato”
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“Guiseppe Special from deFontes”
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“Hometown BBQ and Defontes (american-Italian sandwiches) could rip both on a trip to Red Hook”
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“Sandwich — DeFonte’s”
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“The Nicky Special from Defonte's.”
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“I love Nicky, but if you’re just looking for eggplant get the Valentino special. You can’t go wrong with any breaded eggplant sandwich at Defontes.”
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“Defonte's for ginormous Italian sandwiches”
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“Shredded lettuce there is pure class”
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“I've always loved the roast beef special at Defonte's in Red Hook.”
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“Fried eggplant with provolone, lettuce tomato and whatever other fixings you want. It's unreal”
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“I would say their strong suit is the hot heroes, especially with eggplant”
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“Defonte’s has a far better roast pork special”
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“* Italian counter service: Defonte's in Red Hook for Italian-style sandwiches”
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“Not sure when you last went there. I recently had Defonte's, Faicco's and Lioni's all in the span of two weeks. Defonte's was the runaway winner.”
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“De fontes egg, potato and cheese”
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“Defontes roast beef special with hot salad, gravy on the side”
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“Gotta hit Defonte’s for a sandwich too”
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“And the steak pizzaola”
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“Both was good but a little disappointing. The main ingredients Eggplant and Chicken seemed to lack flavor in both . Great bread cheese and sauce on both.”
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“Defontes is absolutely a destination. Steak Pizzaola is one of the best sandwiches in NYC and no one else makes it.”
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“My favorite sandwich in the city is their roast pork special. The roast beef is good too. Egg and pepper is really good too”
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“Golden Boy with hot peppers is my go-to but you can’t go wrong at Defontes.”
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“My go-to is to bike down to Defontes for a roast pork special.”
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“My go-to is the Nicky Special.”
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“Recommend getting a good Italian sub at Court Street Grocers or Defontes”
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“defontes roast beef”
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“Not a French dip but a fire answer.”
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“Defonte's - insane sandwiches”
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“Defonte’s, get the roast pork special, which has broccoli rabe, fried eggplant, and gravy.”
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“The roast pork special, golden boy or steak pizzaiol at DeFontes are all fire.”
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“I’d also recommend getting an Italian hero at a place like Faicco’s or Defonte’s.”
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“Steak piazzola w fresh motz. It's basically an Italian cheese steak.”
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