Black Oak on Fifth

200 5th Ave, Brooklyn
(347) 599-0491

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I was there with my colleagues Monday, November 10. We were at the nearby Signal Awards where our podcast received a Bronze prize for our podcast about Italian food, “I Wish I Were a Prosciutto.” We were hungry and looking for something with prosciutto. We had your most delicious pizza with prosciutto and arugula. The crust was Neapolitan perfection and the toppings were bursting with flavor. We were also impressed with the good-as-Nona’s meatballs....
I came here for brunch with high hopes and a growling stomach. The service was excellent—attentive, warm, and genuinely kind—but the food felt like a missed opportunity wrapped in marinara.

I ordered the Eggs in Purgatory, which looked like it wanted to be shakshuka’s Italian cousin but forgot to bring the flavor profile. The sauce lacked depth, the egg was fine but unremarkable, and the whole dish landed somewhere between “comfort food” and “well,...
I often pass by there and it appeared as just another restaurant on Fifth Avenue. I tried it yesterday and I was amazed!!! Food, service, and atmosphere were all excellent. I wish they were in Philadelphia and I would be there today again 😊. For now I have to settle for my weekly trips to Brooklyn. Great place!

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