Food in Bedford-Stuyvesant

Noel and Geeta Brown have been frying bara and filling it with curried chickpeas since 2002, first in a narrow storefront on Nostrand Avenue and since 2018 around the corner on Fulton with seats. You order doubles at the counter and say how much pepper you want. The James Beard Foundation gave the place an America's Classics award in 2019.

Mon, 6:30am to 4pm. Tue to Sat, 6:30am to 7pm. Closed Sunday. Listings disagree on the close, so go earlier rather than later

Craig Samuel and Ben Grossman opened this on the Lewis and MacDonough corner in 2008 and it became the part of Bed-Stuy where people sit for a long time. The kitchen runs Lowcountry shrimp and grits and a Louisiana gumbo, and the hot chicken is the other reason people come. It is a full sit-down dinner rather than a quick stop.

Mon to Thu, 11am to 10pm. Fri, 11am to 11pm. Sat, 11am to 4pm then 5pm to 11pm. Sun, 10am to 4pm then 5pm to 10pm

A Neapolitan pizzeria on the Halsey and Lewis corner, fitted out with salvaged furniture and mismatched chairs. It opened in 2009, before this stretch had much else on it, and the wood oven is still the point. There is a garden at the back when the weather allows.

Mon to Fri, 5pm to 10pm. Sat and Sun, 10am to 10pm