Lella Alimentari
Coffee shop · Williamsburg ·
Italian cafe w/ piadinas, coffee & imported goods
Italian cafe w/ piadinas, coffee & imported goods
"Lella is a casual Italian spot near the Lorimer L stop that’s popular with locals, and if you stop by on a nice day, you’ll probably see some people outside hanging with their dogs. And once you get past all these dogs, you’ll find a nice, homey space filled with vintage toys, old pots and pans, and a yellow rotary telephone. The employees wear bright red beanies like Jacques Cousteau (or Steve Zissou), and they’ll make you a good cheesy flatbread sandwich or a bowl of vegetables with a poached egg and a chunk of burrata. Grab a table, hang out for a while, and try to become a regular." - bryan kim
"With coffee and pastries in hand from places like Lella Alimentari, I’d grab a bench and head to McCarren Park for people-watching on the lawn." - Eater Staff
"This year-round Italian restaurant and specialty grocer is a go-to for all your red sauce needs. Located in the former Tacombi space, this bright corner spot is the ideal stop to grab a cappuccino and charcuterie platter to take to the beach. Alternatively, book a table to bite into Neapolitan-style pizzas (the owners of Williamsburg’s L'industrie helped create the pizza menu), lasagna, extensive pasta options, plus a full cocktail list that will keep you snacking on crispy artichokes alongside Negronis and espresso martinis." - Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner
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"There’s a little Italian coffee shop close to where I live called Lella Alimentari. During the pandemic, they built these enclosed areas where you can sit outside. It’s not the world’s most sophisticated set-up, but it’s in such a good location, and it really is easy-breezy. My friend Erin came over in the morning, early, and we just had a nice sit-down coffee and talked about whatever."
"Located a one-mile stroll from the author's Brooklyn apartment, this hybrid third-wave coffee shop and tiny grocery evokes a vicolo in Italy: shelves stocked with imported tomatoes, beautifully packaged olive oil, and dried pasta, walls decorated like a nonna’s with children's dolls, and Tuscan baristas who greet customers with “ciao” (a nickname friends also use). Always bustling, it centers on a long white-washed communal table where regulars sip large iced coffees and dig into piadine—Italian flatbreads stuffed with prosciutto cotto, speck, stracchino cheese, arugula, and radicchio—whose bitter greens, warm melty cheese, and salty cured meats offer a satisfying textural balance and a dependable hangover cure. Quieter early mornings bring breakfast salads of egg, shishito pepper, and avocado, making it a cozy, convivial weekend ritual rather than a place for workouts." - ByEmily Schultz