Monomin

"Little did I know what lurked around the corner when I stumbled on Amuni, a new Bay Ridge Sicilian cafe, that it would be my last trip to the neighborhood for a long while. There I found all the vegetable- and seafood-focused dishes of Palermo, including lots of baked pastas and salads. One unexpected item was the muffuletta sandwich, a dish invented over a century ago by Italian immigrants in New Orleans that’s been updated to good effect here. Instead of provolone, there was fresh mozzarella, and instead of olive relish, whole green olives. The sandwich was on a hero roll, too, rather than the traditional round bread, and tasted as spectacular as it looks." - Robert Sietsema