Where to Go on Brooklyn’s New Restaurant Row
Mandato
There are three Mexican restaurants on this block, including two right next door to each other, but they all offer something different. Mandato, on the west side of the avenue, is a small storefront eatery that offers cheap and authentic food; usually I go to Pancho’s a bit farther north for that kind of thing, but this is a fine alternative. Mandato also stays open late; should you ever find yourself stumbling home from Three Jolly Pigeons at an ungodly hour, chances are the party’ll still be kicking in here.