Carroll Gardens

Ramblin’ Chick is located at 512 Court Street, between Nelson and Huntington Streets, and is currently open on Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The first and most obvious reaction to the news that Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith, the couple that founded, very publicly grew, and then very publicly bankrupted and…

Last month, Francesco “Frank” Buffa sent waves across his neighborhood when he shuttered the gates on Ferdinando’s Focacceria, his 121-year-old Sicilian restaurant in Carroll Gardens. Many feared the worst, and rightfully so. Buffa’s health had been a concern for years, and no successor had been named to take his place as chief of the operation….