Il Leone

Brooklyn slice shops are the foundation of our world-class pizza scene, and every single one of them, including the eight favorites we singled out in 2024, will happily box up a whole pie—or three—for you to devour in the comfort of your home. But there’s also another type of pizza establishment in our County of…

Il Leone is located at 158 Seventh Avenue, just south of Garfield Place, and is currently open on Thursday through Sunday from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Ben Wexler-Waite is a New York kid through and through, born and raised on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But in 2021, he found himself living in…