in the article (I've eaten at 5 of them) is Grimaldi's - under the footings of the Brooklyn Bridge
in Brooklyn Heights. Our offices in NYC are right by the Manhattan side of the bridge. After work it's a 15 minute walk over the bridge, a couple of slices at Grimaldi's while watching the Yankee game, then a walk back over to the city for a night in a $600 hotel room overlooking Ground Zero. Stop off at a grocery with a bakery and get a slice of cheesecake for a midnight snack and a couple croissants for breakfast...

Could be worse...