With its beautiful brownstones, tree-lined streets and friendly independent businesses, it's no wonder so many folks flock to our neighborhood. High Fives is a recurring column in which a local shares some favorite haunts.
While Marky Ramone may be best known to the rest of the world for the 15 years he spent as drummer for seminal punk band The Ramones, in this borough he will always be considered just another neighborhood guy. Patch caught up with the self-described "Downtown Brooklyn" rocker as he prepared for his Blitszkrieg tour of the East Coast.
We asked Ramone to share his five favorite places in the neighborhood. With an eponymous line of tomato sauces sold in specialty markets, perhaps it's no surprise that the star's answers all came straight from the gut:
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1. - "Caputo's is an old time family-owned and -operated business," said Ramone. "Everything they do is great—especially the mozzarella they make daily."
2. - "Frankies makes the best meatball heroes, among other things," Ramone shared, adding, "and it's a nice time of year to sit and eat out back."
3. - "I played approximately 1,700 shows with The Ramones and at pretty much all of them we had two pizzas delivered to the dressing room beforehand," he said. "So that pretty much makes me an expert and Lucali's makes a great pie!"
4. - "On the weekend, the Court Street bakery makes the best lobster rolls," Ramone rhapsodized. "And 'don't forget the cannolis.' It's a very old school bakery."
5. - "This is a nice place to go before or after hitting the movie theater nearby for an espresso and a chocolate cupcake," Ramone told us.
You can catch Marky Ramone performing live at on April 1.
