Status Check at Il Porto

The brick-oven pizzeria and sidewalk cafe on Washington near the Navy Yard is chugging along to opening. Several people have emailed me with details on how good it looks inside.

I checked it out on Sunday, and I wasn't able to see much. Of course, no one was doing any work.

The boys at RePop tell me they hope to be open within three weeks. August is generally a slow time for local businesses, so let's make sure to check them out when they open the doors!

This is horribly old news, but here is a short piece that Brooklyn Independent Television did on me back in January, where I interviewed the owners-to-be: