Catherine Lombardi’s family came to Brooklyn from Naples. Her cooking brought her whole extended family together every Sunday and every holiday from VJ day through the early 1980s. It’s Neapolitan-based and heavily Brooklyn-influenced. Generations of Italian-Americans grew up on this food. You see the names of these dishes on restaurant menus today, but they are often pale imitations of the food that inspired them. It takes days to make the gravy just right, to make the eggplant just so, to make the bracciola sing and the mozzarella spring and spit.
Mark Pascal is Catherine Lombardi’s grandson. Her traditions have been passed on to him. The food will meet her exacting standards. Catherine Lombardi always cooked with the best ingredients. Did she ever say the words “organic, free-range chicken?” No. But back then of course, it was all organic and free-ranging.
To get ingredients up to Catherine’s standards, we have to work a little harder today. Our chickens are organic and free-ranging and from local farms. Our NJ tomatoes are from Indyke Farms in Monroe, Baker Farms in East Brunswick, and Dreyer Farms in Cranford. We put them up every summer. Our heritage pork is from small farms across America.
We start with the best and we take no shortcuts. That’s what sets us apart. We hope that Catherine would be proud and we hope it helps to bring you and yours closer as it did for the Lombardi and their kin for generations. And don’t forget the artichokes.
Both Catherine Lombardi Restaurant and Stage Left Restaurant offer the same wine list. The Italian section of the list by itself is one of the finest Italian wine lists anywhere.
Catherine Lombardi
📍 3 Livingston Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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📞 (732) 296-9463
⏰ Tuesday – Thursday 4:30 pm–9:00 PM | Friday – Saturday 4:30 PM–9:30 PM
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