Lauren Scala visits The Esters in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Manager and owner Alicia Rebensdorf and chef and owner Jenny Olbrich tell Lauren all about the unique and pillowy pizza and great variety of wines.
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I think we can all agree that some of the best things in life involve pizza cheese and wine and that is exactly what the ladies of the Esters are serving up here in Greenpoint Brooklyn Jenny Alicia congratulations on your 2-year anniversary of the Esters you have such
A great story how did this all come together I had another bar called tett and about maybe I don’t know seven eight years ago I was in a tight spot and I asked my friend Jenny who had a pizza shop up in Rhode Island to help me out
Baring for a little while and then she started doing pizzas there for parties CU that’s her specialty and then when it came time to expand and I asked her to partner up with me 2017 I got rid of my summer place and then people had asked
To partner up with me and I said No and then when she asked me I was like heck yeah cuz she’s a very hardworking woman in this industry and uh here we are what do you serve here we serve wine cheese and the star of the show is Jen’s Pizza
I know I knew what they served here everybody talks about it that’s why we’re here what would you say sets your pizza apart it’s different it’s it’s a square pie it looks like it’s more like a Detroit Sicilian but it’s not because it’s poofy like it’s a it’s fluffy and
Airy so how many different pizzas are on the menu there’s always five pizzas on so there’s always pepperoni from Emily’s pork on Graham Avenue a margarita and a tea model which is a white pie with um tomatoes and arugula and then I always have two swapping Out specials it just
Depends on the season so I like to keep it seasonal and then you have awesome cheeseboards yeah at least a dozen cheeses along with like five or six Meats but nice and easy things that eating casually so you don’t have to come in for a full dinner you can just
Meet a friend for a glass of wine and have a little board maybe share a pizza speaking of wine what are they can you explain to me I see the word weird and I’m intrigued I try come up with a way to kind of like tell people about the
Wine without having like a bunch of describers so I was just kind of thinking about how I buy things I’m like I usually buy something light I buy something kind of medium or full and I always get something that’s kind of funking strange you guys are great I’m
Really excited we’re going to get to try some of the pizzas and some of the cocktails and wine absolutely tot good cuz I’m hungry right on this is a dream day all right so what pies did you make first up a classic the pepperoni pie and
Then I have the tea model which is a super classic white pie then one of our seasonal specials this is the Stacy’s mom so it’s black Mission Turkish figs ricotta Speck shave garlic ooh and an age balsamic as well this is a skin contact it’s from this Japanese wine
Maker this is a domestic wine it’s actually made in Virginia this is a early Mountain wine and this is a coof ferment M that is delicious M the dough is so good it’s perfect it looks like it’s doughy but it’s not this dough I’m not it really is one of the best dos
I’ve ever like it’s so flavorful too like tasty like just have you know obviously I ate all the cheese and sauce and pepperoni but even what’s left like I’m most people that sometimes like I’ll just put the crust on the side not this crust thank you I appreciate it I’m very
Happy right Brooklyn’s got all the good stuff yeah cuz we’re awesome you are n