One Bedford Cafe Opens To Serve Gourmet Pastries, Espresso In Greenpoint

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN —The triangular property between Bedford and Nassau avenues just north of McCarren Park that used to be Nights and Weekends this week reopened as a cafe called One Bedford.

One Bedford, which calls its property a "flatiron in Greenpoint," is serving Italian pastries, espresso by Devocion and late-night bistro fare. The press release featured a close-up of a croissant topped with pink frosting and filled with mascarpone cheese.

Alexandra Siwiec, who was the owner of Nights and Weekends, owns the new cafe, which features dishes and cocktails inspired by her travels through Europe. Siwiec also owns The Good Room in Greenpoint and is opening The Gentry, around the corner from One Bedford.

The menu includes shrimp a la plancha in a butter sauce with fresh jalapeno and radish, a juicy seared chicken prepared with a housemade morel sauce sitting on a creamy polenta and the One Burger, with a blend of ground chorizo and beef topped with baby swiss cheese and aioli.

Drinks include the Ricard, Perroquet Red, Cardinal, Americano, Kir and the house signature Spritz as well as spiked iced coffee and frozen punches. A late night menu will be available until 3 a.m., including bar bites like Caponata Tacos and Arancini, or fried rice balls.

One Bedford's hours:

Monday: Espresso and breakfast pastries from 7am-2pm; dinner and late night biters 5pm-3am

Tuesday-Friday Coffee & pastries 7:30am all day, dinner 5pm-10pm, late night till 3am

Saturday & Sunday: Brunch from 10am – 5pm, dinner until late night 5pm-3am

Photos via One Bedford