Ferdinando's Focacceria, founded in 1904 and closed in 2025, was New York City's oldest Sicilian restaurant. It was the third oldest Italian restaurant behind Rao's and Bamonte's. It is located at 151 Union Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
Panelle was their most popular dish.
History Ferdinando’s was near the Brooklyn waterfront and they were a sandwich shop for the longshoremen working there.
In popular culture The restaurant appeared in The Departed by Martin Scorsese.
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