Posted May 8, 2012, 3:04 PM
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http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories..._05_11_bk.html
Park Slope sandwich shop to open in People's Playground
By Daniel Bush
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Call it “Coney Heights.” The Downtownification of the People’s Playground is well underway — and Brownstone Brooklyn businesses are leading the charge.
Popular Park Slope eatery Zito’s Sandwich Shoppe will open a gourmet hoagie hub on Jones Walk near Luna Park, becoming the latest in a growing list of Downtown restaurants replacing game booths and Boardwalk bars that embraced Coney Island’s honky-tonk charm for decades.
Zito’s co-owner Marcello Bucca said he decided to invest in Coney Island after Tom’s Restaurant in Prospect Heights and Grimaldi’s Pizzeria in DUMBO snapped up properties in the amusement area — which the city wants to transform into an upscale, year-round tourist destination.
“The fact that Grimaldi’s and Tom’s are making big money moves proves that it’s the beginning of a renaissance in Coney Island,” said Bucca, a Bensonhurst native. “New people are coming in. We’re banking that the area’s changing.”
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