Layla Jones

01/29/2022

We are OPEN!! Snowy day pizza sounds perfect yes?

03/16/2020

Now more than ever ❤️ Please share

Layla Jones
214 Court Street
718.624.2361

Fatty Daddy Taco
152 Smith Street
929.295.9361

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310 9th Street
718.499.8226

09/24/2018

Yeah...I'm not gonna lie. This is upsetting. On so many levels. If you can, try to bear with me until the end. We've watched these guys (see below) do wonders in the neighborhood. In fact, we've admired what they've done. Frankies, Prime Meat, Pedlar...I mean BOOM! Being neighbors of Pedlar (and by that I mean DIRECTLY across the street neighbors, on the SAME SIDE of the street neighbors), we frequented and enjoyed their coffee joint, Pedlar (and by WE I mean ourselves along with all of our employees, even offering customers who wanted a cup of coffee after their meal a chance to go grab a cup at Pedlar and come back and enjoy). See, that's what the neighborhood has been about. And we LOVED how amazingly popular their places were because it only made things better for the neighborhood. Of course, the neighborhood has changed. But each and every time we have looked for a location for a restaurant we have made sure that we stay clear of any of our neighbors' establishments. Because you just don't do that. You don't open a barbershop next to your neighbor's barber shop. You don't open a hair salon right next to your neighbor's hair salon. Because even if the neighborhood has changed the respect for the community hasn't. This neighborhood rocks. Some restaurant owners know Jimmy Kimmel ("The Franks") and have amazing signs gifted to their restaurants. And we celebrate that and think "this neighborhood is so amazing." Some of us sweat and ache ("Me"), hand-painting our logos on the walls, while friends stop by with lunch or coffee (sometimes Pedlar) to keep our momentum going. Neither one is better than the other. Until you open right next door to each other. After 13 years on Court Street, our new neighbors will be "The Franks" except not with Pedlar anymore. This time they're doing...you guessed it...pizza. They're not just doing pizza. They're bringing in Umberto from Long Island, their pizza God and getting the New York Times and Eater.com to tell you how exciting it's all going to be. And it IS all exciting. You just don't do it right next door to your neighbor's pizza establishment. "The Franks" endeavors won't be so exciting for us this time. Because my husband stays up nights making sure he's doing right by the neighborhood. A twenty-five cent increase in price requires days of thought and consideration and gives him a little agita. He's not done trying to make sure that people can get in and out having a good meal for under (ok maybe for around) 20 dollars. But "The Franks" are ready to move on. They are ready to cater to the multi-million dollar brownstone community. “When we first opened Frankies, we just wanted people to get in and out for under $20,” Mr. Castronovo said. Now, as the brownstones around their Brooklyn businesses sell for several millions of dollars, the restaurateurs want to redirect their efforts." Again, that's just amazing! You just don't do it without thinking about your neighbor. They will make what is already a tough business even tougher for us. We're going be okay, though. We've had such loyal customers for the last 13 years. We'll keep working hard to do what we do. But we know that our friends and neighbors also love Frankies. We were just hoping they would never have to choose whether to enter the doors to the left or the doors to the right when showing their love for both of us. There is room for comment at the end of the Times article as well as the Eater.com article. Feel free to chime in if you agree this wasn't the best and kindest idea they've had.

https://ny.eater.com/2018/9/18/17873642/prime-meats-frankies-457-frankie-umberto

The team behind Frankies 457 Spuntino plan to add a slice shop with a Long Island pizza star; a natural wine bar; and a dining room that takes reservations.

01/02/2017

Shout out to our friends and neighbors on 2nd, 3rd and 4th Place in Carroll Gardens for keeping our delivery guys busy last night. We ALL thank you!

09/26/2016

Thank you Hillary Clinton for supporting Layla Jones by ordering for your entire campaign headquarters staff as they watch the debate tonight. Our hope is that whatever resiliency it has taken for our small business to survive in this crazy city fuels the resiliency that you have shown and will need to take this all the way to November and beyond. Love trumps hate. Good luck tonight!

05/08/2016

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers that have been loyal to us for the last 10 years! We hope in that in some small way our restaurant has made your life easier 💕

05/02/2016

Hosting our lovely Girl Scouts!! Come buy cookies! In on Box 3 myself 🍪

03/29/2016

It goes a little something like this ❤️ Fatty Daddy baby!!

March 29 is National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day! Celebrate your favorite local restaurant owners by taking a look behind the counter and into their pass...

03/06/2016

It's good to be the boss! Guzman made me Huevos Rancheros cuz I'm stuck working all day on a Sunday. It's not on our menu and it's not on my Weight Watchers Plan but momma don't give a hoot right now!!

01/04/2016

Uhmmm... Could anything be more perfect than this right now? Fatty Daddy Taco available for your cleansing needs 🌮

Diets don't get any better than this.

12/10/2015

The Park Slope taco joint has opened a new spot at 152 Smith St. in Boerum Hill.

12/03/2015

Friends and family the time has come...
Lights, Camera, Action! Fatty Daddy Taco official opening TOMORROW, Thursday, December 3rd at 4pm... 152 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Feels a little bit like Christmas Eve. Will there be presents under the tree tomorrow? If we build it will they come? Believe, believe