Where To Find Gaziantep-Style Kunefe In Bay Ridge
Green-topped pistachio baklava and warm kunefe come out of a Bay Ridge counter working in the Gaziantep tradition.
🥮 From the tray
Antepli Baklava works a Bay Ridge counter on 5th Avenue in the Gaziantep tradition, where the display case holds trays of pistachio baklava cut into diamonds and stacked by the dozen. The signature is a wide kunefe, a shredded-pastry round packed with cheese and buried under a thick layer of ground green pistachio. Order it warm and the cheese pulls into long strands as the fork goes in, the syrup still soaking through. Diamonds of baklava come by the piece or the box, and the pistachio reads bright rather than heavy. The room stays small, the turnover quick.
