The Verdict
EMILY holds a Michelin star in Clinton Hill for Matt and Emily Hyland's restaurant — a wood-fired pizza kitchen whose Emmy burger (the smash burger that has generated as much critical discussion as the pizza itself) communicates what happens when two obsessive cooks apply their complete culinary intelligence simultaneously to two preparations that the restaurant world usually treats as mutually exclusive.
The pizza programme at Emily reflects the wood-fired philosophy applied with the knowledge that several years of daily production accumulates: the specific dough whose fermentation communicates genuine commitment to the preparation's time requirements; the specific sourcing of tomatoes and mozzarella that communicates direct producer relationships; and the toppings applied in the amounts that the balance the dough and sauce can carry.
One Michelin star in Clinton Hill for a pizza kitchen whose burger has become as celebrated as its pizza communicates what happens when genuine culinary obsession is applied to two preparations with equal conviction. For guests who want the most culinarily ambiguous available Michelin-starred meal in Brooklyn — is it a pizza restaurant or a burger restaurant? — Emily provides the most specifically delicious available confusion.
Why It Works for a Team Dinner
The Emily format — pizza or burger, or both, the wood-fired approach communicating genuine culinary conviction, the Clinton Hill neighbourhood providing the residential Brooklyn atmosphere — creates the team dinner that communicates genuine neighbourhood knowledge while delivering both of the city's most fundamental debates: pizza or burger, Manhattan or Brooklyn.
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