To say that Carlo Mirarchi, Brandon Hoy, and Chris Parachini had a larger vision when Roberta's opened in 2008 would be wrong. "We didn't," Hoy says. "Everything happened, for lack of a better word, organically." Today, the ramshackle space serves as a model for Brooklyn's mashup of high and low. Where else can you eat the city's best pizza, hit a Tiki Disco party, or go deep on a $180 tasting menu at sister spot Blanca? Here we lay out their D.I.Y. evolution.
