Brooklyn’s Hottest Hotel Is Opening an Even Hotter Restaurant

Andrew Carmellini’s Leuca, in the new William Vale, will highlight a different region of Italy from his prior restaurants.
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Surely you’ve noticed the dramatic new building towering over the waterfront in Williamsburg, the William Vale hotel, which looks like it could be home to some very stylish and gigantic intergalactic insects. And, even if you haven’t personally experienced the line to get into Westlight, the bar set on the hotel’s 22nd floor with panoramic views of lower Manhattan and outstanding cocktails, you might have heard about it. (Its line is long and ever-present.)

And, through Thanksgiving, there’s the delightful Mr. Dips food truck parked in the hotel’s 15,000-square-foot Vale Park.