R&D Foods

Two doors down from their rotisserie-fired comfort canteen, 606 R&D, City Bakery alums Ilene Rosen and Sara Dima, with Dima’s sister Amy Weeks, unroll the butcher paper for this takeout shop and grocery. In addition to a marketplace selling Hot Bread Kitchen conchas, Brooklyn Cured sausages and larder goods (penny candy, hot sauce), the five-stool eatery is rigged with a sandwich counter serving combos like Benton’s ham and pressed-carrot relish on marble rye, hard-boiled egg with green-olive mayonnaise on a flauta, and a baked-tofu banh mi with Fresno pepper. Prepared foods have a global bent, including a kimchi frittata and an enchilada casserole, while a baked-goods section showcases house-made creations: three-onion buttermilk loaves, sunflower-and-sesame-seeded pound cake and gluten-free oatmeal cookies.