Staten Island Restaurant Tour, Part IV: Il Forno (Pleasant Plains)

<p>I&rsquo;ll start with a minor housekeeping detail: new phone cam! The Samsung A14 has better color than the A03 I formerly used. Thanks to the miracle of the panorama mode, which I&rsquo;m starting to get the hang of, I&rsquo;ve finally gotten the entire Staten Island Ferry terminal sign into one image (above). Maybe next time I&rsquo;ll manage to eliminate the overhang. Even accounting for massive geometric distortion, panorama also gives a good sense of the plain but spaciously high-ceilinged ferry terminal on the Manhattan side (below). Those bright white rectangles are not the pathway into the afterlife but the actual spaces where the ferries dock and folks walk onto the boat that takes us across the water to New York&rsquo;s &ldquo;Forgotten Borough.&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="https://toycritic.medium.com/staten-island-restaurant-tour-part-iv-il-forno-pleasant-plains-938b7bb0c395"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>