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BRIGHTON BEACH, BROOKLYN

Toné Café

Clay-oven puri, cheese-and-egg khachapuri and khinkali on Neptune Avenue — Brighton Beach's long-running Georgian café and bakery.

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A boat-shaped adjaruli khachapuri with a bright egg yolk beside a long loaf of puri from the clay tone oven at Toné Café
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  • Adjaruli khachapuri with a bright egg yolk in molten cheese at Toné Café
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  • Toné Café's front windows on Neptune Avenue, Brighton Beach, with mums along the sidewalk
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  • The stone-walled dining room at Toné Café
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  • Puri loaves baking on the walls of the clay toné oven that gives Toné Café its name
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  • Eggplant rolls with walnut paste, beet and spinach pkhali topped with pomegranate at Toné Café
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  • Hand-pleated khinkali dumplings on a wooden board at Toné Café
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  • Lobiani, Georgian bean-filled bread, cut into wedges at Toné Café
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A few blocks north of the boardwalk on Neptune Avenue, Toné Café is named for its oven: a tone, the round, deep clay oven that Georgian bakers slap their dough against, much like a tandoor. The puri that comes out of it — a long, crackling loaf with a chewy middle — is on every table. The café has served Brighton's Georgian community for more than two decades, with a small dining room and a bakery next door selling cakes and pastries.

Begin with adjaruli khachapuri, the boat-shaped bread filled with molten cheese, butter and a raw egg yolk you stir in at the table. Follow with khinkali, broth-filled beef dumplings with a peppery filling — hold them by the knot and sip before you bite. On a cold day, order kashi, a garlicky beef soup Georgians swear by after a long night. Drink a tarragon soda or a glass of Georgian amber wine.

Editor’s tip

Sit down rather than grabbing to go, and order something baked in the tone with every meal.

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Editorial draft — core details last reviewed October 19, 2026. Confirm practical details with the official site before you go.