[Photographs: Donny Tsang]

One of this winter's more anticipated openings was The Brooklyn Star. After a fire broke out in their old restaurant (which has since been restored as Best Pizza) back in February 2010, the team moved their Southern-inflected restaurant just a few blocks away, and recently reopened. The new Star is a good deal bigger than the original, with two kitchens and a beautiful worn-wood look; while giving me the tour, cook Justin Burchill explained that anything that is wooden in the restaurant was built by them.

Take a look inside of the brand new Brooklyn Star and all the things they're prepping.

About the Author: Donny Tsang traded a life of traffic jams in LA for one of crowded subways in NYC, where he's been since 2003. Now he is a Brooklyn-based food photographer and founded the website Great Food Photos, where he interviews other food photographers.