Small game

Cafe Kestrel (Red Hook)

RESTAURANTS • First Word

With one of the city’s tiniest bars, and a dining room that seats only about 20, Red Hook’s newest date-night restaurant is exactly as small as a place can be while still meeting conventional dining expectations. And yet, it does so more elegantly than most. This is a special new spot.

At a glance from the outside, Cafe Kestrel lo…