Palo Santo is located in the ground floor of a Brooklyn townhouse on a tree-lined block of Union Street.

A fifty seat, chef-owned establishment since opening in 2006, Palo Santo is a neighborhood favorite among Park Slope’s community of food savvy, yet down-to-earth restaurants.

The name Palo Santo comes from a tropical evergreen native to South America and the Caribbean, also called lignum vitae - Latin for tree of life. The wood is known for both its durability and its healing properties, with uses ranging from ship building to natural incense.