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Kitchen A Bistro: Reservations welcomed in St. James
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Eric Lomando has always had reservations about reservations. None of the chef’s three Suffolk County restaurants — Kitchen A Bistro and Kitchen A Trattoria in St. James, Orto in Miller Place — has ever accepted them for weeknight dinners. But about a month ago, Lomando changed course and now accepts bookings either by phone, at the website kitchenabistro.com or through Open Table.
The no-credit-card...
Read more »Ferraris and more at Insignia in Smithtown
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The parking lot at Insignia, the glittery Smithtown steak house, is used to fancy cars. On May 16, there will be even more vroom vroom.
The restaurant is slated to host an "exotic car show" on Thursday, featuring grand marques such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Bugatti, Maserati, Aston Martin and Porsche, plus a live DJ.
There's no charge to attend the event, which goes from ...
Read more »Long Island restaurant reviews: this week's picks
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In this week’s Newsday, Peter Gianotti reviews the revamped and retooled Jack Halyards American Bar & Grill in Oyster Bay. Under the assured direction of chef John Brill, “the successor to Fiddleheads, a seafood house, expands the repertoire in this dimly lit stretch of downtown Oyster Bay. Once more, there's life north of Main Street.”
Joan Reminick visits Maxwell’s in Islip, a boisterous...
Read more »New and Turkish in Mount Sinai
Mavi Grill & Deli brings the fare of Turkey and the Mediterranean to Mount Sinai. The table-service restaurant is owned by a married couple — native Long Islander Lauren Iaria-Kola and Turkish-born Tuncay (T.J.) Kola; the two originally met in California.
On the menu: Mavi delight for two, with hummus, falafel, babaghanoush, grape leaves, Feta cheese, Kalamata olives and pita ($9.95);...
Read more »Point Lookout gets new pub
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The Point Ale House & Grill, which took over the former digs of The Bay House last August, just came under new co-ownership. And a new chef has come on board.
Frank Pignataro, who cooked at E.B. Elliott’s in Freeport, said he revamped the pub-style menu to jibe with the restaurant’s craft beer selection. “It blew my mind that there was no seafood before,” he said. Now, Pignataro offers...
Read more »Almond in Bridgehampton pairs squid and wine
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Squid and rose co-star at a dinner May 15 at Almond in Bridgehampton that features Channing Daughters wines.
The three-star restaurant joins with Edible East End magazine to offer a four-course meal with calamari cooked different ways and paired with rose wines from the winery, which also is in Bridgehampton.
Cost: $60 per person plus tax and tip. Dinner starts at 7 p.m.
Chef...
Read more »Mother's Day vegetarian Indian buffet
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For an unconventional Mother’s Day brunch, consider the Indian vegetarian buffet at Chennai Dosas in Hicksville.
For $11.95 a person, you get to eat as much as you want from a buffet with two kinds of soup, six vegetarian curries and a choice of either a made-to-order dosa (a light lentil crepe filled with a spiced mashed potato mixture) or an uttapam (a pancake version of the dosa)....
Read more »Daisho of Japan says sayonara to Huntington
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Daisho of Japan is no longer serving yakitori and ramen in the heart of Huntington. No sushi either. Or anything else. The restaurant has closed, as has the Huntington village branch of Dragon Gate, which had offered Chinese takeout from an entrance around the corner.
When Daisho opened last fall, its yakitori was exceptional, as was its soul-warming ramen soup. The restaurant garnered a two...
Read more »North Fork Table and Inn, Southold: Kitchen changes
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Stephan Bogardus has left the kitchen of North Fork Table and Inn in Southold.
The North Fork native came aboard as chef de cuisine in July 2011, a few months after Gerry Hayden, the restaurant’s executive chef and co-owner, was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). In March 2013, Bogardus competed on the Food Network show Chopped.
Bogardus said that he has plans to move to...
Read more »Food drive this Saturday on Long Island
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This may be the easiest way to help alleviate hunger on Long Island: This Saturday, May 11, simply place nonperishable foods next to your mailbox before regular mail delivery. Local letter carriers will pick up the items and bring them to local food banks.
That’s the idea behind the 21st annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, an annual collaboration between the National Association of Letter...
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