Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar

Spanakopita Pie is made with spinach, scallions, mozzarella, ricotta, feta and dill at Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack.

Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack offers patrons a spacious dining room and bar.

A colorful mural of a Mediterranean scene is painted on a wall in the dining room of Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack.

Patrons dine in the spacious dining room of Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack.

Sous chef Peter Kontomanolis, left, and chef Chris Bisiotis in the kitchen of Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack.

Among the mezze (Greek starters) at Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack, spanakopita, the traditional Greek spinach pie, is flaky and golden.

An appetizer of grilled octopus is piled high with cucumber and chickpeas and doused with Greek yogurt, lemon and olive oil at Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack.

For the updated saganaki at Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack, lengths of Graviera cheese are fried, stacked and served with a compote of lemon and thyme.

At Ara Greek Kitchen & Bar in Commack, there's always a daily special of whole fish -- here, a grilled black sea bass served on a bed of sweet-potato skordalia with roasted Brussels sprouts.