Business lunch-friendly restaurants on Long Island
Michael Regan from Uniondale, left, and Grant Hendricks from Bay Shore, lunch at Tweeds, an 1896 landmarked restaurant inside the J.J Sullivan Hotel in Riverhead. (April 10, 2013) Credit: Randee Daddona
Even in a 24/7 world, there's still noon to 3 p.m.
The business lunch may be trimmer, its pace faster, and three martinis rare. But a lot of what the IRS terms "the active conduct of business," with half the expense deductible, continues at tables large and small across post-recession Long Island.
Here's a sampler of restaurants in five Nassau-Suffolk hubs, where you can seal the deal.
Here's the newest, shiniest big-time steakhouse in central Nassau -- although you could be at any Capital Grille. They're nationwide and international, reliable, pricey and busy. Midday, try the chopped salad, shrimp cocktail, cedar-planked salmon, grilled swordfish, fried calamari with hot cherry peppers, all steaks.
All deals aren't big. So: something different, patterned after a German beer hall, Prost is an informal choice, with outdoor seating, too. Between sips and business dealings, cut into the smoked pork chop, Wiener schnitzel, charcuterie, cheeses, pan-seared salmon with dill beurre blanc, and some Black Forest cake. $$
Situated at the Woods Golf Course, Stonewalls channels your inner country clubber and small-plate appetite. The beef spring rolls, duck confit quesadilla, lobster risotto, kielbasa-and-sweet onion "honey badger," chicken salad with arugula, chicken wings and cheeseburger point the way.
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