Kitchen A Bistro: Reservations welcomed in St. James

Orto, a newly opened rustic Italian restaurant in Miller Place with Executive Chef Eric Lomando at its helm. (March 17, 2012) Credit: Johnny Simon
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 policy is still in effect. (As is the no-corkage-fee policy.)