Mighty Fine pies popping up in Huntington

You’ll be hearing a lot about Mighty Fine pies in 2026: Daria Lamb is opening pie-centric all-day cafes in Huntington and Bay Shore, both of which are major build-outs with no firm completion dates. For the holidays, Lamb is giving customers a sneak peak of what she’s planning: Call it the thin edge of the pie wedge.

This fall, Lamb bought out Huntington’s stately old Finley’s of Green Street (only the old house; the adjacent tavern will be an unrelated business) and, for the month of December, she’ll be serving an abbreviated menu whose stars are old-fashioned, butter-crusted pies. The packed-to-the-gills apple features two varieties — Honeycrisp for flavor, Granny Smith for texture — for peak apple-ness. Lamb has always considered pecan pie "a little one note," and so she developed a maple-bacon-walnut pie that is anything but. For December, the roster is rounded out by blueberries-and-cream cinnamon crumb and mixed-berry "Pop-Tart" pie. Have a slice of pie with a huge dollop of freshly whipped cream for $7.50. For takeout, 7-inch pies are $17 to $21, 10-inch pies are $29.50 to $32.

There are also two double-crusted chicken-pot pies: classic (with vegetables in gravy) and chicken tikka masala ("zesty not spicy" chicken and butternut squash and roasted onions in a creamy tomato sauce), $39. Her pies bear the unmistakable stamp of human hands, the crusts are super-flaky thanks to a mostly-butter crust that uses some shortening for stability.

Why pie? Lamb thinks it's high time. "Look at the last few years on Long Island," she said. "We’ve upgraded pizza, we’ve upgraded coffee. But people are still satisfied going to the supermarket and buying a pie for $7.99."

But Mighty Fine is not just pies: On the sweet front are loaf cakes, cookies and brownies. Savory offerings include truffle-butter grilled cheese sandwiches and sliced rib-eye with muenster, bechamel, pickled onions and greens on rosemary focaccia plus salads, quiches and Wagyu pigs in blankets. There are also gluten-free and vegan options.

Lamb’s first stint in Long Island hospitality was owning and operating Page Two Bakery and Bookmark Café in Oyster Bay. But, for the last 15 years or so, she’s been in corporate consulting. "But then I had a sabbatical and started wondering about how I could be my own boss," she recalled. Pie was the answer.

In 2024, she and her husband, David, a landscape architect, bought an old commercial building in Bay Shore (9 Third Ave.) with the intention of turning it into Mighty Fine. Since the structure had not been a food-service establishment, the process of turning it into one has proved a long and laborious one. (They are hoping it comes to fruition later this year.) In the meantime, they started looking for a second location in Huntington and fell in love with Finley’s.

For December, Mighty Fine is just popping up in Finley’s dining room. In January, Lamb will start a renovation that, hopefully, will be finished in the spring when they can take advantage of the restaurant’s front patio and huge backyard. 

Mighty Fine, 43 Green St., Huntington, 631-683-5500, mightyfinecafe.com. Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Dec. 31, except 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Christmas and New Year’s Eves and closed on Dec. 25.