New chef at Stonewalls in Riverhead

Kyle Strong Romeo is the new executive chef at Stonewalls restaurant, situated at The Woods at Cherry Creek golf course in Riverhead.

He succeeds Guy Peuch, who established the restaurant a decade ago.  Peuch (shown above in the Stonewalls dining room), a veteran French chef who also starred at the former Inn on the Harbor in Cold Spring Harbor, has retired.

Romeo's Long Island experience includes stints at the Jamesport Manor Inn in Jamesport and The North Fork Table & Inn in Southold.

His dinner menu at Stonewalls includes lobster risotto; mini lamb meatballs with cucumber "spaghetti" and yogurt sauce; seared foie gras with caramelized fennel; a "duo of pork" with grilled tenderloin and braised belly; pan-roasted duck breast with black rice, bnraised kale and a Port reduction

Stonewalls, 967 Reeves Ave., Riverhead; 631-506-0777, ext. 2.