The Cuban in Patchogue closes after 6 years
The Cuban in Patchogue has closed. Its Garden City outpost remains open. Credit: Newsday/Melissa Azofeifa
The Cuban in Patchogue has closed after six years.
The 154-seat restaurant on the ground floor of mixed-use complex New Village at Patchogue, 93 W. Main St., has been vacated. The Patchogue location, which served as a marquee of sorts welcoming guests into Patchogue Village, opened in 2019, Newsday previously reported. Caroline Varrucci, manager of the sister restaurant of the same name in Garden City, confirmed Thursday in a call with Newsday that the outpost would remain open.
Business owner William Martinez did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the reason for the closure. Martinez owns restaurants across Long Island, including Margaritas Cafe locations. He most recently opened Willy’s Azúcar Cuban Restaurant & Bar in Massapequa Park earlier this year.
The eatery’s menu of Cuban and Latin-fusion fare included tableside guacamole ($14.04), black bean and roasted corn salads ($15.08), and ropa vieja ($28.60), which is flank steak with tomatoes, peppers, onions and green olives with white rice and black beans. There also were costumed dancers and live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
As of Thursday morning, the restaurant windows were covered with white paper and had a sign by real estate company Colliers International Group Inc. indicating the space is for lease. A peek inside the windows showed the tables and vibrant decorations intact.
Maria Valanzano, a leasing broker for Colliers, confirmed the restaurant space has been on the market for the past week.
"Since we put the sign up and put it online, we’ve been getting a ton of calls on it," she said. "It’s a great spot on Main Street in Patchogue, so I’m sure it’ll lease well."
Chris Kelly, vice president of marketing for TRITEC, owner of the New Village at Patchogue building, said The Cuban was a "great asset in Patchogue."
"They went through the proper channels [to close] and it was really nothing scandalous, it was just kind of the way it is," Kelly said.
"We enjoyed the variety that The Cuban brought to the village, and we’d love to see something that complements the restaurants that are already existing on Main Street," he said.
Melissa Azofeifa is a restaurants reporter with Newsday's FeedMe team. Having grown up on Long Island, she loves talking about food and its impact on culture. A graduate of Stony Brook University, she joined Newsday in the fall of 2024.
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