Verace in Islip: 3rd birthday = $25 fixed price

Verace, an Italian restaurant in Islip, is self-consciously hip, but also is distinctive and looks sharp, with a barrel-vaulted, artfully papered ceiling and streamlined, modern appointments suggesting a spree in Milan. (Jan. 23, 2010) Credit: Michael E. Ach
Verace, the stellar Italian restaurant in Islip, celebrates its third anniversary with a three-course, $25 fixed-price dinner.
It will be available from Monday, Jan. 28 to Sunday, Feb. 3. On Saturday, Feb. 2, however, the special will be available only before 7 p.m.
Choices include appetizers of meatballs with tomato sauce, steamed mussels, caponata, or a combo of apple, blue cheese and candied pecans in a balsamic vinegar dressing. Main dishes range from spaghetti alla carbonara and multi-cheese ravioli to shrimp scampi-style and chicken Marsala. Dessert: cannoli or gelati.
Verace, 599 Main St., Islip; 631-277-3800.
Dining at Verace.