LI eateries buzz with Super Bowl customers

Stewart Tarshis of Jericho was standing at the counter at Vincent's Clam Bar in Carle Place, waiting for his order of chicken parm, chicken scarpariello and rigatoni with meatballs -- all headed for the 14-person Super Bowl party back home.

"It's family-style, it's simple Italian food but it's good," said Tarshis, 60, who was decked out in a Giants warm-up jacket and stood in a line with about 25 other people. Every year for the last 20, his friends and neighbors rotate who hosts the Super Bowl party.

Vincent's owner, Robert Marisi said they had at least 400 takeout orders Sunday. His was one of hundreds of Long Island restaurants, delis and pizzerias that geared up with extra staff for what they hoped were giant Super Bowl sales.

The hot wings were flying at Frantoni's Pizza in East Meadow, owner Mike Mistretta said. "We'll probably go through a couple thousand wings," he said.

Frantoni's general manager Peter Bruce increased the number of people working the counter and booked six delivery drivers instead of the usual two or four.

At Satelite Pizza in Bayport, the Super Bowl is usually just another busy Sunday, owner Marcus Marelli said, but "there's a big difference when a New York team is in it."

The explosion of orders and pickups happened between 4 and 6 p.m., Vinny Anendola, the manager, said. Wings were huge there, too, and they had about 60 wing orders compared with the usual 10.

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Satellite also had extra staff for the boom of orders and sold about 10 of its giant pies, which require 24 hours' notice, Anendola said. Some were decorated with the Giants logo in blue-and-red food-color-dyed ricotta cheese.