Restaurants near the Mattituck Strawberry Fest
Huevos rancheros are a breakfast specialty at Love Lane Kitchen in Mattituck. (July 11, 2011) Credit: Newsday/Erica Marcus
The 58th annual Mattituck Lions Club Strawberry Festival is under way, celebrating shortcakes and a lot more.
Admission is $2 Friday; children under 5, free; Saturday and Sunday, $5 for adults and kids 12 or older, $2 for the 6-to-11 set, and free for those under 6. For additional information: mattituckstrawberryfestival.org.
You'll also savor the region at these establishments.
A Mano prepares very good pizzas, including pies with local Catapano Dairy Farm goat cheese, meatballs, tagliatelle with lobster, house-brined pork chop, marinated and grilled skirt steak, salads, cheeses and cured meats.
13550 Main Rd. (Route 25), Mattituck; 631-298-4800.
Love Lane Kitchen is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Early, eggs rancheros, griddle cakes and French toast; midday, Cobb and chicken Caesar salads, Cuban sandwiches, a goat-cheese panino, steak frites; and later, octopus salad, vegetable lasagna, chicken scarpariello.
240 Love Lane, Mattituck; 631-298-8989.
And, to complete the festivities, Snowflake in Riverhead currently is making sundaes using local strawberries. They're great. Actually, all the ice cream here warrants a special trip. Revel in malteds, waffle cones, flying saucers, the flavor-of-the-week, nostalgic soft-serve.
1148 W. Main St., Riverhead; 631-727-4394.
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