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Christiano's, Billy Joel's song inspiration, to close

Friday February 22, 2013 3:28 PM By Joan Reminick

Christiano's in Syosset was the inspiration for a

Photo credit: Danielle Finkelstein

There will be no more bottle of red or bottle of white for Brenda and Eddie at Christiano’s Italian Restaurant in Syosset. The house of parms and pastas, for decades debated to be the inspiration for Billy Joel’s mega-hit “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” is now owned by the Singh Hospitality Group, which plans to close and reinvent it.

Chief executive Harendra Singh said he has signed...

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