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Best sushi on Long Island: Top 100 restaurants, Part 8
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This week exploreLI.com publishes the eighth in a 10-week series of stories picking the Top 10 restaurants on Long Island in 10 different, popular categories. They are: Asian, Italian, International, Asian-fusion, steak, New American, sushi, Mediterranean/Middle Eastern, seafood and a more general one, Cheap Eats.
This week: Sushi. Click here to see our picks. The favorite: Ginza in Massapequa.
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Read more »New season, new chefs at Trata in Water Mill
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Trata, the high-end Greek seafood restaurant, reopens in Water Mill tonight with two new chefs in the kitchen.
Executive Chef Greg Ling, who recently left The Riverhead Project, succeeds chef Luis Falcon, who earned Trata a three-star rating in Newsday at the now-closed Roslyn branch. Falcon also was chef in Water Mill. Chef de cuisine Stavros Arampatzidis comes to Water Mill from Thessaloniki,...
Read more »Pasta deal at Vero in Amityville
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Get ready to carbo-load in Amityville.
Vero, the popular Italian restaurant, offers unlimited, tableside servings of three housemade pastas, plus a choice of appetizer or salad, for $19.95. The special is available every Wednesday.
Joseph Rosselli is the executive chef at Vero. He had been sous chef. Earlier this year, he succeeded Massimo Fedozzi, who'd earned the restaurant a 3-1/2...
Read more »Post-Sandy Hudsons on the Mile opening in Freeport
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Following an extensive post-Sandy renovation, the former Hudson & McCoy in Freeport is to open this Thursday, May 23, with new owners and a new name. Now known as Hudsons on the Mile, the seafood-focused restaurant is owned by Butch Yamali, whose holdings also include Maliblue Oyster Bar in Lido Beach, as well as several catering properties.
“We put in a sushi bar and updated the menu,”...
Read more »Village Square opens in Lynbrook
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Located in the heart of downtown Lynbrook is the new Village Square, which makes its home in the cavernous space that, most recently, housed JMags Downtown Grill and, before that, Broadway Beanery. Owner Giuseppe Magnotta describes the place as an American grill with a menu that focuses on appetizers but also features burgers, pastas, salads, steaks and seafood.
Some dinner possibilities:...
Read more »Ocean opens on Sound in Bayville
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Ocean, which looks onto Long Island Sound, is the new restaurant at the Crescent Beach Club in Bayville. It succeeds the Pine Island Grill.
The eclectic menu includes appetizers such as lobster sliders, beet-and-goat cheese napoleon, and shellfish cocktails. The main dishes take in broiled, boiled or stuffed lobster; chile-rubbed scallops; ginger-glazed salmon; steaks and a "summer clambake"...
Read more »Artie’s in Island Park: High-frying fish
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Whole grilled fish, it’s the hip, cool, Mediterranean way to go. But last night I took a stroll down memory lane with a whole, deep-fried fluke at Artie’s South Shore Fish & Grill in Island Park.
It’s hard to imagine any cooking method that wouldn’t succeed with Artie’s fluke ($26): Proprietor Artie Hoerning caught them himself the day before. My dad went the heart-healthy route (possibly...
Read more »Holiday weekend pig roast at Jedediah in Jamesport
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Jedediah Hawkins Inn, the handsome Italianate star in Jamesport, goes casual on Sunday with a holiday weekend pig roast.
The cost for the outdoor event is $65 for adults; $25 for children. The restaurant's new executive chef, Lia Fallon, said that in addition to the pig roast, there would be a raw bar, plus a hot dog cart for children. Beer and sangria are included for adults.
Fallon...
Read more »Hamptons cooking classes at Loaves & Fishes
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If you are heading to Hamptons this summer (or if you live there) and you want to brush up on your cooking skills, check out what’s being offered by Loaves & Fishes Cooking School in Bridgehampton, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
Recreational classes are offered on select Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, last 3 hours and cost $165. Classes are devoted to farm stand...
Read more »Mexican goes modern at Mercado in Bridgehampton
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Mercado Mexican Grill & Tequila Bar is the new incarnation of the former Agave Mexican Grill in Bridgehampton. Chef owner Marcel Link said: “It’s more sophisticated than before.''
A glance at the new repertoire reveals such choices as mini sushi tacos made with soy marinated sushi grade tuna ($15), crab empanadas ($14), Yucatan grilled chicken in almond cream sauce ($21) and chipotle...
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