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Left Coast Kitchen and Cocktails

Originally published: April 7, 2011 8:21 AM
Updated: April 7, 2011 8:28 AM
By PETER M. GIANOTTI  peter.gianotti@newsday.com

Photo credit: Becky Holladay | A classic lobster roll at Left Coast Kitchen, a gastropub in Merrick. (March 19, 2011)

Left Coast Kitchen is all right. Fresh, casual, packed, the new gastro pub delivers rousing food and drink, with a big side order of fun.

Chris Randell, formerly of City Cellar in Westbury and points farther west, is the in-motion force behind this friendly, noisy joint. You'll see him in the almost-open kitchen, maybe interrupting his cooking to offer a nearby couple the mini-bucket of popcorn...