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Long Island picks for casual food and beverages

Jessica Vasey, a bartender at Left Coast Kitchen

Photo credit: Becky Holladay | Jessica Vasey, a bartender at Left Coast Kitchen in Merrick, serves a microbrew to a customer. (March 19, 2011)

So, everybody may not know your name. But you can be sure they're always glad you came. Here are three friendly establishments for casual food and beverages to match.

LEFT COAST KITCHEN AND COCKTAILS, Merrick

One of the top gastropubs in Nassau or Suffolk, Left Coast has a solid selection of beer and wine, as well as very good food. Try the root beer-glazed pork chop, shrimp and grits,...

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