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Maria's Mexican & Latin Cuisine

Originally published: March 6, 2013 1:10 PM
Updated: March 6, 2013 6:01 PM
By JOAN REMINICK  joan.reminick@newsday.com

Photo credit: Doug Young | Maria's pollo a la parrilla, grilled chicken breast served with a mango salsa and sweet plantains. (Feb. 27, 2013)

Heaps of snowy lobster meat, crisscrossed by fresh asparagus spears, garnish a bowl of deep coral lobster bisque. One sip unleashes torrents of flavor, subtle hints of fire.

How gratifying it can be to rediscover a place like Maria's Mexican & Latin Cuisine, which used to seem somewhat ordinary. No more. The oddly shaped corner restaurant, embedded within Nesconset, has clearly reasserted...