While we were out east in Riverhead, we had lunch at the Farm Country Kitchen. The entrance is so unassuming that we missed it when we drove there even with the help of Waze. Once you do enter the restaurant, the move is to sit outside overlooking the Peconic River because the view is spectacular. […]
We were out at the wineries and stopped by the Magic Fountain in Mattituck for some dessert. We were surprised that there was a line at 6:00 pm but from conversations with other folks, they said there is always a line. A good sign. I was glad that they had the line so I could […]
As a change of pace, we headed to Bayville for to check out the Mill Creek Tavern which is a charming tavern located on Long Island Sound. First off, the waiter brought out ice cold water with ice cubes. No bread, but it started off well. We ordered a salad and meatball appetizer. These appetizers […]
I was driving on the service road and saw this line in the parking lot of the Fabric Mill. I stopped by and saw Ralphie Crossroads Cafe, a food truck, at the end of the parking lot. I stopped by to try a hot dog. Once I was there, I was thrown for a loss […]
On our next leg of our bagel tour, we headed to Pantano’s Doz Bagels in New Hyde Park. After the series of disappointing bagels, I was feeling that bagels on Long Island are either overrated or everyone and their brothers think that they can serve great bagels. Clearly, most can not. As usual, I ordered […]
After sampling other panini’s some of which impressed me like Press 195 in Plainview, I decided to see if La Bottega was still serving up the best panini’s on Long Island. Sometimes, you can build up a restaurant from your memory and nothing can compare even if they are actually better. For me, the apple […]
First Stop on my Bagel Journey, Gabby’s Gourmet Bagelatessen in Woodbury. I decided to try out one of the bagel shop that women who lunch go to. What I mean is that 90% of the customers in this bagel shop were women. This does not impact my bagel analysis but I thought it was interesting […]
I wanted to follow up from my hot dog visit to Ben’s Deli with other sandwiches. Instead of our traditional orders of pastrami and turkey, we went with a chicken Caesar wrap and a grilled chicken panini. As Ben’s is kosher, no dairy or cheese in either of our sandwiches. So we did not know […]
We headed over to Pietros in Roslyn (in the old Jolly Fisherman space) and had a lovely meal. They did not change the layout of the restaurant. It appeared that they changed the lighting, wallpaper and the carpet and they were good to go. We ordered a Caesar salad to start and then we had […]
I would like to start a school in which they teach waiters and other support staff how to serve the customers. There is a real need for people to learn the appropriate serving steps. The reason I am looking into this is because at the last two restaurants that I went to the waiters started […]