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 […]
Another day, another bagel shop. Today we tried the Bagel Chalet in Plainview. From the look inside, I did not have high hopes for this shop. I should have just turned around and called it a day. But for the sake of Local Grubber, we continued on. I ordered a plain bagel and the owner […]
My next stop in the bagel tour was Goody’s Bagels and Spreads in Greenvale. Driving up to the unassuming storefront, I did not know what to expect. I was briefly reassured when there was a line of 6 people ahead of me all getting bagel sandwiches. As is my standard approach I ordered a plain […]
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 […]