Pantano’s Doz Bagels New Hyde Park — A Nice Surprise
        
        
          May 29, 2024
        
        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 […]
La Bottega Roslyn — The Panini Standard
        
        
          May 28, 2024
        
        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 […]
Goody’s Bagels — A Misleading Name
        
        
          May 24, 2024
        
        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 […]
Gabby’s Gourmet Bagelatessen — Great Bagels if You Live in Florida
        
        
          May 22, 2024
        
        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 […]
Ben’s Deli — One of Few Remaining Kosher Delis on Long Island
        
        
          May 22, 2024
        
        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 […]
Pietros Roslyn — Yet Another NYC Italian Restaurant that is Good
        
        
          May 21, 2024
        
        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 […]
Daily Rant — I Hate it When Waiters Serve the Entree Course While the Appetizer Plates are on the Table
        
        
          May 20, 2024
        
        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 […]
Pantano’s Gourmet — Even Better than Advertised
        
        
          May 20, 2024
        
        I have been hearing great things about Pantano’s Gourmet in Uniondale so off we went. The layout is a pretty traditional one with the deli counter running the length of the store broken down by items to order like salads, panini’s and sandwiches. The nice bonus was the tables outside. I tend to be a […]
In Case You Missed It — The Latest Finds
        
        
          May 17, 2024
        
        Cooperhill — A Modern American Bistro and Quite a Find We headed over to Copperhill in Williston Park. It is a quirky American bistro that prides itself on being located in a 125 year old farmhouse. The only thing that I do not get is why is it important to highlight that the restaurant is […]
What Not to Order in a Restaurant — Unusual Foods
        
        
          May 16, 2024
        
        Instead of doing a rant today, I thought that I would provide some advice on what not to order in a restaurant. This is an argument that I have with my wife all the time. She always like to order food that sounds good regardless of where we are eating. In one case, she wanted […]