Near the movie theater in Long Beach comes this franchise from Colombian-born Raul Silva’s Morristown, N.J. original empanada parlor. Open since January, they boast 70 different varieties of these flaky turnovers—a cross between fried dumplings and meat pies—all cooked with no trans fats. Try the basics like beef or chicken, or the offbeat like Hawaiian (ham, cheese, pineapple).
The space that Wok N Roll inhabits has a long history of interesting Asian restaurants. Recently and quite briefly it held Zong’s Shanghai, offering soup dumplings and other delights. More than 15 years ago it housed the only Vietnamese eatery on Long Island at the time, but that fell by the wayside as well.
If there’s a restaurant on Long Island more difficult to find than Pita House in East Setauket, well, I suppose I’ll never find it. It’s not that it’s out of the way, (it’s behind the Wild By Nature on Rte. 25A), it’s just that its located inside an office complex called Heritage Square. Armed with [...]
Lounge Burger
751 Wantagh Ave., Wantagh
516 934-0900
The lounge is the elevated bar offering candy martinis—Sweet Tarts, Jolly Rancher, bubble gum—but early on a cold Saturday it could have referred to the 25-minute wait for our burgers, when we were the first customers. Making it worse was the lack of heat flowing down too slowly from the [...]
Kelly Ripa has teamed up with Buddy Valastro, the Tony Soprano of confectioners and star of TLC’s Cake Boss, in Kelly’s Cake Off for A Cause, which will raise money and awareness for The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). The Live! with Regis and Kelly host and supermom, along with cake master Buddy, helped five teams decorate different themed cakes. Fans can visit her blog, Kelly Confidential, and vote for their favorite.
I know Chris Palmer and Chris Palmer knows comfort food. He brought it to new heights at his eponymous Palmer’s in Plainview and at the Brooklyn Diner in Manhattan. At the new Landmark Diner in Roslyn—re-sited and rebuilt, sitting like a double-decker club sandwich on the Miracle Mile—he makes it into what it really is: [...]
