BEST CRAFT BEER BREWERY
Oyster Bay Brewing Company
Ever tried Oyster Bay Brewing Company’s Honey Ale? How sweet this happy hoppy experience is — just one example of the many tasty craft sensations served up by this year’s winner of the Best Craft Beer Brewery on Long Island. It’s overflowing with reasons to enjoy all its offerings! Are you thirsty yet? Look at the head of foam on that mug! Don’t you just want to pour that liquid amber ambrosia down your throat where it belongs? We bet you do. And you know what? While you’re sipping, or guzzling, the master brewers at Oyster Bay Brewing Company are busy doing what they do best, so you can sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labors at your favorite venue where their artistry is on tap! 36 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, 516-802-5546, oysterbaybrewing.com
BEST LOCAL WINERY
Pindar Vineyards
At Pindar Vineyards, they know that a good wine is like a great poem. Enjoying a glass can be an uplifting experience, delighting the senses as it satisfies the soul. Since Pindar’s founding four decades ago, it has become one of Long Island’s best-known wineries. Nestled on 500 acres on the East End, it grows 17 varieties of grapes, carefully crafting them into some 23 varietals and proprietary blends. Each year, it produces about 70,000 cases. But it’s never forgotten its roots, nor its family tradition. At its flagship vineyard, wine lovers can tour the production facility, and taste great wines from the barrel! 37645 Main Road, Peconic, 631-734-6200, pindar.net
BEST LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
Mercato Kitchen & Cocktails
Here, you can sip supremely! Mercato Kitchen & Cocktails has accomplished something that countless venues on the Island can only dream of: getting voted the purveyor of the Best Long Island Iced Tea! They know what they’re doing at Mercato Kitchen & Cocktails, and their loyal customers appreciate their expertise with every glass they drink. Mercato’s Long Island Iced Tea is simply out of this world! 4958 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park, 516-308-3582, mercatokitchen.com
BEST MARTINI ON LONG ISLAND
Spiro’s Restaurant & Lounge
Long Islanders have recognized Spiro’s as the home of the Best Martini on Long Island again! Serving nearly two dozen of these tasty elixirs, customers have their pick! Shaken or stirred? A twist or an olive? Extra dry? Take your pick! Every martini is made to order at Spiro’s Restaurant & Lounge, and absolutely delicious! With such amazing flavors as Sugarplum and Cookies ‘n Cream to Rice Pudding and Da Vinci Martini, among so many others, it’s no wonder why Long Islanders vote Spiro’s to the top of this category, year after year! 4 Patchogue Drive, Rocky Point, 631-744-4100, spiroslounge.com
