How To: Check on Food Establishment Violations in Suffolk County

If you want to check up on possible food and retail practice violations of food establishments in Suffolk County, you can search this site. Violations fall into two categories: Risk Factors and Good Retail Practices. Risk Factor violations are more likely than other violations to Read More …

Cuomo to Lift Restaurant, Bar Curfew Times

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo  said Wednesday that the 12 a.m. food and beverage service curfew will be lifted for outdoor dining areas as of May 17 and for indoor dining areas  May 31. He also said that the 1 a.m. curfew for catered events where Read More …

Legislature Ready to End Restaurant Food-Drink Rule

At least one restaurant owner in Huntington is celebrating what is expected to be the end of a Covid-19 rule that required patrons to buy food if they wanted a drink. The rule, imposed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last summer, was meant to limit Read More …

Huntington Hospital Meals Program Restarts

The team that organized hundreds of meals for Huntington Hospital workers this spring as the Covid-19 epidemic  overloaded the hospital announced Friday night that the program has restarted. “This is the official bat signal,” the group said on its Facebook page. Donations have already begun Read More …

2020: A Ray of Hope in Epidemic’s Dark, Early Days

It could have been so easy. Select a phone app, order a few pizzas for the staff at Huntington Hospital and be done with it.  But no. Theresa Sullivan went the harder route, aided by hundreds of other residents eager to help those confronting the Read More …

Clubhouse Restaurant Listed for $1.3 Million

The Clubhouse steakhouse  at 320 West Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station is listed  for sale at $1.3 million. The property, built in 1962, the listing is offered as a sale/leaseback. The restaurant has 1,947 square feet; 50 feet of the property, with a newly paved parking Read More …

Indoor Dining at NYC Restaurants to Shut Down Monday

Update: Indoor dining at New York City restaurants will close Monday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Friday, citing the rise in Covid-19 cases. Restaurants can continue takeout and curbside delivery and outdoor service can continue,. In recent weeks, Cuomo has blamed the surge in cases Read More …

Restaurants Could Face New Covid-19 Limitations, Cuomo Says

 Restaurants could face more restrictions if the Covid-19 hospitalization rate isn’t stabilized or reduced, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Monday. “If after 5 days a region’s hospital rate has not stabilized, indoor dining will close or be reduced. In New York City, indoor dining Read More …

Restaurants Urge Cuomo to Allow Reopening for Outdoor Dining

An organization of Long Island restaurants that offer outdoor dining are asking to be allowed to open now, saying they are confident that they’ll be able to meet safety guidelines resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. In a letter dated Monday, the Nassau and Suffolk Outdoor Read More …

Epidemic and Food: Several Restaurants Reopen for Curbside or Delivery

Several restaurants that stopped operating when the businesses were ordered to close are coming back with a variety of takeout, curbside or delivery options.  Here are some of the latest. California Pizza Kitchen at the Walt Whitman Shops is reopening Thursday for takeout, curbside and delivery Read More …

Clubhouse Restaurant Seized on Tax Levy

Update: New York State has seized The Clubhouse restaurant for taxes, according to signs posted to the building on West Jericho Turnpike. The restaurant was founded in 1962 by John and Geraldine Bies, and is managed by their son, Jeffrey, the restaurant’s website says.  It Read More …