Dining Out & About 2019/02

Dining Out & About

You don’t have to go far to find great food.

Just look inside!

Co-owner Bobby Blasi takes a freshlymade heartshaped pizza out of the oven at Frank’s Restaurant & Pizzeria at 23 Putnam Ave. These specialty pies are only available this time of year.

Richard Abel| Westmore News

Your guide to eating out in Port Chester, Rye Brook and surrounding areas.

A Supplement to the

NEWS Westmore

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American

Specializing in Catering Daily Blackboard Specials Fresh Baked Cakes For All Occasions

Open 7 Days Fast Delivery

414 Willett Avenue, Port Chester, NY

914-939-0202

Atrium at Doral Arrowwood

975 Anderson Hill Rd., Rye Brook 935-6600

Bona Bona Ice Cream

10 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 484-0503

Härth

Hilton Westchester 699 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 939-6300

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Rela Café

Rye House

126 North Main St., Port Chester 481-8771

Rye Ridge Deli

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 126 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-2131

Sam’s Bar & Grill

The Pub

Doral Arrowwood Anderson Hill Rd., Rye Brook 939-6630

Wing Lady

Westchester County Airport 240 Airport Rd., Rye Brook 437-7650

Wingstop

110 Abendroth Ave., Port Chester 939-0200

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Central American

Delicia Restaurant

Purchase Country Diner

435 North Main St., Port Chester 935-1234

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Rio Minas Brasil U.S.A. Buffet

22 South Main St., Port Chester 939-0005

317 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 937-0008

The Clydesdale Pub & Grill

Nuevo Latino Cuisine

103 Adee St., Port Chester 939-1002

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International Café & Brazilian Bakery

Port Chester Coach Diner

25 South Regent St., Port Chester 939-7200

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Brazilian

Sofia’s Café

Chinese

China House

170B North Main St., Port Chester 939-7288 or 939-7290

East Wok Restaurant 140 Midland Ave., Port Chester 939-0068

Ho Sai Gai

544 Willett Ave., Port Chester 937-8337 or 937-8339

King Garden Chinese Restaurant

32 Grace Church St., Port Chester 939-4310

Manchu Garden

504 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-8688

Number 1 Chinese Restaurant 120 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 937-8465

Panda Restaurant

213 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 937-4699

Wah Yuan Chinese Restaurant

Post Road Plaza 262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-7776

Coffee Shops

Pan America Bakery & Café

Buddha

1 Rye Ridge Plaza, Rye Brook 481-4651

Edo Japanese Steak House

140 Midland Ave., Port Chester 937-3333

Burgers

Elevation Burger

176 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 305-6700

Westchester Burger Co.

275 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 305-6095 Serving 20 different burgers including Original WBC angus beef burger, Tex-Mex burger, Kobe burger, Pretzel burger, Mom’s Italian Turkey burger, Greenhouse veggie patty, Soprano chicken burger, Ba Da Bing Italian sausage burger, a lamb burger, tuna burger and bison burger. Six varieties of milkshakes, appetizers, salads and entrées. Open 7 days from 11:30 a.m., closing at 10 p.m. SundayWednesday, at 11 p.m. Thursday and at midnight Friday and Saturday. Free parking in the shopping center lot.

Brazilian

Churrascaria Copacabana

29-31 North Main St., Port Chester 939-6894

22 South Main St., Port Chester 939-0005

Starbucks Coffee Company Rye Ridge Shopping Center 118 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-1597

Colombian

Aqui Es Santa Fe Café 32 Broad St., Port Chester 305-1060

Asi Es Colombia

172 North Main St., Port Chester 934-7675

El Encuentro

132 North Main St., Port Chester 305-1828

El Rincon Paisa

130 North Main St., Port Chester 939-9364

Los Chuzos de Juancho 8 South Main St., Port Chester 481-1340

Makondo Restaurant

139 North Main St., Port Chester 305-6147

Dominican

Benite’s Restaurant

216 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 934-8137

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Dominican

Reyna Restaurant

66 Poningo St., Port Chester 939-9251

Ecuadorian

Delgado’s Deli & Restaurant

118 North Main St., Port Chester 305-3512

El Criollito Restaurant 138 Irving Ave., Port Chester 934-8010

Rinconcito Ecuatoriano Restaurant 150 North Main St., Port Chester 937-7343

Fast Food

Burger King

Guatemalan

Italian

Café Guatemala

28 Grace Church St., Port Chester 937-8537

Indian

Tandoori Taste of India 163 North Main St., Port Chester 937-2727 or 935-9680

Irish/American

McShane’s Public House 123 North Main St., Port Chester 937-7800

Italian

Alba’s Ristorante

400 North Main St., Port Chester 937-2236

Fortina

260 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 934-7877

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 136 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-0900

Cava Mediterranean Restaurant

Il Coco Pazzo

3 Rye Ridge Plaza, Rye Brook 268-9339

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 100 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-0351

Chop’t Creative Salad Company

116 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 908-4184

Dig Inn

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 112 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 305-8463

Dunkin Donuts

Port Chester locations: 330 Boston Post Rd., 939-8331 295 Midland Ave., 935-9034

Garden Catering

140 Midland Ave., Port Chester 934-7852 or 934-7810

Hubba

24 North Main St., Port Chester 939-7271

Marianacci’s Restaurant 24 Sherman Street Port Chester 939-3450

Pasquale II Ristorante

2 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 934-7770 The great cuisine of Arthur Avenue comes to Port Chester. Specialties: Stuffed Artichoke, Linguine Pescatore (with chopped clams and shrimp in white or red sauce), Costata di Vitello (veal chops), Chicken Balsamic, Zuppa di Pesce (lobster, shrimp, calamari, clams and mussels in red sauce over linguine), Fusilli Primavera (zucchini, peas, mushrooms, broccoli in light red sauce), Veal Scaloppine. Homemade cheesecake and tiramisu. Closed Monday. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Sat. 3 p.m.-11 p.m., Sun. 1-9 p.m. Most major credit cards. Free on-premises parking.

Piccolo Italian Gourmet 321 North Main Street Port Chester 914-481-5678

139 South Main St., Port Chester 481-5884

Italian

Italian/Pizzeria

Tarry Lodge

Frank’s Restaurant and Pizzeria

18 Mill St., Port Chester 939-3111

Italian/Pizzeria Angelo’s Pizza & Pasta 147 Irving Avenue Port Chester 939-0900

Antonio’s Pizza and Restaurant Pathmark Shopping Center 130 Midland Ave., Port Chester 939-5137

Coals

35½ North Main St., Port Chester 305-3220

Colony Grill

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Kentucky Fried Chicken 262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 935-0741

McDonald’s Restaurant 321 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 937-3355

Pete’s Chili

8 South Main St., Port Chester 612-4343

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

275 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester

23 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 939-8299 Specialties include: Hot antipasto, mozzarella fresca; pasta fagiola and cheese tortellini soup; Caesar salad with grilled chicken; fussili with broccoli, penne ala vodka, spinach ravioli, baked ziti; chicken Marsala; veal parmigiana; zuppa de pesce, shrimp fra diavolo/marinara; surf & turf; hot and cold sandwiches, chicken rollup; fried calamari pizza, margarita pizza, Buffalo chicken pizza; veggie, tuna salad and steak wraps; New York cheesecake, tiramisu, Italian cannoli.

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Taco Bell

303 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-0695

Texas Chili Restaurant 36 Broad St., Port Chester 937-0840

French

Appétit Bistro

540A Willett Ave., Port Chester 690-2000

Greek/American One Station Plaza

111 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-3416

531 North Main Street Port Chester HOURS Monday - Thursday 5 p.m. - 10 p.m.

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Recapping the local restaurant scene

What’s opened, what’s closed and what’s coming

By Jananne Abel

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t’s been several months since this publication last appeared, so there’s a lot to catch up on in the local restaurant realm. I won’t be able to cover all of it in one issue but will touch on the highlights of what’s opened, what’s closed and what’s coming.

What’s opened After a long approval process and the unexpected major overhaul the restaurant space vacated by El Plebeyo needed after the previous tenant’s 10-year run, Taco Shack finally opened at 27 North Main St. on Apr. 5, 2018.

“I almost gave up on this place three or four times,” said owner Luis Aguilera, who also owns the nearly 4-year-old Halstead Avenue Taqueria in Harrison where he lives. He had leased the Port Chester location beginning in August 2016.

In the spring and summer, business was good, but then customers got tired of waiting for Taco Shack to get its liquor license. Even though you could BYOB, you couldn’t bring your own margaritas! After some controversy with the State Liquor Authority over the address of the restaurant (it went from #25 to #27 at the SLA’s insistence), the cherished document finally became available on Oct. 24. Now you can get delicious margaritas made with fresh-squeezed lime juice at Taco Shack that nearly equal those at bartaco.

Almost as good as a margarita, and perfect on nights I’m going back to work, is the non-alcoholic limeade made with fresh-squeezed lime juice and

cane sugar syrup ($4.25). “It’s basically a margarita without the tequila,” said Aguilera.

Aguilera was born in Mexico, his wife in Peru, and they had eaten at El Plebeyo many times in the past, in fact the night the owner announced its closing. A month later he drove by, saw the “for rent” sign and called up the landlord.

“I thought this was the perfect place,” he said. “This is the midpoint of downtown.”

Aguilera came to the U.S. at age 6, getting his introduction to American life in Newburgh.

He worked in lounges and nightclubs in New York City for almost 10 years until he got married and settled down.

He thought about opening a nightclub but decided he had to do something more stable and conducive to family life. He and his wife now have two young daughters.

Aguilera, now 35, decided to open a Mexican eatery because “it is where I feel most comfortable. I knew the fundamentals of Mexican and figured I had an edge.” There were no taco joints in Harrison when he opened his taqueria there.

In Port Chester, “I figured why not add a twist to some of the variety that is here already,” Aguilera said. “It has a lot of character, is different than any

Server Stephanie Brown of Port Chester pours a fresh fruit drink she mixed behind the bar for a customer at Taco Shack at 27 North Main St. Jananne Abel|Westmore News other place.”

Taco Shack is a cute, casual Mexican place seating 24 in the dining room and seven at the bar.

A few tables are placed out front during the warm weather.

Aguilera keeps the menu simple and specializes in enchiladas (3 for $12 or $13) and a wide variety of tacos ($4-$5). Some choices are pork chile verde, chicken tinga and chorizo. Everything is made fresh, nothing is canned, and there are many vegetarian and diet options. Tortillas are fried, the chips made inhouse and served warm for the chips and salsa and guacamole and chips ($9).

All the sauces—mole, green and red—for the enchiladas are vegetarian.

There are also salads ($11 and

A salad pizza at Colony Grill off the Marina Parking Lot at 35 Abendroth Ave. Richard Abel|Westmore News

$12) and a delicious tortilla soup ($5) served in a crock consisting of a spicy tomato broth, crispy chips, avocado and pico de gallo.

“My demographic is American, any race,” said Aguilera, “people who are accustomed to the traditions already.” So it’s not surprising that his most popular taco is the ground beef variety served in a hard shell corn tortilla.

Daily specials include gluten free empanadas made with corn dough, pork belly tacos, fried or steamed, fish tacos of all types, shrimp and other seafood tacos as well as guisado tacos made with stewed beef that has been roasted and baked.

Hot sauces to add flavor range from light to extra spicy.

While not inexpensive, Taco Shack is a pleasant place to eat, and I especially like sitting at the bar where my husband and I have started up conversations with strangers and had an enjoyable experience.

Server Stephanie Brown of Port Chester, who also makes the fresh fruit drinks (orange, pineapple crush and cucumber fizz besides limeade, all served in a glass jar), margaritas and other alcoholic beverages, is a diligent worker and fun to talk to. You might even be lucky enough to be there when Aguilera, a likeable, down to earth fellow, is out front (he’s sometimes in the kitchen or could even be in Harrison).

Winter hours till mid-March are Wednesday and Thursday from 5-9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 5-10 p.m. and Sunday from 5-9 p.m. In the summer Taco Shack will be open for lunch and dinner every day.

The grand opening of Colony Grill off the Marina Parking Lot at 35 Abendroth Ave. was long

awaited after construction of the building and the loss of parking spaces during those four and a half months caused major disruption. Its opening marked the completion of another piece of the marina redevelopment plan by downtown developer G&S Investors. Colony Grill’s July 1 grand opening was a major celebration for the restaurant owners, G&S and Port Chester officials.

With Colony Grill’s expansive deck at the back of the building looking out over the Byram River and location adjacent to the river, officials saw it as a step forward in the reactivation of the waterfront.

The building was constructed to Colony Grill’s specifications, but they are a lease holder, said Paul Coniglio, one of the owners.

The Port Chester location is Colony Grill’s fifth and the first in New York. The owners were drawn to the waterfront location, eclectic mix of people and the fact that Port Chester draws from neighboring locales. “We thought it had a lot of things in one place,” said Coniglio.

The original Colony Grill, founded by Irish Americans in 1935, is in an Irish immigrant neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut known as “The Colony.”

Others have sprung up in the last 10 years in Fairfield, Milford and Norwalk after the four current owners took over the operation.

They are Coniglio, Ken Martin, Cody Lee and Chris Drury. The latter played for the Rangers and won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche. His framed jersey hangs on one wall in Port Chester as do photos of Eugene Bohagan and Jim Loughran who took over Colony Grill in the 1940s and made it a Stamford Please turn to page 5

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What’s opened, what’s closed and what’s coming Continued from page 4 institution. Fitz worked there from the 1940s to 1990 as a waiter and is also pictured on the brick wall behind the large attractive bar along with Skeets, a longtime bartender who retired six years ago after 50 years.

Besides these photos and Port Chester artifacts like a wooden packing box from Russell Burdsall & Ward Bolt & Nut Co. and a large Life Savers candy roll container, framed photos of local veterans in uniform adorn the walls of the 5,200-square-foot restaurant. They were collected for many months before the opening for the Wall of Heroes, a tradition in each Colony Grill.

The spacious restaurant, which seats about 175 guests at cozy dark wood booths, high tops and tables, has brick walls, large windows, tall ceilings and fans. The deck can accommodate another 40 customers.

Colony Grill originally had a large menu but became known for its thin-crusted pizza and specifically its hot oil bar pies which have been a favorite for the past 80 years. Over the years the other menu items faded away and today Colony Grill at all its locations, including Port Chester, only serves its small signature pizzas with a variety of toppings, from cheese to salad to breakfast pie. Besides soft drinks and alcoholic beverages, you can’t get anything else, not even coffee or dessert. You’ll have to walk over to Bona Bona Ice Cream for that.

You’ve got to love Colony Grill’s pizza, especially the hot oil. But I recommend eating it in. Because of its thinness, the pizza cools quickly and will be cold before you get it home. No wonder Colony Grill does not deliver except large orders. They also have a pizza truck.

The hot oil is a secret recipe made from serrano peppers, pieces of which decorate each hot oil pie. Eat them at your own risk! My recommendation is to get two pies, one hot oil and one salad or pepperoni, for instance, to share among two or more people and alternate a hot oil slice with a salad slice so your mouth doesn’t get burning hot.

Sausage, bacon, meatball, fresh mushrooms, onions, cherry peppers, black olives and anchovies are some of the other toppings to choose from. All pies cost $9.75 except salad and breakfast (bacon or sausage, egg and cheese available Saturday and Sunday only from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.) which go for $12.75.

The salad pie is tasty but

messy. It’s impossible to eat a slice without half the topping falling off.

There’s nothing fancy here.

Pizza is served on paper plates.

Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, till midnight Thursday, till 12:30 a.m.

Friday and Saturday and until 10:30 p.m. Sunday.

Who opens an ice cream dessert bar in the winter?

Bona Bona Ice Cream at 10 Westchester Ave. does.

“It gives us time to train the staff,” said manager Dawne DeMilto of New Rochelle when I visited last Saturday, Feb. 2.

“We had to open in the winter because we were so committed to offsite things,” said partner Scott Herman, who takes care of the front of the house while founder, creator and chef Nick Di Bona does all the flavor creations, cooking, training and off-site events.

Di Bona won a Chopped reality show chefs’ competition, opened Madison Kitchen in Larchmont and ran it for 5½ years before selling it a year ago.

He was making ice cream for the restaurant, got a great review in the New York Times that said the ice cream creations were so good, he should consider concentrating on them. “He started packing pints and then the ice cream outgrew the restaurant and here we are today,” said Herman. Di Bona founded Bona Bona Ice Cream, first using a truck and carts to travel to food and music festivals before opening in The Waterfront at Port Chester, the space Panera Bread occupied for 10 years, on Dec. 4.

The ice cream is Di Bona’s hand-crafted hybrid of Italian gelato and American style and comes in a variety of flavors which are all made with natural ingredients—no dyes, extracts or preservatives—and are always changing. The favorite is Brownie Cookie Dough or B-dough, a mixture of house-made brownies and cookie dough ice cream.

Di Bona also makes vegan ice cream, with two flavors always in the case.

The Port Chester ice cream emporium is a spacious, candycolored, magical place with light fixtures shaped like ice cream cones hanging from the ceiling, an ice cream truck painted on one wall, a milkshake bar and a sprinkle room where the birthday parties take place.

Sixty-five birthday parties have already been booked for the year, said DeMilto. “We’re book-

The bright interior of Colony Grill at 35 Abendroth Ave. Richard Abel|Westmore News

Manager Dawne DeMilto toasts the homemade Italian meringue on top of a cup of ice cream with a blow torch to create a Bona style treat at Bona Bona Ice Cream in The Waterfront at Port Chester at 10 Westchester Ave. Jananne Abel|Westmore News ing through August.”

A birthday party includes pizza from Colony Grill, a craft, and do it yourself sundaes or milkshakes plus sprinkle time where sprinkles rain from the ceiling and kids catch them on their ice cream treats. The cost is $475 plus tax and tip for up to 16 children.

You can also rent the whole place for a Bar Mitzvah, for instance.

For the individual customer, there are cups, cones (sugar and waffle), and wide cones fixed into a cup called cup cones. There are also innovative ice cream sandwiches ($8), milkshakes ($8 and $9) and specialty milkshakes ($11) in flavors like crème brulée (decadent!), Over the Rainbow and Italian Campfire featuring ingredients like crumbled cookies or marshmallows affixed using butter cream around the rim of the glass. Nothing is inexpensive, but then everything is handcrafted.

“It’s worth it,” said Christina Battista, who made the trip from Eastchester with her two children and one of their friends.

“It’s fancy.”

Unless otherwise requested, all ice cream treats are Bona style, topped with homemade Italian meringue toasted with a blow torch so it tastes like a s’more. And that’s truly unique.

My first time at this new ice cream shop I just ordered a small cup (Bitty) containing one scoop of ice cream Bona style ($5). Next time I tried a cup cone filled with three scoops (Biggie) of ice cream in three flavors of my choice inside a wide, crunchy cone topped with the toasted meringue ($9). It was awesome and amazingly light. Between my husband and me, it was gone in no time! Two scoops in a cup or cone (Basic) costs $7.

A liquor license is coming so “after dinner people can come by for beer, wine and cordials,” said Herman, or Bona Bona can even add some rum to a milkshake, for instance, or a whole host of

other ideas Di Bona is cooking up. “We can get fun with it,” said Herman.

Di Bona and Herman chose Port Chester because the landlord (G&S) approached them and “gave us a deal we could not turn down,” said Herman. “They grow with us; as we grow, they grow.” They are also delighted with the location near Colony Grill and the movie theaters.

Jan. 1 after the adjacent Village Beer Garden had closed for the season once winter set in.

“It will be opening under a different operator at some point,” said Ryan Quinn, manager at Rye House in Port Chester, some of whose partners had tried to make a go at the Broad Street Metro-North station, even installing a pizza oven there to make delicious pies as well as an

Chef David DiBari should soon be opening Eugene’s Diner & Bar at 112 North Main St. Jananne Abel|Westmore News So far, even in the winter, business is brisk, with over 1,000 people visiting Bona Bona the last Saturday in January, “our busiest day,” said Herman.

Winter hours are Mon.-Wed. 2-9:30 p.m., Thurs. 2-10, Fri. 2-11, Sun. 12-9. Summer hours will be 11 a.m.-midnight seven days a week.

In the summer there will also be a 30-seat patio and possibly a cart outside with the top five flavors if there is enough demand.

“Ice cream is fun,” concluded Herman. “No one’s mad when the ice cream guy shows up.”

What’s closed Sadly, Station House closed in the Port Chester train station

atmospheric pizza bar. The managing partner there, Jeff Skiba of Port Chester, who previously managed Rye House, is no longer with the company.

So Rye House is out and another operator—the location’s third—will try their hand.

What’s coming Joe Ramalho of Rye is planning a spring opening of Joey’s Sports Bar & Grill in the Lyon Park Shopping Center at the corner of Willett and Putnam avenues, the former longtime location of Davy Byrnes.

When I went by this week, the door was open, and a highpowered family meeting was Please turn to page 6

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What’s opened, what’s closed and what’s coming Continued from page 5 taking place to plan the menu even though the interior is far from complete. In fact, the entire space including the kitchen has been gutted, walls opened, the ceiling raised, new wiring installed, the bar location moved, and the arrival of new appliances and other equipment awaited.

First Ramalho, who is a contractor and previously worked in the food and beverage industry, spruced up the façade of the entire shopping center for the landlord before tackling the space that will become Joey’s, named for his 18-year-old son and himself. Once work began inside, one thing led to another and he wanted to do it right. “We took seven layers of plywood flooring out,” he said.

The bar will no longer be a horseshoe but against the right wall and there will be eight TVs plus a cozy area in the front, high tops and a lounge/ dining room where a variety of entertainment will be offered.

Ramalho also plans to have outdoor seating on the sidewalk out front.

The cuisine will be American bar food with some Portuguese items such as cod cakes and chorizo infused. Ramalho’s background is Portuguese. Steamed clams, flatbread pizzas, build your own burgers, fish sandwiches and Portuguese steak (marinated in red wine) sandwiches are some of the menu items being tossed around.

Joey’s, which is Ramalho’s first bar/restaurant of his own, will be open for lunch and dinner and will also have a late-night menu. “This has been my dream

American diner. Chef David DiBari, who owns the highly-rated The Cookery and The Parlor in Dobbs Ferry, DoughNation, a mobile pizza oven that travels to private and corporate events, and is working on a few other new ventures besides Eugene’s, could not be reached to shed more light on the cuisine to be expected at Eugene’s or the possible opening date, despite various attempts.

No doubt he is waiting on some approvals from the Port Chester Building Department. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

I did see the chef and his wife at a Port Chester Zoning Board of Appeals meeting in December where he was seeking approval for the two apartments upstairs from the restaurant. The current outdated zoning code allows for three apartments in a building on Main Street but not two. Not surprisingly, he got the variance without a whole lot of discussion.

Joe Ramalho stands outside the future Joey’s Sports Bar & Grill in the Lyon Park Shopping Center on Willett Avenue he plans to open sometime this spring.

Jananne Abel|Westmore News for a long time,” he said. His son and daughter, who are twins, are also excited about it and his sister, who is in the restaurant business in Florida, is sharing her expertise.

“It’s a family type of thing,” said Ramalho. “We will make

it happen and make it happen nicely.”

The sign is up for Eugene’s Diner & Bar at 112 North Main St. which has undergone a major renovation to turn the space that had been Q into a modern

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Something new will also be coming to the large restaurant space at 25 South Regent St., most famously known as the long-ago whereabouts of The Sawpit and for the past two years as Rela Café. Landlord Lou Larizza confirmed that a well-known Westchester restaurant group is expected to take over the space, but the lease had not been signed as of press time, so I promised not to publicize it yet. In the meantime, Rela is continuing to operate. A new eatery could be opening its doors as early as Apr. 1.

The Colombian restaurant Noches de Colombia is still in the works in The Waterfront at Port Chester space where Euro Asian Bistro used to be on Westchester Avenue. It is expected to open sometime in late spring.

Several other places have opened during the past year which we may feature in future issues: Sazon Peruana Peruvian restaurant at 137 Irving Ave., Delicia Central American Restaurant at 227 Westchester Ave., the former location of T&J Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, Il Coco Pazzo at 139 South Main St. serving Italian and other European specialties, and Noma’s American & Mexican Cuisine at 92 Purdy Ave.

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A new restaurant called Basque was slated to open in January at 108 Abendroth Ave., the ill-fated location where Romo’s had been the last tenant.

There was a complete menu and listing of upcoming events on a website created for the new venture. I was excited because it was a brand-new cuisine for Port Chester and Rye Brook, and the dishes sounded scrumptious. But then the sign disappeared from the window about the opening date and all work stopped.

When landlord Neil Pagano was contacted this week, he said a new restaurant should be taking over the space soon, but it won’t be called Basque or serve

Spanish cuisine. “I believe it has to do with a change of chefs,” he wrote in an email. Management is still in place, he said, and “I’m very encouraged and excited about the new direction.”

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23 Putnam Avenue Port Chester, N.Y. 10573

Phone (914) 939-8299 • Fax (914) 939-3069 Dine-in • Pick-up • Delivery • Catering On-Line Ordering: www.Frankspizza23.com

Italian/Pizzeria Italian/Pizzeria Frankie & Louie’s Pizzeria & Restaurant

414 Willett Avenue Port Chester 939-0202 Specialties include: Mozzarella sticks, fried calamari, zucchini sticks, grilled chicken salad, Caesar salad, antipasto, pasta fagioli, tortellini soup, eggplant parmigiana wedge, veal & pepper wedge, Penne a la Vodka, homemade manicotti, Chicken Marsala, Veal Cutlet Milanese, scungilli marinara or fra diavolo, shrimp marinara; meatball, mushroom and Luigi’s Special pizzas; stuffed pizza; focaccia, baked ziti, lasagna, salad and broccoli gourmet pizzas; sausage & pepper and chicken roll calzones; fresh baked cakes and pastry.

Weekly specials. Wed.: Family Style Night. Thurs.: Ravioli Night. Sun.: Pasta Madness. Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 7 days a week. Catering available. Free delivery lunch & dinner.

Credit cards: AX, VISA, MC. Ample free parking in lot.

John’s of Arthur Avenue 508 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 481-8888 or 481-8889

Michael’s Restaurant & Pizzeria 125 Midland Ave., Port Chester 939-2241

Papa John’s Pizza

117 North Main St., Port Chester 481-5096

Pizza Pasta & Things

Kohl’s Shopping Center 529 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-8000

Roddy’s Pizza & Salad 46 North Main Street Port Chester 937-5120

T&J Restaurant & Pizzeria 10 Pearl Street Port Chester 939-4134

Villa Rustica Pizzeria & Trattoria

261 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 939-8888 or 939-8885

Luncheonettes Bagel Emporium

211 Irving Ave., Port Chester 937-5252

Café 800

800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 914-694-5758

Dougie’s Standby

604 North Main St., Port Chester 939-0022

Lenny’s Bagels

200 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 939-1379

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Luncheonettes Lyon Park Deli, Café & Catering 29 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 937-1171

Marini’s Deli 340 Willett Avenue Port Chester 939-4201

The Kneaded Bread 181 North Main Street Port Chester 937-9489

Vinny’s Luncheonette 182 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9591

Mediterranean

Capers Mediterranean Restaurant

531 North Main Street Port Chester 481-8833 Specialties include: Greek Salad, King Crab Salad, Bone Marrow, Octopus Carpaccio, East and West Coast oysters and clams on the half shell, Crudo Tasting; Boquerones marinated anchovies, Smoked Duck Spring Rolls, Artichokes sauteed with capers, tomato, garlic and white wine, Falafel with Tzatziki Sauce, Mediterranean Mussels in saffron, roasted peppers, garlic, tomato, chili flakes and prosciutto sauce, Lamb Keftedes (Greek meatballs), Smoked Salmon Flatbread; Filet of Swordfish, Halibut or Tuna, Grilled Branzino, Seafood Paella, Rack of Lamb with warm Israeli couscous and tzatziki sauce, Grilled Pork Chop with peppery brown sauce, Grilled Quail with lentil ragu and smoked bacon. Hours: Brunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun. Dinner 5-10 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 5-11 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 5-9 p.m. Sun. Major credit cards. Free on-premises parking.

Mexican

bartaco

Mexican

Taco Shack

27 North Main Street Port Chester 481-5551

Taco Temptation 199 South Regent Street Port Chester 939-0507

Taqueria La Picardia

118 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-2003

Kiosko

Mary Ann’s Mexican Restaurant 23½ North Main Street Port Chester 939-8700

Noma’s American & Mexican Cuisine 92 Purdy Avenue Port Chester 305-2312

Rancho Grande 8 Poningo Street Port Chester 939-8125

Salsa Picante Mexican Restaurant 110 Adee Street Port Chester 481-5488

Sin Dulce Pastry & Bakery 146 North Main Street Port Chester 481-1283

SERVING Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Peruvian Pepper Steak Chicken Dishes Pork Dishes Seafood Soup Fried Seafood Shrimp Dishes

Multi-national Balducci’s Food Lover’s Market Rye Ridge Shopping Center 144 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 308-3692

BelleFair Kitchen

OPEN - 7 DAYS Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Friday - Sunday 8 a.m. - Midnight

20 BelleFair Boulevard Rye Brook 939-2370

Boca Marina Restaurant

40 Grace Church Street Port Chester 934-9090

Inca & Gaucho Restaurant

Seafood & Steakhouse

110 North Main St., Port Chester, NY Delivery Available Se Habla Español

939-9437

Lunch Specials Takeout also

173 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-2100

IncAzteca

Juliana’s Caffe Bakery-Deli

220 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 933-0155

Authentic Peruvian Cuisine

325 North Main Street Port Chester 612-4440

Coyote Flaco

143 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-1494

“Our Specialty is Roasted Chicken”

Argana Restaurant & Bar

480 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 305-5400

El Tio Restaurant

MISTI RESTAURANT

Moroccan

1 Willett Avenue Port Chester 937-8226

115 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-6969

POLLO A LA BRASA

204-206 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 935-0333

Small Village Café 302 Midland Avenue Port Chester 612-4889

Sonora Nuevo Latino Cuisine

179 Rectory Street Port Chester 933-0200 Specialties include: Lobster and plantain bisque, traditional Colombian free range chicken and potato soup, tuna and yucca cake with mango and wasabi sauce, Ecadorian ceviche: shrimp, tomato base, avocado, red onions and citrus, lobster and avocado quesadilla, steamed Rhode Island mussels, pan roasted Chilean sea bass with white beans, chorizo and lobster broth, Sonora seafood paella, grilled lamb chops with wild mushrooms, mashed potatoes and roasted garlic mojito sauce, grilled skirt steak with mojito thyme sauce and lobster moro rice.

Lunch: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner starts at 5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday.

Closed Monday. Cooking classes once a month. Latin jazz music during Friday dinner starting at 7 p.m. and Sunday brunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Private room available. Free onpremises parking.

Whole Foods Market 575 Boston Post Road Port Chester 708-1985

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The Great Cuisine of Arthur Avenue

Peruvian Acuario Cevicheria y Mas 163 North Main Street Port Chester 937-2338

Bambú Restaurant & Nightclub 30 Broad Street Port Chester 481-5040

El Chalan Restaurant 45 Midland Avenue Port Chester 934-2244

2 Putnam Avenue, Port Chester, NY

914-934-7770

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El Parralito Restaurant 2 South Main Street Port Chester 305-5600

Peruvian La Gladys Restaurant 453 Ellendale Avenue Port Chester 481-1365

Misti Café

100 North Main Street Port Chester 939-2204

Misti Restaurant

110 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9437 Specialties include mussels cooked in onions, tomatoes and sweet corn kernels, Peruvian-style seafood sushi; soups: beef, chicken, seafood; variety of salads; fish morsels cooked in onions and tomatoes; shrimp cooked in spicy sauce, steamed seafood in Peruvian spices; rotisserie chicken (pollo a la brasa) with French fries and salad, chicken fried rice, Peruvian-style beef with spaghetti, pepper steak, roast beef, “Hungry Joe” Steak with fried plantains, egg, bacon and rice, beef tripe stew with rice; custard. Open Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri.-Sun. 8 a.m.-12 midnight.

Lunch specials. Delivery or takeout available. Street parking. VISA, MC accepted, ATM on premises.

Peruvian Panka Grill 112 Willett Avenue Port Chester 612-4340

Panka Peruvian Bistro 167 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 481-5424

Pio’s Chicken 148 Irving Avenue Port Chester 305-2491

Sazon Peruana 137 Irving Avenue Port Chester 468-6270

Salvadoran La Pupusa Loca de Port Chester 165 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 935-0767

Rinconcito Salvadoreno Restaurante 20 Broad Street Port Chester 937-9287

Seafood

El Palacio de los Mariscos 134 North Main Street Port Chester 939-2222

Port Chester Seafood 295 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-2232

Saltaire Oyster Bar and Fish House 55 Abendroth Avenue Port Chester 939-2425

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