Dining Out & About 2010/01

Dining Out & About

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

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

Just look inside!

A Supplement to the

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

Dining Out & About Advertisers receive extended listings.

Catering for all occasions

Now hosting children’s birthday parties

American American Legion Post 93 78 Pearl St., Port Chester 937-5562

Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar 42 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 253-5358

Belle Fair Country Market 20 BelleFair Boulevard Rye Brook 939-2370

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar 44 Westchester Ave. Port Chester 690-9453

Call ahead for pick-up or delivery

Serving breakfast and lunch

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110 Adee Street, Port Chester, NY Across the street from the Connecticut side of metro north

914-305-4878

Cousin Frankie’s USA Grill 110 Adee St., Port Chester 305-4878

Specialties include: Pancakes and French toast, omelets, breakfast wraps and sandwiches, bacon and eggs/sausage/ham, fresh fruit plate, hot and cold cereals, bagels, English muffins, fresh muffins and rolls; soups, chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, gorgonzola burgers, turkey burgers, hotdogs, fries; roast beef, chicken scarpariello and Philly cheese steak sandwiches; grilled pork chops, pasta of the day, chicken parmigiana with pasta, weekly special lunch platters, lunch wraps, salads, carrot and chocolate cakes. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Sat. 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Open for Dinner Friday and Saturday Nights and Sunday morning breakfast 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Credit cards: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover. Call ahead for pickup or delivery. Municipal and street parking.

J T Straw’s Bar & Grill 435 North Main St., Port Chester 937-9695

www.cousinfrankiesusagrill.com

Restaurant & Bar wants to cook for your Superbowl Sunday!

WINGS, RIBS, BBQ CHICKEN, BRISKET, PULLED PORK AND ALL THOSE TASTY SIDES! Please call for party package info.

914.933.RIBS (7427)

Specialties include: wood-fired brick oven piza—classic Neopolitan, homemade Italian sausage, goat cheese, gorgonzola, mushrooms, roasted red pepper, jalapenos and more; calzones: build your own and add your favorite ingredients, brick oven monster quesadillas; Buffalo wings, chicken fingers; Caesar salad with chicken or steak; fajitas & fries, cheese steak wedge, grilled chicken sandwich, hamburger/cheese or bacon. Many weekly specials such as lobsters, drunken shrimp/calamari rings/chicken fingers, steak.

Happy Hour Mon.-Fri. 12 a.m.-1 a.m. Lunch Tues.-Fri. 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m., dinner and late night Mon. & Tues. 4 p.m.-12 a.m., Wed.-Fri. 4 p.m.-3 a.m., Sat. & Sun. 12 p.m.-3 a.m. Most major credit cards accepted. Street parking.

Panera Bread 10 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-0079

Port Chester Coach Diner 317 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 937-0008

Q Authentic Barbecue Restaurant 112 North Main St., Port Chester 933-7427

Specialties include: Half BBQ chicken, sliced Texas BBQ brisket, house smoked sausage, southern fried chicken fingers, pulled pork, BBQ chicken wings, St. Louis style ribs; hickory pit baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad, collard greens, cheesy corn, mac ‘n’ cheese; grilled chicken club, ½ pound burger sandwiches; salads: chopped BBQ, cobb. Texas no bean chili, jumbo shrimp cocktail, grilled corn on the cob; homemade pie, giant brownie sundae. Kids’ menu, eat-in weekly specials.

Open 7 days. Municipal parking.

Raymond’s B&B Breakfast & Burgers 540A Willett Ave., Port Chester 939-4444

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

Sam’s Bar & Grill 1 Mill St., Port Chester 939-2001

112 NORTH MAIN STREET PORT CHESTER, NY 10573 914.933.RIBS (7427)

The Kneaded Bread

487 EAST MAIN STREET MT. KISCO, NY 10549 914.241.RIBS (7427)

181 North Main St., Port Chester 937-9489

The Pub

OPEN 7 DAYS

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Doral Arrowwood Anderson Hill Rd., Rye Brook 939-6630 1/12/09 10:25:34 AM

Asian Euro Asian 30 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 937-3680

Brazilian

Café Brazil USA 37-39 North Main St., Port Chester 939-1139

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

International Café & Brazilian Bakery 103 Adee St., Port Chester 939-1002

Central American El Tesoro Restaurant 92 Purdy Ave., Port Chester 935-9440

El Tesoro II 14 South Main St., Port Chester 937-2086

Restaurant Rinconcito Migueleño 118 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 690-0505

Chinese

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

Great Wall Restaurant 140 Midland Ave., Port Chester 939-0068

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

Manchu Garden Chinese & Japanese Cuisine 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

Panda II Chinese Restaurant 32 Grace Church St., Port Chester 939-4310

Ray’s Café 176 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-0747

Sichuan Pavilion 480 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-8889

Wah Yuan Chinese Restaurant Post Road Plaza 262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-7776

Coffee Shops

M.A. Franchella’s 10 Bowman Ave., Port Chester 933-0826

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

Delicias Colombianas 36 Broad St., Port Chester 939-9425

El Rincon Paisa 130 North Main St., Port Chester 939-9364

Los Remolinos Restaurant 123 North Main St., Port Chester 937-7456

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

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Continental The Tulip Tree at the Hilton Rye Town

699 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 939-6300

Dominican

Hollywood Chicken International 216 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 934-8137

Ecuadorian

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

260 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 934-7877

Dunkin Donuts

330 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-8331

Dunkin Donuts

295 Midland Ave., Port Chester 935-9034

Garden Catering

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

Hubba

24 North Main St., Port Chester 939-7276

POLLO A LA BRASA

MISTI RESTAURANT “Our Specialty is Roasted Chicken”

Kentucky Fried Chicken

Authentic Peruvian Cuisine

McDonald’s Restaurant

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

262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 935-0741

321 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 937-3355

Subway Restaurant

262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 934-5045

Subway Restaurant

302 Midland Ave., Port Chester 937-0022

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OPEN - 7 Days • 9 a.m. - Midnight

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

939-9437

Lunch Specials Takeout also

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Ferraro’s Pizza & Pasta “That’s Italian”

199 South Regent Street Port Chester, New York

Pool * Hi def Screens Throughout Sunday NFL Ticket Bar and Table seating Available NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH!!!

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914-934-2900

www.ferraros-pizza.com Open: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Sunday 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Open & Delivery until 5:00 a.m. on Fridays & Saturdays

435 North Main Street, Port Chester, NY 10573 phone:914.937.9695 * fax: 914.305.5920

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

Local restaurants change hands

By Jananne Abel

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he restaurant scene is always changing, but of late a handful of local eateries have either changed hands, closed pending reopening by new owners, or a change of ownership is close at hand. One is in bankruptcy.

P&D Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria In December, Steve Zafrin and Peter Desimini sold P&D Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria at 508 Westchester Ave., just where it meets Bowman Avenue, to Rick and Judy Yandoli of Greenwich. Zafrin and Desimini had owned the popular Italian restaurant on the Port Chester/Rye Brook border, known for its crispy, thincrusted pizza, for 37 years.

The ownership change happened without warning and regular longtime customer Phil Dorazio of Port Chester was devastated. Now 40, he had been going there since he was 4 or 5 years old.

He now has a son that age.

“I feel like my whole childhood was spent in the place,” said Dorazio, who also worked there when he was in high school.

Zafrin and Desimini made a practice of hiring Port Chester High School students.

When contacted at his home in Connecticut last month, Zafrin said: “I feel like I lost my child,” but went on to explain that his partner was 70 years old and they had owned P&D for 37 years.

He had a knee replacement a few months before and hadn’t been able to work much.

“It was hard being there [because of his knee replacement], and it bothered me,” he said. It was time to let someone else take over.

Zafrin said the new owners were go-

ing to keep the name, the same pizza and other recipes but were going to change a few things here and there.

“It does need a facelift, and I’m the first to admit it needs that,” said Zafrin.

“It’s like my wife I see her every day and she looks the same to me as she did when we got married. You see them every day, you don’t notice anything. When you own a business, we were there 12 hours a day, 5-6 days per week. You never notice things that need updating.”

“I feel like I should be sitting shivah,” said Zafrin. “I’m 58. It’s the only thing I’ve ever done. I didn’t feel I worked for a living. I looked forward to going there just to look forward to seeing who’s there.”

He was always up front making the pizzas because he enjoyed socializing with people.

“I had customers that you knew who was coming in what day like clockwork and you made sure you had what they wanted,” said Zafrin. “I felt as loyal to my customers as they were to me.”

“I want to thank everybody in Port

Ebb Tide Seafood at 1 Willett Ave. closed at the end of 2009. A new restaurant will be going into the space, hopefully by the summer. The chalkboard on the front of the building reads: “Gone Fishin. It was a nice wave while it lasted…Now the tide takes us back to the sea.”

After 37 years, P&D Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria at 508 Westchester Ave. has been sold. The new owners are maintaining the P&D brand while making changes of their own.

Chester and Rye Brook for being friends for so long, and Pete and I definitely will miss all the customers,” said Zafrin, “especially those who would argue with me that the Mets are better than the Yankees.”

“In Port Chester,” said Zafrin, “P&D is still a brand. It is the longest-running family restaurant in Port Chester.”

It is that brand that attracted Rick Yandoli, a former customer, to P&D. He’s originally from Queens and his wife, the former Judy McCrory, daughter of former Mayor John McCrory, grew up in Port Chester.

“I was impressed with the longevity and established tenure of the restaurant and thought it would be something I could build upon,” said Yandoli, who is running the restaurant while his wife is helping administratively. “P&D Pizza had become a legacy over time. The pizza was always a legacy.”

Yandoli is keeping the name “because of its wonderful reputation.” Much of the menu will also remain the same.

“We’re going to keep the core part of the menu and take a good look at adding items that are attractive to the needs of the community,” said Yandoli, who has 20 years of restaurant and fast food experience. He has owned Pie Sanos in Riverside, Conn. (part of Greenwich) for six months. It is similar to P&D except it only seats 10.

A new 10-inch bar pie has been added to the menu starting at $5.95, and the price of a large cheese pie has been reduced to $9.95. The restaurant also offers free delivery.

Yandoli plans to enhance the menu with expanded salads and has already started weekly dinner specials “with a great price point.” For example, two center cut pork chops served with garlic mashed potatoes and a side of creamed spinach or broccoli rabe for $12.95 was a recent special as was grilled salmon filet with roasted potatoes and the same choice of vegetables for $11.95 or grilled chicken breast topped with eggplant, prosciutto and fresh mozzarella served with potatoes and vegetable for $14.25.

He also plans to add a greater variety

of soups, wedges, pizzas, sides and desserts.

“My vision is very affordable pricing with value being the headline,” said Yandoli. “People are always looking for value.”

As a nice touch, the restaurant gives customers a large, yummy sample meatball covered in tomato sauce and shaved parmesan cheese as part of its “hospitality campaign.” Yandoli intends to continue the practice indefinitely. “It’s part of our culture,” he said.

As another new feature, a combination of different homemade breads is served with all entrées.

Yandoli recommends everything on the menu—the pizza, particularly the Sicilian, wedges and entrées.

He’s offering family style portions, “hospitality with a capital H and an obsession with pleasing every customer.”

Yandoli has plans to remodel the dining room over the next few months and to hang old world photos of Port Chester and Rye “to embrace the community.” He has started by hanging new Yankee prints on the back wall of the restaurant which used to be called the “Hall of Fame.” It displayed pictures of customers, both famous and ordinary. He has also installed new wallpaper, painted and hung new prints in the party room next to the dining room, which seats 50.

No wine or beer is currently served as the new owners undergo the application process.

Yandoli is trying hard to please as he speaks to as many customers as possible about his philosophy and the changes being made.

“We want to make ourselves into a destination point,” he said.

Ebb Tide Seafood Ebb Tide Seafood at the foot of Willett Avenue overlooking the Byram River closed at the end of December. A chalk board on the outside of the 1 Willett Ave. building where the specials used to be posted says: “Gone Fishin’. It was a nice wave while it lasted…Now the tide takes Please turn to page 6R

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

Dining Out & About Advertisers receive extended listings.

Fast Food Texas Chili Restaurant 8 South Main St., Port Chester 937-0840

Wendy’s Restaurant 303 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-9417

Greek/American One Station Plaza

111 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-3416

Guatemalan

Café Guatemala 28 Grace Church St., Port Chester 937-8537

Keylee’s Restaurant 11 Pearl St., Port Chester 481-1650

Indian

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

International

Brisa Marina Restaurant 40 Grace Church St., Port Chester 934-9090

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

Domino’s Pizza

262 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 967-5070

Frank’s Restaurant and Pizzeria 23 Putnam Ave., Port Chester 939-8299

Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant 414 Willett Ave., 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. Mon. & Tues.: Large pizza plus 50 chicken wings. 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.

Il Pizzaiolo

Café Mirage

46 North Main St., Port Chester 937-5120

531 North Main St., Port Chester 937-3497

Michael’s Famous Pan Pizza

Sonora Nuevo Latino Cuisine 179 Rectory St., Port Chester 933-0200

Irish/American

Davy Byrnes Irish Pub & Restaurant 538 Willett Ave., Port Chester 937-2106

Full Irish menu includes Gaelic Mixed Grill, Shepherd’s Pie, Corned Beef and Cabbage.

Also Irish Beef Stew, Corned Beef Sandwiches, Fish & Chips, Irish Soda Bread, salads, pastas, seafood, steak, Chicken Pot Pie, turkey, burgers, soup, chili, Sherry Trifle, New York Style Cheesecake, Guinness Dark Irish Beer, Hart Irish Beer. Lunch: Sun.-Sat. 11:305, Dinner: 5-10 p.m. Credit cards: VISA, MC, AX. Some off-street parking.

Italian

Caffe Del Monte 321 North Main St., Port Chester 937-0108

Marianacci’s Restaurant

125 Midland Ave., Port Chester 939-2241

Ferraro’s Pizza & Pasta

199 South Regent St., Port Chester 934-2900

Specialties include: Pasta fagioli, chicken noodle soup, mozzarella sticks, fried calamari, eggplant rolatini, chicken fingers; gorgonzola salad, antipasto salad, baby spinach & grilled chicken salad; gourmet pizzas: foccacio, chicken marsala, chicken scarpariello; hot heroes; calzones; penne carbonaro, linguini primavera, baked ziti, cavatelli & broccoli; whole wheat pasta healthy choice: grilled chicken & shrimp, Napoli, Calabria; chicken romano, chicken francese; veal sorentino, veal primavera; eggplant parmigiana; shrimp scampi, calamari fra diavlo; veggie wrap, The Frankie Boy wrap. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sunday 12 p.m.10 p.m. Most major credit cards. Delivery available. Street and lot parking.

P & D Pizza

508 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-8845

Pizza Pasta & Things

24 Sherman St., Port Chester 939-3450

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

Nessa Ristorante

Racanelli’s Pizzeria Restaurant

325 North Main St., Port Chester 939-0119

Pasquale II Ristorante 2 Putnam Ave., Port Chester 934-7770

T&J Villaggio Trattoria 223-225 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 937-6665

Specialties include: Stuffed artichoke, Golden Fried Calamari, Portobello with Pignoli Nuts in Balsamic Vinaigrette Sauce; Pasta/Scarola e Fagioli Soup; Arugula Salad with Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella; String Bean Salad; Linguini Pescatore, Capellini Grattugiato, Gnocchi Caprese; Chicken Scarpariello, Veal Campagna, Veal Chop with Shitake, Oysters & Portobello Mushrooms in Brandy Sauce, Pork Chop with Fresh Garlic, Onions, Crumbled Sausage & Sliced Potatoes, Filet of Sole, Chilian Sea Bass, Shrimp with Prosciutto over Spinach in Sambuca Sauce. Catering. Banquet room available. Hours: Tues.-Sat. noon-11 p.m.

Sun. Noon-9 p.m. Major credit cards. Street parking.

Tarry Lodge

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 136 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 937-2511

Sosa’s Pizzeria

147 Irving Ave., Port Chester 939-4202

T & J Pizza & Pasta

227 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-4134

Villa Rustica Pizzeria & Trattoria 261 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 939-8888 or 939-8885

Japanese

Edo Japanese Steak House 140 Midland Ave., Port Chester 937-3333

Luncheonettes

Bagel Emporium

211 Irving Ave., Port Chester 937-5252

Café 800

18 Mill St., Port Chester 939-3111

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

Il Sogno Ristorante

7 Rye Ridge Plaza Rye Brook 939-3475

Italian/Mediterranean 316 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 914-937-7200

Club Sandwich

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Frankie & Louie’s

RestauRant • PizzeRia Fresh Baked Cakes for All Occasions Daily Blackboard Specials

414 Willett Ave. Port Chester, NY

914-939-0202

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1/2 TRAY FULL TRAY DEEP Antipasto Salad ....................................... $40 ................... - - - ............... $75 House Salad ............................................ $20 ...................$35 ............... $55 Fried Calamari ......................................... $40 ...................$50 ............... $95 Seafood Salad ........................................ $65 .................$100 ............. $155 Clam Oreganato ...................................... $30 ...................$55 ................- - Mussels Marinara .................................... $25 ...................$35 ............... $60 Caeser Salad .......................................... $30 ...................$50 ............... $65 Grilled Chicken Salad .............................. $35 ................... - - - ............... $70 Chicken Fingers ....................................... $30 ...................$40 ............... $70 Mozzarella Sticks .................................... $40 ...................$50 ............... $85 Zucchini Sticks ......................................... $30 ...................$40 ............... $70 Buffalo Wings............................................ $35 ...................$45 ............... $80 Garlic Bread ............................................ $12 ...................$20 ............... $30

Pastas

Penne Vodka ............................................ $35 ...................$50 ............... $85 Penne Gorgonzola ....... ........................... $35 ..................$50 ............... $85 Tortellini Alfredo ....... ............................... $35 ..................$50 ............... $85 Ziti ............................................................ $25 ...................$40 ............... $55 Linguini with White or Red Clam Sauce ... $35 ...................$60 ............... $85 Lasagna .................................................... $40 ...................$65 ............... $90 Cavatelli Meat Sauce ............................... $35 ...................$60 ............... $80 Baked Ziti ................................................ $40 ...................$60 ............... $80 Ravioli ...................................................... $40 ...................$60 ............... $80 Rigatoni Primavera ................................... $40 ...................$60 ............... $80

Entrees

Veal and Peppers .................................... $60 ...................$95 ............. $140 (100% top round veal used for the following veal entrees) Veal Parmigiana ...................................... $55 ...................$75 ................- - Veal Marsala ............................................ $70 .................$100 ............. $170 Veal Francese .......................................... $70 .................$100 ............. $170 Veal Gorgonzola ..................................... $75 .................$105 ............. $170 Sausage & Peppers ................................. $40 ...................$55 ............... $85 Chicken Parmigiana ............................... $45 ...................$60 ................- - Chicken Marsala ...................................... $45 ...................$60 ............... $85 Chicken Francese .................................... $45 ...................$60 ............... $85 Chicken & Prosciutto ............................... $50 ...................$65 ............... $85 Chicken Scarpariello ................................ $50 ...................$65 ............... $85 Chicken Gorgonzola ................................ $50 ...................$65 ............... $85 Eggplant Parmigiana ............................... $50 ...................$65 ............... $85 Eggplant Rollatini ...................................... $30 ...................$55 ...............- - -

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

Local restaurants change hands us back to the sea.” It is signed by the people who ran Ebb Tide—Cynthia, Janet and Tav, as well as Gus, Olivia, Simone and Eric. A sign in the window reads: “We have closed. Thank you for eight years of serving you.”

When I spoke to Ebb Tide and building owner Tav Passarelli this week, he said that another restaurant will definitely be going in. “It’s going to be really nice,” he said. “They have a formula. I couldn’t do it anymore.”

Ebb Tide Seafood, a restaurant and retail seafood establishment, opened in March 2001.

“I’m truly thankful to my sister (Cynthia), my mother (Janet) and all the beautiful customers who came through our doors,” said Passarelli.

He said it got to the point where “in the summer we were

just crazy and in the winter we were just looking at the four walls. It was just time.”

Passarelli said Cynthia was “the heart and soul of the business. If it wasn’t for her, Ebb Tide would never have been known.” His mother, he said, “has made enough baked clams in her lifetime.”

The bait and tackle shop that existed at this location will be moving across the river to Ebb Tide Boat Rentals at 112 South Water St. in Byram.

Sasa Mahr-Batuz and Andy Pforzheimer will be opening up a Mexican restaurant called Bartaco at the former Ebb Tide location by the summer, at least that’s the hope. They own Barcelona in Greenwich and five other locations. Mahr-Batuz said Bartaco will be a tequila bar with a beach shack feel that serves gourmet tacos, guacamole

Frank’s Steaks in the Washington Park Plaza at 275 South Ridge St. is closed and has filed for bankruptcy. to order and ceviche. The gourmet tacos will be four inches in diameter, three bites and soft shell—filled with delicacies such a Portobello mushrooms, pulled pork, tuna belly and Thai shrimp. Margaritas will be made from scratch.

Sam’s Bar & Grill at 1 Mill St. is expected to change hands in the near future.

All Ade Homem

Mexican SpecialS Monday Nights Fajitas served $ 1495 with a FREE Margarita

Beef, chicken and vegetable combination

Tuesday Nights FREE Quesadilla with 2 dinners from 4-7 p.m.

Wednesday Nights Mary Ann’s Special Soup FREE with 2 dinners from 4-7 p.m.

Thursday Nights Special $500 Cuervo Tequila Margarita with every dinner

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Restaurant A Great Variety of Seafood & Vegetarian Specialties Full Bar in a Festive Atmosphere

Mahr-Batuz has been working on this Bartaco concept the last three years. He said he’s been talking to Tav about it that long. “We will bring what Southern California or bar tacos are all about to the Northeast,” he said.

The deck will be an integral part of the restaurant which will be totally transformed and enlarged by using what used to be the tank room for lobsters as part of the square footage of the restaurant.

“We will make it a fullfledged restaurant with 100 seats plus the outside plus takeout, an open kitchen and three large openings in the building like a garage door facing the deck and another large opening with French doors so it will be more connected to the river,” said Mahr-Batuz, the designer/conceptual person. His partner, he said, “comes from a tremendous culinary background” and is “the brains behind the finance and operations and all the brains behind running a restaurant.”

They have been in business together for 14 years and this is a new venture for them.

Mahr-Batuz was born in Argentina, lived in Vienna, Austria; then Westport, Conn.; pursued a tennis career for eight years in Spain and Portugal and has been back in the U.S. for 20 years.

“I loved entertaining so got into the restaurant business where I could make a living,” he said.

son who answered said “we’re closed for renovations for the next couple months.” A sign in the window reads: “Hostaria Mazzei will be closed for renovations until further notice as of Friday, Jan. 1, 2010.” I have since learned that a group of people have bought the restaurant and will be transforming it.

More on that next month.

Sam’s Bar and Grill Sam’s Bar and Grill at 1 Mill St., which serves up the best burgers, and especially gorgonzola cheese burgers, in Port Chester, is expected to change hands in the near future. Nothing is definite yet, but a deal has been struck and the paperwork is in the works. More on this in a month or two.

Frank’s Steaks Frank’s Steaks, which opened in the Washington Park Plaza at 275 South Ridge St. in March 2007, was short-lived. It closed for the summer of 2009, reopened briefly and then closed again. A sign next to the front door reads: “We are closed for vacation. We will be reopening after Labor Day.” According to TrollerBk.com, Franks’s Steaks at Rye Brook, LLC filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 3, 2009.

Hostaria Mazzei Hostaria Mazzei at 25 South Regent St. was first reported closed in early January. When I called on Jan. 6, the telephone was still connected and the per-

Catering Available On or Off Premises Happy Hour Sunday - Thursday 4-7 Margaritas & Beers at the bar only Lunch & Weekend Brunch 11:30-4 Dinner: Sun. - Thurs. 4-10 Fri. - Sat. 4-Midnight

275 Boston Post Road Free PoRt ChesteR On-premises Parking 914-939-8700

Hostaria Mazzei at 25 South Regent St. closed at the end of December. A sign in the window of the front door states that it will be closed for renovations until further notice.

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

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Dougie’s Standby 604 North Main St., Port Chester 939-0022

Lenny’s Bagels 200 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 939-1379

Lyon Park Deli, Café & Catering 29 Putnam Ave., Port Chester 937-1171

Vinny’s Luncheonette 182 North Main St., Port Chester 939-9591

Mexican

Coyote Flaco 115 Midland Ave., Port Chester 937-6969

El Tio Restaurant 143 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-1494

El Zarape Mexican Restaurant 24 Grace Church St., Port Chester 933-0363

Kiosko 220 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 933-0155

Luis’ Place 135 South Main St., Port Chester 939-3132

Mary Ann’s Mexican Restaurant 275 Boston Post Rd., Port Chester 939-8700

Specialties include: Turkey chili, chalupas, jalapenos stuffed with shrimp, tofu, tofu jack cheese, Enchiladas Puerto Vallarta, goat cheese quesadilla, salads and tostadas, Tampico Burrito (breast of chicken), chimichangas, tacos and taquitos, beef tamales, fajitas (tuna and salmon, chicken or steak), Mole Amirillo (grilled pork loin), Steak Picado Fundido, combo dishes with shrimp, beef or chicken, vegetarian plates, all homemade on premises. Nightly and lowfat specials. Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 4-7 p.m., lunch and weekend brunch 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m., dinner 4-10 p.m. Sun.-Thurs., 4 p.m.-midnight Fri. and Sat. Credit cards: Visa, MC and Amex. Free on-premises parking.

Rancho Grande 8 Poningo St., Port Chester 934-2675

Los Gemelos Restaurant & Tortilleria 167 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 934-0372

Alba’s Ristorante 400 North Main St., Port Chester 937-2236

Giorgio’s Restaurant 69 Merritt St., Port Chester 937-4906/1096

Piero’s Italian Restaurant 44 South Regent St., Port Chester 937-2904

Rosie’s on the River 23 North Main St., Port Chester 937-3200

Peruvian Acuario Cevicheria y Mas 163 North Main St., Port Chester 937-2338

Chavin Restaurant 16 North Main St., Port Chester 937-7917

El Chalan Restaurant 45 Midland Ave., Port Chester 934-2244

El Parral Restaurant 2 South Main St., Port Chester 939-0409

El Plebeyo Restaurant 25 North Main St., Port Chester 690-2797

El Volcan Restaurant Peruano 30 Broad St., Port Chester 939-0076

Misti Café Takeout

come see what all the hype is about!

Specialties include: Sliced hotdogs and French fries; potato stuffed with beef, onions, egg and olives; chicken and rice soup (Peruvian style); fish soup; salads; shrimp cooked in onions and tomtoes with rice; Peruvian style shrimp fried rice; fried calamari; rotisserie chicken with salad and French fries; Peruvian style beef/chicken with spaghetti; Peruvian style fried steak with onions and rice; chanfainita (Sat. & Sun.); purple corn soft drink. Open Wed.-Mon. 9 a.m.-10 p.m., closed Tuesday. Catering available. Street parking. VISA, MC accepted.

“Very Good” S y a Sund N.Y. Times - M. H. Reed n a e Mediterran Jazz Brunch

100 North Main St., Port Chester 939-2204

Misti Restaurant

110 North Main St., 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 spicey 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 daily 9 a.m.-12 midnight. Lunch specials. Delivery or takeout available. Street parking. VISA, MC accepted, ATM on premises.

Nico’s Chicken

137 Irving Ave., Port Chester 939-7090

Salvadoran

12-4 p.m.

as always place your dinner order by 6:30 and have a complimentary bottle of wine and enjoy the view.

MediTeRRaNeaN seafood

El Tesoro Restaurant II

14 South Main St., Port Chester 937-2086

La Pupusa Loca de Port Chester 165 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 935-0767

Rinconcito Salvadoreno Restaurante 20 Broad St., Port Chester 937-9287

eat f.i.s.h. love longer

fox island seafood house 102 fox island Road, Port Chester, NY Call for reservations 914-939-4227

Seafood

El Palacio de los Mariscos

134 North Main St., Port Chester 939-2222

Fox Island Seafood House

(F.I.S.H.) Mediterranean Seafood 102 Fox Island Rd., Port Chester 939-4227

Specialties include Crispy Boston Calamari, Lobster and Crab Crespelle; sweet and sour beet salad, Caesar salad; Classic Margherita Pizza, F.I.S.H. pizza; raw bar: monster shrimp cocktail, East Coast oysters; scallop and potato gnocchi, linguini with white clam sauce; zataar crusted Alaskan halibut, pan roasted king salmon, ponzu marinated Hawaiian tuna mignon, organic chicken scarpiello, 8 oz. premium Hereford “French onion” burger. Full bar. Hours: Lunch: Tues. – Sat 12:00-3 p.m.

Brunch: Sun. 12-4 p.m. Dinner: Tues.-Thurs.

5:30-10 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 5:30-11 p.m., Sun. 5:00-9 p.m. Catering available. Major credit cards accepted. On premises parking.

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Port Chester Seafood

295 Midland Ave., Port Chester 937-2232

South American

Inca & Gaucho Restaurant Seafood & Steakhouse

173 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-2100

Specialties include: Gaucho Parrillada (mixed grill), Matambre (vegetables wrapped with meat and side of potato salad), spinach and meat ravioli, meat canelones, Peruvian style Paella, famous Lomo Saltado (stir-fried beef sautéed with onions and tomatoes), crepes and Chaja (peach-filled cake topped with meringue.

Hours: 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Delivery and catering available. Most major credit cards.

Spanish

Patrias Restaurant

35½ North Main St., Port Chester 937-0177

Steakhouses

Willett House Restaurant 20 Willett Ave., Port Chester 939-7500

Peruvian Food Specializing in Natural Juice Catering Available

OPEN Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner Wednesday through Monday • 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.

100 North Main Street, Port Chester, NY Proprietors: 914-939-2204 Se Habla Español Javier & Rosa Castillo

Fax: 914-939-8491

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, Friday, January 22, 2010

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