Dining Out & About 2016/06

Dining

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

Just look inside!

Out & About There are a lot of options for Father’s Day, including grabbing a slice at Roddy’s Pizza & Salad on North Main Street. For the review of the recently renamed restaurant, see page 4.

Claire K. Racine|Westmore News

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

A Supplement to the

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American Atrium at Doral Arrowwood 975 Anderson Hill Road Rye Brook 935-6600

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Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar

44 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 690-9453

Cousin Frankie’s USA Grill 112 Willett Avenue Port Chester 305-4878

Härth

Hilton Westchester 699 Westchester Avenue Rye Brook 939-6300

Heartland Black + Gold Bar and Eatery

Port Chester Railroad Station 3 Broad Street Port Chester 305-8383

nessa

325 North Main Street Port Chester 939-0119

Port Chester Coach Diner

317 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-0008

Purchase Country Diner

Westchester County Airport 240 Airport Road Rye Brook 437-7650

Q Authentic Barbecue Restaurant 112 North Main Street Port Chester 933-7427

Rye House

126 North Main Street Port Chester 481-8771

Rye Ridge Deli

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Rye Ridge Shopping Center 126 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-2131

Sam’s Bar & Grill 1 Mill Street Port Chester 939-2001

The Clydesdale Pub & Grill 435 North Main Street Port Chester 935-1234

Nuevo Latino Cuisine “Nothing about the food here is ordinary...”

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The Pub

Doral Arrowwood Anderson Hill Road Rye Brook 939-6630

Wing Lady

Westchester County Airport 240 Airport Road Rye Brook 437-7650

Asian

Burgers Westchester Burger Co.

275 South Ridge Street 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 Café Brazil USA

37-39 North Main Street Port Chester 939-1139

Churrascaria Copacabana 29-31 North Main Street Port Chester 939-6894

International Café & Brazilian Bakery

103 Adee Street, Port Chester 939-1002

Rio Minas Brasil U.S.A. Buffet 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 481-5724

Central American Sofia’s Café

22 South Main Street Port Chester 939-0005

Chinese China House

170B North Main Street Port Chester 939-7288 or 939-7290

East Wok Restaurant 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-0068

Ho Sai Gai

544 Willett Avenue, Port Chester 937-8337 or 937-8339

King Garden Chinese Restaurant

32 Grace Church Street Port Chester 939-4310

Manchu Garden

504 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-8688

Number 1 Chinese Restaurant

120 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-8465

Panda Restaurant

213 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-4699

Wah Yuan Chinese Restaurant

Buddha

1 Rye Ridge Plaza Rye Brook 481-4651

Edo Japanese Steak House 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-3333

Euro Asian Bistro

30 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-3680

Burgers Elevation Burger

176 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 305-6700

Post Road Plaza 262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-7776

Coffee Shops Bow & Rose Café

604 North Main Street Port Chester 934-9497

Pan America Bakery & Café 22 South Main Street Port Chester 939-0005

Starbucks Coffee Company Rye Ridge Shopping Center 118 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-1597

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Colombian Aqui Es Santa Fe Café

32 Broad Street, Port Chester 305-1060

Asi Es Colombia

172 North Main Street Port Chester 934-7675

El Encuentro

132 North Main Street Port Chester 305-1828

El Rincon Paisa

130 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9364

Los Chuzos de Juancho

8 South Main Street, Port Chester 481-1340

Makondo Restaurant 139 North Main Street Port Chester 305-6147

Dominican Hollywood Chicken International

216 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 934-8137

Reyna Restaurant

66 Poningo Street, Port Chester 939-9251

Ecuadorian El Criollito Restaurant 138 Irving Avenue Port Chester 934-8010

Rinconcito Ecuatoriano Restaurant 150 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7343

Fast Food Burger King

260 Boston Post Road Port Chester 934-7877

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 100 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-0351

Chop’t Creative Salad Company 116 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 908-4184

Dunkin Donuts

Port Chester locations: 330 Boston Post Road 939-8331 295 Midland Avenue 935-9034

Garden Catering

140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 934-7852 or 934-7810

Hubba

24 North Main Street Port Chester 939-7271

Kentucky Fried Chicken 262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 935-0741

McDonald’s Restaurant 321 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-3355

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 275 Boston Post Road Port Chester

Subway Restaurant

Port Chester locations: 262 Boston Post Road 934-5045 302 Midland Avenue 937-0022 19 North Main Street 914-481-5255

Fast Food Taco Bell

303 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-0695

Texas Chili Restaurant 36 Broad Street Port Chester 937-0840

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

French

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Appétit Bistro

540A Willett Avenue Port Chester 690-2000

Greek/American One Station Plaza

111 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-3416

Guatemalan Café Guatemala

28 Grace Church Street Port Chester 937-8537

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

Friday - Sunday 8 a.m. - Midnight

Indian Tandoori Taste of India 163 North Main Street Port Chester 937-2727 or 935-9680

International Café Mirage

223 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 481-5581 Specialties include: Thai Lemongrass Mussels, duck and goat cheese quesadilla, pear, walnut & Maytag blue salad, Old School chopped salad for two; jerk or grilled chicken tacos, Philly cheesesteak sandwich, crab cake sliders, Buffalo burger; ½ pound cheeseburger; grilled chicken sandwich, shrimp & andouille sausage gumbo, coconut curry chicken or shrimp, pan roasted pork chop, Steak Diablo; sesame crusted seared yellow fin tuna, Prince Edward Island moules-frites.

Open Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Most major credit cards accepted. Street and municipal parking available.

Irish/American Davy Byrnes Irish Pub & Restaurant

538 Willett Avenue 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. 11:30-5, Dinner: 5-10 p.m. Credit cards: VISA, MC, AX. Some off-street parking.

McShane’s Pub & Restaurant

123 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7800

Italian Alba’s Ristorante

400 North Main Street Port Chester 937-2236

Fortina

Rye Ridge Shopping Center 136 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-0900

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

939-9437

Lunch Specials Takeout also

Cafe Mirage is Open again!

Located at 223 Westchester Avenue Port Chester, NY We’re just two blocks from the Capitol Theater!

Open seven days a week, we are serving: Monday - Thursday 11:30 am - 10:00 pm Friday & Saturday 11:30 am - 11:00 pm Sunday 11:00 am - 9:00 pm With Lunch and Dinner service, along with Chef Dave’s amazing Brunch on Sundays, there’s plenty of family friendly options!

Enjoy a meal in our dining room, or join us for a drink and dine in the bar!

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Ample parking with two municipal lots within a block of the restaurant!

Give us a call at (914) 481-5581 Find us online at www.cafemirageny.com

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RESTAURANT REVIEW

Roddy’s Pizza & Salad: ‘New name, same great food and people’

By Jananne Abel

R

od Aguillon started washing dishes at Arcuri’s Pizza & Salad in Cos Cob at age 17. He was outspoken, worked hard and became a partner with Jamie Arcuri when he expanded the family restaurant to a second location in Port Chester in 2010. In March he completed the final paperwork to make the 46 North Main St. pizzeria his own.

When the transfer was finalized, Aguillon gradually started advertising the restaurant’s new name, Roddy’s Pizza & Salad, with a banner across the awning, car signs atop delivery vehicles, a lit sign in the window and redesigned pizza boxes.

It is with some trepidation that Aguillon has taken over because, although he knows how to handle the operation of a restaurant from the culinary and service point of view, he has never before been responsible for all the paperwork and accounting.

“It’s very exciting, but I’m very nervous,” he said. “I don’t want to mess up.” All the time he’s spent trying to make the shop succeed and therefore has missed spending time with his family on holidays and for other gatherings, “it’s got to be for something,” he said.

If Aguillon didn’t agree to take it over, Arcuri was planning to close the Port Chester location due to failing health.

So Aguillon, now 35, mulled the pros and cons, received encouragement from family members, staff and other Port Chester restauranteurs and decided to give it a shot.

“We believe in Port Chester,” said the Mexican-born immigrant who came to this country at age 11. “We believe we can make it.”

During the transition, business has dropped off 20% because of customers’ uncertainty about what was happening, but Aguillon feels positive about his strong customer base and thinks in time he can build it back up.

The location on a busy downtown street corner with lots of foot traffic, his excel-

lent crew plus the added support of his father and other family members who take orders and make deliveries when needed gave him the confidence to move forward.

He said Eli and his cousin Ricardo have been with him for three years now and “it feels good to know they have your back.”

A new person managing the building in which the pizzeria is located as of Jan. 1 also made a difference. For the first four years Arcuri’s was at this Main Street location, Aguillon estimates it was only open three years and 2 ½ months as a result of an electrical fire in another store, Hurricane Sandy and constant shutoffs of power and gas as the building was modified. “It’s hard to keep a customer base with so many interruptions,” Aguillon said.

Aguillon’s philosophy as a restauranteur is “be nice or be gone.” “We like people,” he said. “If something is right that we do, we want to know about it. If something is

Rod Aguillon and his daughter, America, 12, hold up a large pepperoni pie at Roddy’s Pizza & Salad on North Main Street. Aguillon recently took over the restaurant previously known as Arcuri’s.

Claire K. Racine|Westmore News wrong, we definitely want to know about it. We’re here for you guys.”

Aguillon and his staff are always courteous and pleasant, making them a pleasure to deal with. Everyone pitches in and does everything. He even makes deliveries himself.

The new restauranteur

Two-year-old Jason Goodwin of Greenwich, Conn. enthusiastically enjoys a bite of cheese pizza.

Claire K. Racine|Westmore News

enjoys the hustle and bustle of the downtown location and waves to customers as they pass by on the street. Aguillon is proud to say that one day he had several members of the Port Chester Police Department, including the chief, eating at his pizzeria and that in general the police are regular customers. Yet he knows there is a lot of competition, many eating places in town for people to choose from.

“There’s a lot of good people in this town,” he said.

“It’s a really nice, colorful place” and always full of surprises. When they open in the morning, “we don’t know where the day is going to go.”

Takeout, and especially delivery, are a large part of Arcuri’s and now Roddy’s business. But over time the small restaurant itself, which seats 20, has gotten busier as well.

Challenges and planned changes Aguillon said “trying to

be different while staying the same” is a major challenge he sees for the future. He explained what that means: “sticking with our roots, what has made us popular so far, while still coming up with new stuff to make.”

The newly designed pizza boxes, which have a similar logo as the old ones, specifically state: “New name, same great food, same great people.”

Also to that end, a new menu is in the works which will be 80-90% the same.

“Customers like what we have,” he said. “We will add some stuff, a couple new salads, sandwiches and pizzas and get rid of some we feel are not going a lot from the original menu. We are also going to tweak some things.”

For example, a regular customer suggested a cheeseburger pizza which the staff has been experimenting with and has gone over well on a slice basis so will be added to

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Italian

Italian/Pizzeria

Il Sogno Wine Bar & Restaurant

John’s of Arthur Avenue

316 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-7200

508 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 481-8888 or 481-8889

Marianacci’s Restaurant

Michael’s Restaurant & Pizzeria

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 Cheese Cake and Tira Mi Su. 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

Tarry Lodge

18 Mill Street Port Chester 939-3111

Italian/Pizzeria

125 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-2241

Papa John’s Pizza

117 North Main Street Port Chester 481-5096

Pizza Pasta & Things

Kohl’s Shopping Center 529 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8000

Regent Pizza & Pasta

199 South Regent Street Port Chester 934-2900

T & J Pizza & Pasta

227 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-4134

Villa Rustica Pizzeria & Trattoria 261 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 939-8888 or 939-8885

Luncheonettes Bagel Emporium 211 Irving Avenue Port Chester 937-5252

Café 800

Angelo’s Pizza & Pasta

800 Westchester Avenue Rye Brook 914-694-5758

Antonio’s Pizza and Restaurant

604 North Main Street Port Chester 939-0022

147 Irving Avenue Port Chester 939-0900

Pathmark Shopping Center 130 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-5137

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

Dougie’s Standby

Lyon Park Deli, Café & Catering

Belle Fair Gourmet

Coals

340 Willett Avenue Port Chester 939-4201

35½ North Main Street Port Chester 305-3220

Domino’s Pizza

262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 967-5070

Frank’s Restaurant and Pizzeria 23 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 939-8299

Frankie & Louie’s 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. 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.

Restaurant • Pizzeria

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

FAST DELIVERY 414 Willett Avenue Port Chester, NY 914-939-0202

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Father’s Day Sunday, June 19

Specials & Regular Menu Available Call 914-939-0202 for Reservations

Lenny’s Bagels

200 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 939-1379

29 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 937-1171

20 Belle Fair Boulevard Rye Brook 939-2370

Frankie & Louie’s

Marini’s Deli

Tarry Market’s La Cucina

179 North Main St., Port Chester 253-5680

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

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

Mexican Banditos Tacos & Tequila 139 South Main Street Port Chester 481-5151

bartaco

1 Willett Avenue, Port Chester 937-8226

Coyote Flaco

115 Midland Avenue, Port Chester 937-6969

El Tio Restaurant

143 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 939-1494

Kiosko

220 Westchester Ave., Port Chester 933-0155

Mary Ann’s Mexican Restaurant

23½ North Main Street, Port Chester 939-8700

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Roddy’s Pizza & Salad: ‘New name, same great food and people’ the new menu either with or without bacon.

Another new pizza being tested is colaccia which is topped with artichoke hearts, fresh mozzarella, garlic, basil and sliced tomatoes.

Getting Roddy’s websites to go live is a priority as is changing the signage to permanently reflect the name change. The new signage will include a spotlight on the awning to provide more visibility.

On the inside, lit menu boards will be replacing the current cardboard ones that fill a good portion of the wall space, a bench and another TV will be added and a section of wall under the current TV will be brushed with a special paint to create a chalkboard for kids.

With its bright red, white and green color scheme, Arcuri’s wore the colors of the Italian flag on its sleeve, and that will remain the same.

Specialties Obviously pizza and salad will continue to be the specialties at Roddy’s Pizza & Salad as they were for Arcuri’s. Buffalo chicken pizza, my favorite, continues to be the super seller followed by the new Big Mac pizza by the slice, the chicken bacon ranch, chicken parm and pepperoni.

Buffalo chicken ($4 per slice) has chunks of chicken, spicy Buffalo sauce, bleu cheese dressing and is topped with shopped scallions. I’m quite sure Arcuri’s was the first pizzeria in town to serve it. Aguillon pointed out that the pizza oven creates crunchy rather than soft pizza, which generally is a plus. However, in the past week I ordered a slice of Buffalo chicken pizza and was disappointed not by the flavor but because it was too crunchy to the point where the crust was hard.

The oven is a holdover

from Il Pizzaiolo, the pizzeria that preceded Arcuri’s, and possibly from Marini’s Pizzeria and Vinny’s Pizza which came before it and make up the long line of pizzerias at this location.

The pizza slices at Roddy’s ($2.75 cheese, $3.25 with two toppings, $4 specialty) as well as the salads are gigantic. A small salad when served in the restaurant fills a large white bowl and is more than enough for one person.

The standard hand-tossed pizza is neither thin nor thick but somewhere in the middle. Thin pizza or double dough is available upon request.

The menu lists 32 different toppings you can have on a pizza which comes in three sizes starting at $5.95 for a 10” cheese, $8.50 for a 12” and $13.50 for a 16”.

Besides the Buffalo chicken, Nanna’s pizza is another one of the 20 specialty pizzas I can rave about. It’s made with juicy plum tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh garlic and fresh basil ($18.95 for a 16” pie, $4 per slice).

Arcuri’s is also known for its house creamy balsamic vinaigrette, a secret recipe that only Aguillon and a few people at Arcuri’s in Greenwich know how to make. It is written in his contract with Arcuri that he can continue using it but cannot teach anyone else how to make it.

A good house dressing obviously helps make the salads pop. You can purchase the dressing from Roddy’s for $5.95 a pint.

In addition, Roddy’s will continue baking its own delicious bread made from pizza dough which is served with all the salads, 14 of which are currently on the menu. It is also available by the loaf upon request for $2.

The Generations salad (grilled chicken, fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers and

Using an industrial shredder, Immer Duarte prepares cheese to go on top of the many pizzas cooked up at Roddy’s.

Claire K. Racine|Westmore News avocado at $7.95 small, $9.95 large) is the most popular, said Aguillon. My favorite is the Antipasto (mixed romaine and green leaf blend, three types of olives, pepperoni, Genoa salami, imported provolone, pepperoncini and croutons at $7.25 small, $9.25 large). Another excellent option is the tossed salad, filled with a variety of fresh vegetables and topped with gorgonzola or mozzarella cheese ($6.25 and $7.75).

Most of the salads have the same base. “We are able to make a lot of things from the same ingredients,” said Aguillon.

Of those I’ve tried, the only salad I’m not crazy about is the Classic Caesar ($4.95 and $6.95). Although it’s made with fresh romaine, grated parmesan, shredded Romano and house made Caesar dressing, it just didn’t bowl me over.

Pita’s Pita, named for Rod’s wife of four years, Lupita, whom he met as a customer in his restaurant, is another specialty. Listed under “Hot Sandwiches and Heroes,” it includes grilled chicken, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato and mayo stuffed in pita ($7.42).

Extensive menu

The pizza joint at 46 North Main St. has changed names from Arcuri’s to Roddy’s.

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Roddy’s also serves 2-3 homemade soups which rotate regularly. Currently they are pasta fagioli, chicken and lentil, with cream of broccoli and lobster bisque among the other offerings during the colder months. We recently ordered the lentil, which

brought an enormous bowl of savory, tomato-based soup filled with lentils which I highly recommend.

Besides several varieties of pizza, the display case at Roddy’s is filled with calzones, strombolis, rolls and garlic knots that all look appetizing.

Sandwiches of all sorts are another large portion of the menu—from burgers, to burger wraps (I enjoyed the taco variety ($6.95) once the hot sauce on the table was added), to hot wraps, cold wraps, cold sandwiches and heroes and hot sandwiches and heroes. All are served with chips. Fries can be added for an extra $2.

The meatball sandwich on a roll ($4.95) was tasty, the meatballs having some spiciness to them rather than just tasting bland.

Breakfast burritos are served all day ($3.25 for egg and cheese wrapped in a tortilla to $5.95 for sausage and fried long hots).

A selection of appetizers, mostly fried, is served with your choice of sauce: marinara, honey mustard, BBQ, spicy BBQ, ranch or bleu cheese.

Pastas, entrées, fish and fries are also on the menu.

In recent days I have only tried the Penne Calabrese (fresh broccoli, pepperoni, mozzarella sautéed in marinara sauce at $12.95) and was not overly impressed. It tasted fine and the penne was cooked just right, but there was too much sauce and it did not look appetizing.

Two refrigerator cases are filled with a variety of sodas, iced teas and energy drinks in cans and bottles to choose from.

Currently an easel on the sidewalk advertises Roddy’s five varieties of Italian ice.

Besides that, tres leches, cannoli made to order and house made chocolate chip cookies make up the dessert selections.

An enthusiastic owner Roddy’s is a welcoming place with a modest, but attractive décor—large interesting tiles on the floor and a rustic tile counter and front contrasting with the red, white and green walls. The six square wood tables which are showing signs of age could easily be spruced up with Italian-flavored plastic tablecloths.

Roddy’s is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., later if there are still customers, Friday and Saturday. Parking is paid until 9 p.m. on the street or in the municipal lot around the corner off Adee Street.

All major credit and debit cards as well as Apple Pay are accepted and there is no minimum. There is a $2 delivery charge for those who don’t meet the $11 minimum.

Although he takes Mondays off, Rod Aguillon regularly and enthusiastically puts in 12- to 13-hour days, whatever it takes to make a go of the first restaurant he can truly call his own.

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