APPETITE:
Fearless Chef
The Bohlsen Restaurant Group Striving for the Perfect Guest Experience One Dish at a Time By Fred Bollaci
Tellers GoldBar
Prime Huntington
ISLIP, LONG ISLAND-BASED BOHLSEN RESTAURANT GROUP is first
My introduction to the Bohlsen Restaurant
and foremost a family before it is a group of restaurants. Inheriting the
Group was with my dad, who was a physician
helm from previous generations, Michael and Kurt Bohlsen uphold the
(and the ultimate food connoisseur) who lived
family traditions of mixing the essential ingredients to any successful
in St. James, Long Island. One afternoon
restaurant enterprise: service, style, cuisine and a spirit of fun.
when I was visiting, he said, “I want to take
If you live in the New York area, odds are you’ve heard of and hopefully enjoyed dining at one of their restaurants—if you haven’t, you need to. The Bohlsen Restaurant Group owns nine of Long Island’s
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you to Teller’s. You will love the steaks, and p LOBSTER MAC & CHEESE
the ambiance is second to none—it’s housed in an old bank building, and it’s in Islip, we
most well-known dining establishments, including Gold Coast har-
don’t have to drive into Nassau County or the
bor-front Prime – An American Kitchen and Bar in Huntington, New
City.” Tellers is not just a Chophouse, it’s an
York, with a second location across the Long Island Sound in Stamford,
institution. “The steakhouse you can take to
Connecticut—you are encouraged to dock and dine); Harbor Club
the bank,” Tellers delights visually with the
at Prime in Huntington; the vibrant H2O – Seafood & Sushi in Smith-
original Mosler Vault serving as the wine vault
town and East Islip; Monsoon – Asian Kitchen and Lounge in Babylon
plus an impressive dining room set inside sky-
Village; Tellers – An American Chophouse, Verace – True Italian, and
high ceilings with 25-foot vertical windows.
Pizza Parm, all three in the heart of Islip.
Teller’s features progressive takes on the
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