Dining Out & About 2007/07 by Westmore News

Dining Out & About Your guide to eating out in Port Chester, Rye Brook and surrounding Â areas.

You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to go far to find great food. Just look inside!

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

J T Straw’s Bar & Grill 134 North Main Street Port Chester 937-9695

Panera Bread 10 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-0079

Port Chester Coach Diner 317 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-0008

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

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

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

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

Waterfront Grille 42 Westchester Ave. Port Chester 933-2606

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Café Brazil USA 37-39 North Main Street Port Chester 939-1139

International Café & Brazilian Bakery 103 Adee Street Port Chester 939-1002

Central American El Tesoro Restaurant 92 Purdy Avenue Port Chester 935-9440

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

Great Wall Restaurant 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-0068

Ho Sai Gai 544 Willett Avenue Port Chester 937-8337 or 937-8339

Manchu Garden Chinese & Japanese Cuisine 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

Panda II Chinese Restaurant 32 Grace Church Street Port Chester 939-4310

Ray’s Café 176 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-0747

Sichuan Pavilion 480 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-8889

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

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

Waterfront Roasters 106 Purdy Avenue Port Chester 934-2232

Colombian Asi Es Colombia 172 North Main Street Port Chester 934-7675

Delicias Colombianas 36 Broad Street, Port Chester 939-9425

El Rincon Paisa 130 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9364

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook By Jananne Abel

ven in a suburban, non-tourist community like Rye Town, outdoor eating is a simple pleasure people enjoy when the weather is fine. Whether it’s on their own deck or patio, at a casual eatery or fine restaurant, dining al fresco makes the experience twice as nice—unless it’s particularly hot and humid. From April to October—and especially during the summer months— restaurants that provide outdoor seating are definitely in demand. The outdoor dining experience has been ebbing and flowing in Port Chester and Rye Brook over the last several years with the number of restaurants offering a place to eat outside nearly doubling 10 years ago and then leveling off with only subtle additions, deletions and upgrades since then. The phenomenon has caught on thanks to the Port Chester Board of Trustees which has encouraged sidewalk cafés through legislation and because savvy restaurateurs have realized it’s the way to go to increase visibility, business and/or add interest to their establishment. It’s also a way to make room for overflow crowds at smaller eateries which can accommodate many fewer patrons the rest of the year. For a small community, it’s amazing first of all how many restaurants there are—113 in Port Chester and Rye Brook—and of those how many—28--have an area set up where you can eat outside. The latter number remains the same as last year. All the restaurants that offered outdoor eating last year are doing so in 2007 except two, one of which is closed for renovations. Pantanal Brazilian Restaurant has been closed about a month and will remain shut for another month to allow for new carpeting to be installed and other improvements, according to owner Richard Cuddy, Sr. of Port Chester. A third—Tropic--still has a nice outdoor patio but is no longer considered a restaurant, having changed its focus to be strictly a nightclub. Tropic serves only drinks—including many tropical varieties--and appetizers Thursday through Sunday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Two eateries have added tables outside for the first time this year, one a restaurant that opened within the past year in the Waterfront at Port Chester development and one an Italian restaurant in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center that provided for outside eating as part of its recent remodeling. Another Rye Ridge restaurant that was closed for expansion

last July has resumed offering its customers the option of taking their food outside. Over the years a handful of eateries have discontinued offering the outdoor dining experience because of the difficulty of providing enough staffing to serve both their indoor and outdoor venue or because not enough people were eating outside to make it worthwhile. Some restaurants offer outdoor table service while a number have just placed tables outside for customers who choose to take their food and dine al fresco.

Tables on the sidewalk outside Euro Asian in the Waterfront at Port Chester development at 30 Westchester Ave., just set up this week, form the newest plein air eating spot in town. frames and matching chairs are shaded by exotic green and white striped umbrellas set up on the sidewalk out front, not far from the golden dragons at the entrance, seating a total of 24. Table service is provided on this fairly private stretch of sidewalk. Euro Asian, part of a chain of nine similar restaurants which do not bear the same name, the

spicy mayonnaise sauce served in a bamboo leaf and presented in a doughnut-hole shaped bowl, carrot soup poured over a tempura shrimp and a sprig of chive, Tuna Wasabi Dumplings, two pieces of raw blue fin tuna filled with wasabi flavored guacamole served in the shape of a tulip, and Signature Rolls like the Waterfront. The latter is made with

The large deck overlooking the Byram River at Ebb Tide Seafood affords plenty of space for customers of the 1 Willett Ave. eatery to consume its seafood specialties.

Port Chester

The newest outdoor eating spot in Port Chester—which literally appeared this week--is Euro Asian in the Waterfront at Port Chester development at 30 Westchester Ave., corner of Waterfront Place. There 12 square wooden tables with silver metal

others all located in Connecticut, serves a combination of Malaysian, Thai, Japanese and European food, including many varieties of sushi. Unique dishes are presented extraordinarily and differently each time to create an element of surprise. Examples are Kani Salad, thin strips of crabmeat and cucumber tossed in an orange

crunchy salmon tempura topped with fresh salmon, a spicy cream sauce, red caviar and crumbled tempura batter. Drinks include many flavors of hot and cold sake and saketinis as well as unique twists on traditional cocktails. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and Friday

and Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. for dinner and Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch. Euro Asian joins Panera Bread, the first restaurant in the new downtown development to place tables outside. At Panera, located at 10 Westchester Ave., just down the street from Euro Asian at the corner of Traverse Avenue, eight rust and green umbrellas emblazoned with the name of the bakery-café shade gray round metal tables and matching chairs grouped on the wide sidewalk outside, seating a total of 23. Table service is not provided inside nor is it offered here. Customers may simply take their drinks and/or food outside to enjoy the air and watch the passersby. Outside speakers allow customers to hear their name called when their order is ready to be picked up inside. Panera, a national chain, is known for its fresh baked bread, bagels and pastries, soups, salads and sandwiches. Beverages to be enjoyed in the summer months include iced tea, iced coffee, home style lemonade, iced chai tea lattes and espresso or green tea and ice blended to frosty smoothness and topped with whipped cream. Refreshing frozen drinks include strawberry smoothies as well as mango, mocha almond, mocha and spice-flavored beverages. Summer hours at Panera are Monday through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. At 23 North Main St., a lovely little deck extends off the back of the building on the Abendroth Avenue side of Per Voi for dining al fresco across from the Port Chester Marina. There two square green resin tables with matching green Please turn to page 4R

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The cozy deck at Sonora, the six-year-old restaurant serving Nuevo Latino cuisine at 179 Rectory St., is hidden by trees and bushes.

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Continued from page 3R and wood grain-colored chairs plus a bench have been set up. The tables for two are covered with dark blue S. Pellegrino umbrellas. Tiny white lights strung from the awning and loads of red and yellow flowers--window boxes filled with them on the ledge of the deck and a garden of them at the base of the deck--add ambiance. It’s the perfect atmosphere to enjoy Pasta Per Voi’s fine Italian cuisine. The menu features appetizers, salads, interesting pasta combinations, chicken, veal, seafood and meat dishes. In addition, customers can select a lobster from the restaurant’s tank and have it prepared any style. Some summer specials include cold seafood salad; lobster, shrimp and crab cocktail; shrimp topped tomato-based gazpacho as well as watermelon and strawberry gazpacho; asparagus ribbons and oysters Rockefeller for appetizer; and soft shell crabs; lobster and shrimp tortellacci in a champagne cream sauce; chicken rollatini with prosciutto and roasted peppers, asparagus and Swiss cheese in a Madeira mushroom sauce; loin of veal in a Barolo wine sauce and prime rib of beef in an au jus sauce for entrée. For lunch, ¾ pound black angus burgers, a number of wedges such as sausage, peppers, sliced potato and onion with broccoli rabe; Italian combo; and chicken parmigiana; and other sandwiches including turkey club and hot open steak are on the menu in addition to salads and entrées. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.

and now resides in Greenwich. As in the past, in this highly visible outdoor dining area patrons can eat Brazilian specialties and consume homemade desserts. A combination of 10 black wrought iron and black metal tables with green plastic chairs, seven topped by cheerful green and yellow Bavaria umbrellas and two by a blue Corona Extra variety, provide a tranquil place to eat in this garden setting shaded by trees and decorated with Brazilian flags. The new owner has created a window display of Brazilian artifacts visible in the courtyard. He has also beautified the space with additional shrubbery. However, he has done nothing with the non-working fountain, now looking murky, which should be removed or fixed. The food and setup are much the same as they were under the previous two owners with typical Brazilian cuisine offered in a selfserve format in two buffets, one for hot food and one for salads. It is priced at $3.75 per pound for the buffet and salad bar, $5.75 per pound for the buffet, churrasco (rotisserie meats) and salad bar and $8.75 per pound for churrasco and the salad bar only. Meat selections include barbecued chicken, pork, sausage or steak cooked on the rotisserie. Café Brazil USA also offers cakes, flan and other desserts. Sandwiches and breakfast foods are also available. An easel set up in the courtyard advertises breakfast, lunch buffet and dinner as well as “beautiful cheese bread” baked fresh daily. Café Brazil is open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week including holidays.

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Just down the street at 37-39 North Main St., the courtyard at what is now Café Brazil USA got a makeover three years ago when a deck was constructed on a portion of the courtyard you walk through to get to the restaurant. Café Brazil was closed for some months and reopened last May under the ownership of Brazilian-born Mario Paiva, who lived in Port Chester for 12 years

Further down Main Street near the Greenwich border figures one of the most visible outdoor eating areas in Port Chester, the well-landscaped red brick patio in front of Pasquale II Ristorante across from Cumberland Farms at 2 Putnam Ave. Here customers dine at six grayish tables and matching chairs covered with sky blue San Pellegrino sparkling natural mineral water umbrellas. A buffer of beautiful shrubs, trees and red and white flowers in pots Please turn to page 6R

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook

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Colombian La Hacienda Bar & Grill 139 North Main St., Port Chester 690-9720

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

Continental Tulip Tree at the Hilton Rye Town 699 Westchester Avenue Rye Brook 939-6300

Dominican Hollywood Chicken International 216 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 934-8137

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

Los Paisanos Restaurante 118 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 934-7678

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

Fast Food Burger King 260 Boston Post Road Port Chester 934-7877

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Greek/American One Station Plaza 111 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-3416

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

International Café Mirage 531 North Main Street Port Chester 937-3497

Sonora Nuevo Latino Cuisine 179 Rectory Street Port Chester 933-0200

Irish/American Davy Byrnes 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.

295 Midland Avenue Port Chester 935-9034

24 Sherman Street Port Chester 939-3450

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

Subway Restaurant 262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 934-5045

Subway Restaurant 302 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-0022

Wendy’s Restaurant 303 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-9417

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321 North Main Street Port Chester 937-0108

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330 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8331

24 North Main Street Port Chester 939-7276

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25 South Regent Street Port Chester 939-2727

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

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325 North Main Street Port Chester 939-0119

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.

T & J Villaggio Trattoria 223-225 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-6665

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook and beds surrounds the patio and helps create a tranquil setting. Tiny white lights on a white picket fence along the perimeter of the patio and music piped outside enhance the pleasant atmosphere. Fine Italian cuisine is featured at Pasquale for lunch and

border, is a popular outdoor venue. Fifteen silver metal tables for two with matching silver metal chairs which can be pushed together to accommodate larger parties are shaded by a large beige umbrella. This lovely spot next to the Byram River is surrounded

margaritas, passion fruit martinis, and Nick’s mango rum punch; arugula, grapefruit, gorgonzola and pignoli nut salad with poppy seed vinaigrette; Thai ginger lemongrass shrimp; Bangkok mussels steamed in coconut milk and Thai spices; pan fried oys-

dried tomatoes and mushrooms; and plantain crusted tilapia with mango salsa, black beans and rice. Café Mirage is open for lunch Monday through Friday. Hours are Monday through Friday from 12 noon to 12 midnight and Satur-

The deck wrapping around the back of F.I.S.H. at the end of Fox Island Road gives diners a nice view of the Byram River. It has a new bright orange awning this year. dinner—homemade pastas, chicken, veal and seafood as well as fine wines. The lunch menu also includes a handful of sandwiches. Hours are Tuesday through Thursday from 12 noon to 10 p.m., Friday from 12 noon to 11 p.m., Saturday from 3 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 9 p.m. Pasquale is closed Monday. The patio at Café Mirage, the late night eating spot at 531 North Main St., also near the Greenwich

by a white trellis fence to provide a cozy yet open air atmosphere. Overhanging trees, potted flowers, window boxes on the fence filled with lavender petunias and candles on the tables add to the charming environment. Some of the summer specials being offered by proprietor/chef Dave Haggerty at this international eatery, where the full menu is available until midnight on Friday and Saturday (no longer 2 a.m. which once was the norm), are pomegranate and mango

ters as well as gazpacho, carrot ginger, and tomato with avocado relish soups. Oysters, little neck clams on the half shell and traditional shrimp cocktail are always available from the raw bar. The regular menu includes unusual sandwiches and entrées such as coconut curry shrimp or chicken; farm raised ostrich medallions in an ancho sauce with chipotle mashed potatoes and spinach; barley risotto with shrimp, chicken, chorizo, sun-

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day from 6 p.m. to midnight. The restaurant is closed Sunday. For the fifth season Ebb Tide Seafood’s large deck overlooking the Byram River at 1 Willett Ave. is open for dining. There’s lots of activity at this location with a marina in front and boats coming and going. The gray deck features 11 long redwood picnic tables shaded by green umbrellas. Window boxes filled with flowers and decorated with American flags and red, white and blue banners help create an all-American summer atmosphere. A rattan bar with matching stools has been added this year in one corner of the deck. Billed as a seafood deli and fish market, Ebb Tide sells fresh fish

Continued from page 4R bellies or fried oysters with fries, coleslaw and tartar sauce. You can also get seafood sandwiches such as a crab cake burger, fish filet, clam roll or lobster roll; raw oysters and clams; chowders and lobster bisque as well as side dishes like corn on the cob and coleslaw. A 1 ½ lb. lobster dinner costs $27.95. A grilled chicken sandwich, hamburger and hotdog are available for land lovers. Besides food, bait and tackle can be purchased and boats can be rented at this location. Lunch is served Tuesday through Sunday from 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and dinner the same days from 5 to about 9 p.m. The restaurant is closed Monday except holidays. For the sixth year customers can eat outside at the tiny enclave at the back of Sonora, the nuevo Latino eatery that opened in May 2001 at 179 Rectory St. A deck around the side of the restaurant off Rectory Street is hidden by tall trees and bushes. Black ceramic pots with a floral design planted with yellow marigolds and wooden planters filled with pink and yellow flowers ring the ledge of the deck—painted a pretty shade of red--where a total of 14 people can dine at various table setups. Tables are covered with white cloths and the black metal chairs that surround them have bamboo seats and backs. In this tranquil setting, reached by entering the front door and walking through the restaurant, you can enjoy Latin food with a French flair. Tapas, literally small appetizers from Spain, have been extrapolated at Sonora to include a wide variety of appetizers. Tapas and ceviches--South American seafood cocktails--are among the specialties at Sonora, where seafood has top billing. There are tapas on the summer menu from Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Spain, Chile, Puerto Rico, Ecuador and Peru. Lobster and avocado quesadilla with chipo-

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and seafood to cook at home or various preparations of seafood for takeout or eating on the premises. The location, which has become more popular with each passing summer, can be reached by car or boat. A sign set up at the corner of Abendroth and Willett avenues advertises new shell lobsters for $7.99/lb. Fried shrimp, fish sticks, fish and chips, scallops and calamari; steamed lobsters, shrimp, and clams; and sautéed shrimp, soft shell crabs, scallops, mussels and clams are on the menu as well as daily specials such as Maine steamers with garlic parsley butter and monkfish nuggets, fried clam

tle and crème fraiche aioli from Mexico; empanadas of braised Long Island duck with ginger and cilantro aioli and sirloin steak with guajillo and golden raisin aji from Cuba; golden beets, raisins, goat cheese and arugula salad with lime coconut vinaigrette from Argentina; and sea scallops, shrimp and yellow tomato mofongo with lobster in a lemongrass sauce from Puerto Rico are among the interesting tapas. Main courses include seafood paella with lobster, shrimp, clams, mussels, sea scallops and chorizo topped with sofrito from Spain; sautéed shrimp and sea scallops Please turn to page 7R

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook in a chipotle, honey, Chardonnay sauce with Monterey Jack and black bean ravioli from Mexico; asparagus ravioli with cilantro pesto, yellow tomatoes, wild mushrooms and artichokes from Argentina; and grilled Chino Latino boneless chicken breast topped with cilantro pesto with fingerling potatoes, chorizo, tomato and zucchini hash from Cuba. A variety of cocktails, margaritas, mojitos, tequilas and international beers are on the menu to go with your meal. The same attentive service that is offered inside is provided on the deck. Lunch is served from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. A particularly pleasant plein air dining spot is the wraparound deck at F.I.S.H., short for Fox Island Seafood House. The Mediterranean seafood house opened in September 2002 at the foot of Fox Island Road where other seafood restaurants have existed before. William Rosenberg of Port Chester and Denis Ossorio of Greenwich opened this seafood eatery with its unique nautical dĂŠcor and a deck that seats 34 for outdoor eating. Rosenberg and his wife Gina took over ownership in January. F.I.S.H. also has docks in front so customers can reach it by boat during the spring, summer and fall. The deck wraps around the back of the restaurant and overlooks the Byram River in a tranquil, beautiful spot with lovely homes across the way and boats pulling in and out. On the ground level, a casual outdoor bar has been set up for boaters or anyone else who may choose to imbibe there rather than at the lovely glass-enclosed bar inside the restaurant. Diners eat at white square plastic tables that can be pushed together for larger parties and the same plastic chairs with yellow seats and red metal arms, backs and legs that are used indoors. Tables are shaded by a brand new bright orange awning that covers much of the deck. The largely seafood menu includes appetizers such as cioppino (steamed shrimp, mussels and calamari in an excellent spicy tomato lobster broth); a F.I.S.H. style crab cake with whole grain mustard aioli, tomato salad and baby greens; crispy Point Judith calamari served hot and spicy or plain with smoked paprika aioli; shaved octopus salad with houseroasted red peppers, white beans, minced red onions and red wine vinaigrette; raw East Coast oysters and Rhode Island top neck clams, shrimp and lobster cocktail. Zataar crusted Alaskan halibut with falafel, hummus, tomatocucumber salad and pomegranate drizzle; pan roasted king salmon with Yukon mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus and tomato in a whole-grain mustard emulsion; F.I.S.H. paella a la Valencia with shrimp, mussels, clams, chicken, chorizo, sofrito, peas and saffron rice; and marinated grilled shrimp with black beans and rice, guacamole, Jerryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s salsa cruda, cumin crema and corn chips figure among the entrĂŠes on the summer menu. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also wood-fired pizza, â&#x20AC;&#x153;freebirdâ&#x20AC;? natural Amish chicken scarpariello, and Wild Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BBQ 8-ounce Pineland Farms angus burger with onion crisps, Vermont cheddar cheese and apple-wood

Continued from page 6R are chicken, veal, seafood and eggplant dishes plus steaks and chops. Hours are Monday through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The restaurant is closed Sunday.

The slate patio behind the Hilton Rye Town at 699 Westchester Ave. offers casual outdoor dining in a garden setting during limited weekend hours. smoked bacon served with fries service is provided to customers an array of specialty salads, antiand a pickle for those who may who choose to eat there. pasti and other Italian specialties. not like seafood. Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers all types of pizza, Besides pasta (baked, specialty Some of the entrĂŠes and weekly pasta, hot and cold wedges, sand- ravioli, lasagna, and a number market specials take advantage wiches, wraps, roll ups, burgers, of different combinations), there of the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Italian woodburning oven which is also used for pizza. During the summer, F.I.S.H. is open seven days for lunch and dinner. Lunch runs from 12 noon to 3 p.m. each day, dinner from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Besides lunch, brunch is also served Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. Reservations are a must on weekends. Another outdoor eating locale that opened four years ago is behind Kiosko Restaurant at 220 Westchester Ave. Seven butcher block booths from inside have been moved outside on a red brick patio around the back of the building off the parking lot. Covered on three sides and open in the back, it is decorated with four large pots of palms. Colorful Mexican ponchos brighten the stucco walls and Latin music plays in the background. Mexican-born Nestor Morales of Queens and Raphael Quintero of Bridgeport, Conn. opened Kiosko, which offers authentic Mexican food, in February 2004. Full Mexican and American breakfasts of Huevos Rancheros, Huevos a la Mexicana, Huevos con Chorizo, eggs with home fries, beans, ham or on a roll and omelets can be had here as well as all the Mexican favorites including enchiladas, quesadillas, burritos, nachos, fajitas, tacos, sopes, tortas, chimichangas, flautas, molotes, chulupas and tostadas. Seafood and meat entrĂŠes, salads and homemade soups are also available. Besides wine, beer and soda, you can get a variety of refreshing fruit shakes made to order with a milk or water base. Kiosko is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant & Pizzeria at 23 Putnam Ave. provided outdoor seating for a number of years, dropped it two years ago following the eateryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renovation, but brought it back last season. Two square black mesh metal tables with matching chairs seating a total of four people sit on the sidewalk under Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magenta awning along with two attractive benches and a gorgeous urn of lavender flowers. However, no table

An attractive brick wall topped with potted plants and flowers surrounds the patio in front of Coyote Flaco Mexican restaurant at 115 Midland Ave.

On the other side of town, Coyote Flaco at 115 Midland Ave. serves up some of the freshest Mexican food around on the patio in front of the tiny restaurant. It was newly renovated two years ago and is now enclosed on three sides by an attractive wall of beige and gray bricks inset with lantern fixtures that light up the eating area at night. The patio is covered by a bright green awning. Seating is at an eclectic mix of chairs and rectangular tables with Aztec design plastic tablecloths as well as at green picnic tables with beige umbrellas. Flowers and plants in window boxes ring the patio, covering the top of the wall that surrounds this outdoor eating area, and more flowers are planted in containers outside the wall which brighten up the entrance to the restaurant. Trees have been planted in front of the patio along the street. Coyote Flaco serves yummy gazpacho with a cucumber rather than tomato base (offered daily in the summer), and you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t top the salmon and shrimp fajitas or just about any of the Mexican specialties offered here. The cold vegetable soup, seafood gumbo, Fajitas Mariachi made with sea bass, salmon and shrimp, Enchiladas Cancun (corn tortillas stuffed with fresh Maine crabmeat), and Fajitas Festival (beef, chicken and shrimp) are among the summer specials. Coyote Flaco has hard as well Please turn to page 8R

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook Continued from page 7R as soft tacos, highly rated fajitas and a great taco salad in a crispy nest flour tortilla. A number of Mexican chicken, steak, ground beef, pork, Spanish sausage or vegetable wraps are served for lunch or dinner. Besides Mexican beer, a whole list of flavored margaritas and a variety of tequilas are available. Hours are 5 to 10 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and Sunday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

able. And of course the restaurant continues to serve the wonderful thin-crusted pan pizza Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has always been known for. The kitchen is open Monday from 5 to 10 p.m., Tuesday

rooms, or zucchini; fried chicken by the pound or platter, fried shrimp, filet of sole, spare ribs, chili dogs, hamburgers, turkey burgers, quesadillas, homemade chili, hot and cold sandwiches and

In the same neck of the woods, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ninth season for outdoor eating at Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Famous Pan Pizza. In the summer of 1998, owner Michael Iacobelli transformed an overgrown lot behind his restaurant at 125 Midland Ave. into a lovely outdoor eatery. It features 15 ornate black wrought iron tables and matching chairs on a The small deck on the Abendroth Avenue side of Per Voi at 23 North Main red brick patio surrounded St. provides dining al fresco across from the Port Chester Marina. by a decorative fence fitted with painted panels depicting through Saturday from 11 a.m. wraps, salads, soups and desserts varied scenes from Tuscany. To to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday from for lunch and dinner. For breakfast you can choose complete the effect, designed 12 noon to 10 p.m. from a variety of egg sandwiches and created by former Rye Brook Also on Midland Avenue, and platters, omelets, home fries, artist Lynda Karanikolas and her crew at the former Studio you can eat outdoors at Garden bacon, sausage, muffins, bagels 1 of Port Chester, concrete was Catering, which opened in May and doughnuts. Garden Catering is open from painted to look like stucco or 2001 in the shopping center at #140. In fact, at Garden Catering 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through old tiles. The patio, shaded by over- thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only the choice of eating Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 6 hanging trees and naturally outside at one of six green round p.m. Sunday. decorated by grape vines grow- tables with matching chairs shaded J.P.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Standby Drive-in next to ing over the walls enclosing it, by green umbrellas positioned on features lanterns on the tables the sidewalk in front of the eatery Cumberland Farms at 604 North and a pretty bar with a granite or taking out because there are Main St. has a covered outdoor eattop and wrought iron stools to no tables indoors. A tub of yel- ing area with three red picnic tables match the chairs. The patio is low marigolds and a bed of white overlooking the Byram River. The available for private parties of impatiens and shrubs planted next longtime eatery offering typical American grilled breakfast and lunch specialties just reopened July 16 after having been closed for renovations following the death of owner John Pellino at the end of April. His son, Joseph Pellino, and Joseph Alexander spruced up the place with new furniture, counter tops, a deli case and a fresh coat of bright blue paint on the front. They are offering seven different salads, panini sandwiches, wraps, a whole cold cut line as well as the grilled foods and chili the restaurant is famous for. The new owners plan to eventually set up more tables outside. J.P.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Standby is open from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day except Sunday.

The patio at CafĂŠ Mirage, the late night eating spot at 531 North Main St., is a pretty place thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s popular when the weather is fine. all types and, when it is not being used for that, is open to the public for lunch or dinner. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offers fine Italian cuisine including appetizers, soups, salads, as well as pasta, chicken, veal, beef, pork and fish entrĂŠes. The house salad with homemade dressing is exceptional. Several hot sandwiches, including burgers, are also avail-

to the building spruce up this outdoor venue. Port Chester natives Frank Carpenteri and Kevin Keegan and Port Chester resident Mario Medina offer chicken, ribs and other freshly made foods to take out at this fast food restaurant. Garden Catering offers 100% white meat chicken nuggets and French fries, cones, onion rings, battered mush-

The KFC franchise and Wah Yuan Chinese Restaurant up on the hill in the Kinkoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Plaza at 262 Boston Post Rd. have also placed a few tables on the sidewalk out front during the warm weather for customers who choose to eat their orders outside. Customers of Burger King next door at 260 Boston Post Rd. also have the option of eating on the patio out front adjacent to the fast food restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red play structure at six red picnic tables with benches. Please turn to page 11R

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Italian That Little Italian Restaurant 228-230 Mill Street Greenwich, CT 203-531-7500 Specialties include: Pasta Fagioli, fried calamari, spinach & portobello, classic Caesar salad, gorgonzola salad; Penne Puttanesca, Manicotti Classico, Gnocchi Pomodoro, Tortellini & Salmon Alfredo, Chicken Parmigiana (with tomato sauce & mozzarella), Veal Campagnola (mushrooms, garlic, peas & onions), Chicken/Veal Scarpariello (hot sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms & rosemary), Atlantic Salmon, Shrimp Scampi/Marinara, mussels; variety of home specialty pizzas including traditional, salmon & goat cheese, artichoke & more; calzones & sandwiches. Catering & party room available. Open Tuesday through Sunday. Parking lot behind or street parking.

Italian/Pizzeria Antonioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza and Restaurant Pathmark Shopping Center 130 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-5137

Frankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Restaurant and Pizzeria 23 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 939-8299

Frankie & Louieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Luigiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 46 North Main Street Port Chester 937-5120 Specialties include: Fried calamari, zucchini sticks; gorgonzola, Caprese salads; pasta & fagioli, chicken orzo soup; grilled chicken wrap; shrimp parmigiana wedge; burgers, pizza rolls, calzones; penne a la vodka, gnocchi, lasagna, lobster ravioli; Buffalo chicken pizza, veggie pizza, Hawaiian pizza, arugula pizza; Il Pizzaiolo special; chicken parmigiana, eggplant rollintini, sausage & broccoli rabe, veal marsala, shrimp fra diavolo, calamari marinara. Delivery available. Corporate accounts. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-12 midnight, Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Street parking.

Italian/Pizzeria Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Famous Pan Pizza 125 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-2241

Mirabelloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza Trattoria 199 South Regent Street Port Chester 934-2900

P & D Pizza 508 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-8845

Racanelliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizzeria Restaurant Rye Ridge Shopping Center 136 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-2511

Pizza Pasta & Things Kohlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shopping Center 529 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8000

Railroad Pizza 147 Irving Avenue Port Chester 939-0900

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

Luncheonettes Bagel Emporium Kohlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shopping Center 431 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-5252

Club Sandwich 7 Rye Ridge Plaza Rye Brook 939-3475

Deli Delight 174 North Main St., Port Chester 937-5775

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J.P.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Standby Drive-in 604 North Main Street Port Chester 939-0022

Lennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bagels 200 South Ridge St., Rye Brook 939-1379

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

Vinnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luncheonette 182 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9591

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Coyote Flaco 115 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-6969 Homemade Mexican and continental food. Specialties include: Nachos supreme, quesadillas, taco salad, tamales, chiles rellenos; Enchiladas Rojas, chimichangas, California burritos; chicken, beef and shrimp fajitas, green enchiladas, and charcoal chicken. Combo and side orders. Express items: Flautas, tostadas. Open for lunch and dinner from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Open Monday 5-10 p.m. Catering. Delivery and takeout service. Free parking. All major credit cards accepted.

El Tio Restaurant 143 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-1494

El Zarape Mexican Restaurant

Mary Ann’s Mexican Restaurant 275 Boston Post Road 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

24 Grace Church Street Port Chester 933-0363

Restaurante y Tortilleria Gemelos

Kiosko 220 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 933-0155

Luis Tacos 135 South Main Street Port Chester

Northern Italian

Brisa Marina Restaurant 40 Grace Church Street Port Chester 934-9090

Piero’s Italian Restaurant

Misti Café Takeout

44 South Regent Street Port Chester 937-2904

Peruvian Acuario Restaurant 137 Irving Avenue Port Chester 939-7090

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

Chavin Restaurant 16 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7917

El Chalan Restaurant

El Parral Restaurant 2 South Main Street Port Chester 939-0409

Northern Italian Alba’s Ristorante

El Plebeyo Restaurant

400 North Main Street Port Chester 937-2236

25 North Main Street Port Chester 690-2797

Giorgio’s Restaurant

El Volcan Restaurant

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Per Voi 23 North Main Street Port Chester 937-3200

45 Midland Avenue Port Chester 934-2244

167 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 934-0372

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100 North Main Street Port Chester 939-2204 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.

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 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.

Salvadoran El Tesoro Restaurant II 14 South Main Street Port Chester 937-2086

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

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Rinconcito Salvadoreno Restaurante 20 Broad Street Port Chester 937-9287

Seafood Ebb Tide Seafood 1 Willett Avenue Port Chester 939-4810

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

Fox Island Seafood House (F.I.S.H.) Mediterranean Seafood

102 Fox Island Road 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. Catering available. Hours: Wed.-Sun. Lunch 11:30-3, Dinner 5:30-10, weekends till 11. Major credit cards accepted. On premises parking.

Pacífico Nuevo Latino * Seafood 316 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-1610

Port Chester Seafood 295 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-2232 Specialties include: New England/ Manhattan clam chowder, homemade fish chowder; seafood/tuna salad; hot lunches – Fish ‘n chips, fried calamari, fried sea scallops, fried shrimp, fried clam strips, fried whiting; fish sandwich; stuffed sole, broiled swordfish, blackened tuna, poached salmon with dill sauce, Shrimp Scampi; daily specials. Lunch served Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Credit cards: VISA and MasterCard. Free delivery, senior discount, parking on premises.

South American Inca & Gaucho Restaurant Seafood & Steakhouse 173 Westchester Avenue 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 35 ½ North Main Street Port Chester 937-0177

Steakhouses Frank’s Steaks 275 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 305-4465

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

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook Sidewalk cafés

Four eating establishments have been approved for permits to put tables on public sidewalks in the Village of Port Chester this season. The village board passed legislation allowing for this use of public sidewalks in May 1997. According to the village’s License Bureau, those eateries that have received permits are Sam’s Bar & Grill and T&J Pizza & Pasta. Deli Delight and Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant & Pizzeria had been approved as of Tuesday but had not yet sent in their checks. Since last year The Kneaded Bread at 181 North Main St. has been seeking to operate a sidewalk café, but, as the law is currently written, it needs a variance since the bakery/café is located in an M2 (manufacturing) rather than a commercial zone where sidewalk cafés are permitted. Village Attorney Anthony Cerreto has drafted an amended law which would increase the permit fee and allow sidewalk cafés in M2 zones. The new legislation has been reviewed by the Planning Commission but has not yet gone before the Board of Trustees for a public hearing. Permitted hours of operation for sidewalk cafés are currently from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday from May 1 through Oct. 31. Besides paying $25, restaurant owners must provide proof of liability insurance holding the village harmless and a drawing showing the arrangement of tables and barriers they plan to put out. There must be a minimum distance of five feet free of obstructions on the sidewalk for adequate and safe pedestrian movement. The Office of the Village Clerk is authorized to issue an annual permit for the seasonal operation of a sidewalk café after the application has been reviewed and approved by the Building Department and the Department of Public Works. Applications may be picked up at the License Bureau on the second floor of the Rye Town Office Building at 10 Pearl St. A small outdoor eating area has been set up for the 10th year adjacent to the Byram River in front of Sam’s Bar & Grill at 1 Mill St. This year there are simply two square green tables with several white resin chairs. Window boxes on the outside of the building planted with white impatiens add charm to this quaint little spot. When it gets dark, one of the old-fashioned style street lights on the bridge, located just at the edge of the seating area, casts a subtle glow. Here customers can feast on burgers and steaks, grilled chicken sandwiches, chicken wings, chili and daily dinner specials. Dinner hours are 5 to 10 p.m. seven days a week. T&J Pizza & Pasta at 227 Westchester Ave. has pretty much the same setup for outdoor eating this season as it did the last five years. Two round inlaid stone tables for two with black metal ice cream chairs are offset by three evergreens potted in stone planters. T&J’s red and green awning provides protection from the sun. Besides all types of pizza, T&J serves appetizers, pasta, soups, salads, wedges and other Italian meat and seafood dishes, including daily specials. Pasta Craze where

you get a choice of several pasta dishes plus a salad for $10.95 ($1 extra for gorgonzola cheese) is popular on Wednesday nights. The restaurant is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m.

visibility and a place for customers who choose to people watch or enjoy the outdoors to sit and eat their food. Deli Delight makes sandwiches using Boar’s Head cold cuts as well as burgers and wraps and hot daily specials such as chicken cutlets, meatballs, sausage and peppers, stew and spare ribs. The eatery also offers Italian and Portuguese sweet rolls. Hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The deli/grocery is closed Sunday. Please turn to page 12R

New to the sidewalk café scene last year, Deli Delight at 174 North Main St. has again placed two square silver metal tables with matching chairs seating a total of four out front. These provide the deli/restaurant and grocery store

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The former Pizza & Brew, now Racanelli’s Pizzeria Restaurant, offers dining al fresco by opening up its new patio doors and moving tables out onto the sidewalk at the Rye Ridge Shopping Center.

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Outside dining remains popular in Port Chester and Rye Brook Continued from page 11R Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant & Pizzeria at 414 Willett Ave. has continued the Italian eatery’s 9-year tradition of setting up a space outside. A light wood lattice fence encloses eight black mesh metal tables with matching chairs seating a total of 16 in front of this neighborhood Italian pizzeria and restaurant. During the day you can just take your slice of pizza or other lunch fare and sit outside. For dinner, however, table service is provided for anyone wishing to dine outside. Here customers may enjoy all types of pizza, calzones and wedges as well as traditional Italian pasta, veal, chicken and seafood dishes. Throughout the year Wednesday is Family Style Night where each dish feeds 2 to 4 people for $24.95, Thursday is Ravioli Night with cheese, meat and vegetable ravioli for $11.95 and Sunday is Pasta Madness featuring a choice of five pasta dishes for $10.95. All include salad. Don’t forget to give the extraordinary homemade desserts a try. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

Rye Brook

As part of the total renovation of the former Pizza & Brew in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center at 136 South Ridge St. over the past six months, patio doors were installed at the front of the restaurant that can open during good weather and allow for eating outdoors. On a recent visit, 14 square black tables for two with black leather chairs were set up on the sidewalk enclosed by black borders that read Racanelli’s Pizzeria Restaurant,

Besides all the usual and not so usual cold cuts, cheeses and salads, 34 finishing touches may be added to create your own sandwich or you can choose from a menu of 50 concoctions which have already been dreamed up. Their spicy Texas chili with or without onions and cheese is also a good bet. At least two different soups are also offered each day. Quinn added six different salads--tossed, chicken, Cobb, chicken Caesar, Buffalo and goat cheese—to the offerings when he took over. Breakfast sandwiches, muffins, croissants, pastries, crumb cake, bagels, coffees and teas make up the breakfast menu. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The nicely landscaped patio in front of Pasquale II Ristorante at 2 Putnam Ave. is a pleasant setting for relaxed outdoor dining. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. While closed for expansion at this time last year, Rye Ridge Deli, also in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center at 126 South Ridge St., is back bigger and better with more tables out front for plein air eating than before. Six silver mesh round metal tables with four matching chairs around each are provided for customers who choose to take their food outside. The expanded menu continues to feature huge sandwiches of every variety, over-stuffed combination and specialty sandwiches, soups like home style chicken noodle matzoh ball and cold borscht as well as French

The best kept secret in Rye Brook and Port Chester remains Mulligan’s Bar & Grill at Doral Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center on Anderson Hill Road, which I discovered seven years ago. Here 15 wooden tables and chairs and a long bar with wooden stools are covered by a green and white awning behind the golf shop overlooking the ninth hole of the golf course. The fare includes things like gazpacho, fresh fruit plate, chicken quesadillas, Buffalo wings, chicken fingers, grilled Cajun shrimp, salads such as Caesar, chef, and yellow fin tuna over a bed of seaweed; sandwiches, wraps, beef and turkey burgers, and black angus sirloin steak. Vegetarian Delight—a grilled Portobello mushroom with

A mural of Venice is the focal point at the lovely dining spot in a courtyard outside That Little Italian Restaurant in the Byram section of Greenwich. the Italian eatery’s new name. The onion and chili, salad platters roasted red peppers, fresh basil name change corresponded with and entrée salads, hot open sand- and melted mozzarella cheese on the restaurant’s upgrade, accord- wiches, half pound burgers, fried 9-grain bread—is also popular. A children’s menu is also specialties, dairy delicacies and ing to Manager Brian Yozzo. Racanelli’s serves up soft and vegetarian delights and beef, fish available. Mulligan’s features different chewy New York pizza, combina- and poultry dinners. You can also get anything alcoholic beverages each day. tion pies, Napoletano individual thin crust brick oven pizzas, all you can think of for breakfast, Examples of special drinks are kinds of pastas, other Italian fa- including challah bread French Hawaiian punch (Malibu rum, vorites made with chicken, veal, toast, Belgian waffles, blintzes grenadine, Triple Sec, cranberry shrimp, eggplant and sausage, and matzoh brie as well as bacon and pineapple juices) and cotton chef specials as well as appetiz- and eggs, omelets, oatmeal and candy (Stoli vanilla vodka and pink lemonade). ers, sandwiches, flame broiled breakfast burritos. Thursday and Friday nights Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. burgers, hand crafted salads, pizza Sunday through Wednesday, 7:30 from 5 to 8 p.m. patrons can enrolls and calzones. Racanelli’s is open from 11 to 10 p.m. Thursday through joy a sushi bar and a live calypso band. a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Saturday.

Mulligan’s is open seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. through Labor Day. The Hilton Rye Town at 699 Westchester Ave. offers casual outdoor dining in a garden setting during limited hours at its Terrace Grill. This large area features 11 beige tables and matching chairs covered by a mix of light blue San Pellegrino, red Acqua Panna and red and white Leuven Belgium umbrellas on a patio surrounded by hedges and flower gardens. Additional seating is provided on a slate veranda a few steps above the patio. Guests may order lunch on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in this lovely setting. The offerings have been expanded this year to include everything on the menu at the indoor Tulip Tree Restaurant: soups such as French onion and Hungarian goulash, salads such as beet and goat cheese and lobster Caesar, sandwiches such as smoked turkey panini, roasted vegetable whole wheat wrap, French dip, tuna burger and Rye Brook certified angus beef burger, an individual 9-inch pizza with a choice of toppings and entrées such as fennel crusted chicken breast, grilled ginger salmon, grilled vegetable Napoleon, country chicken and potato pie and seafood pasta. The Terrace Grill is open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday only. During the warm weather customers of The Club Sandwich, which opened in April 2000 at 7 Rye Ridge Plaza, around the back of the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, have the option of eating outside at one of four square metal black tables with matching chairs. Two of them are shaded by the sandwich shop’s awning. Sean Quinn of Rye assumed ownership of the local eatery in February 2005. The Club Sandwich offers a tremendous variety of sandwiches of all types, from simple roast beef on rye to smoked salmon with egg salad, horseradish sauce, capers, onions, lettuce, tomato and bacon on a tortilla. The curried chicken salad and brie with scallions, avocado, sprouts and mayo on a croissant is excellent. The gourmet sandwich shop serves Boar’s Head deli meats on its sandwiches and offers nine different choices of bread on which they can be made.

Up the hill in the shopping center at 200 South Ridge St., Lenny’s Bagels also provides outdoor seating for its patrons. Four round silver metal tables with matching silver chairs afford space for 11 to munch on Lenny’s homemade bagels, bagel sandwiches with all types of salad and meat fillings, soups, salads and gourmet desserts. There are daily lunch specials. During the summer cold gazpacho and cucumber dill soups are usually on the menu. As cool seasonal beverages, Lenny’s is offering frozen strawberry and frozen mocha coffee drinks as well as iced tea and iced coffee. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Greenwich

That Little Italian Restaurant, located just across the river in Byram, Conn., has a beautiful outdoor eating area on a red brick patio in a quiet courtyard behind the restaurant, located at 228-230 Mill St. The patio is situated just outside the windows of the upper portion of this fine Italian eatery where a mural of Venice, similar to others inside, decorates the wall that provides a backdrop to this outdoor venue. There’s room for eight tables for two in any configuration— square marble-look tables with white plastic chairs. Besides potted plants, sunflowers and a tall purple flower as well as yellow and pink mums are planted in beds on two sides of the patio. Window boxes full of petunias hang from the green railing that surrounds this lovely haven. Four pretty lamplights hang from the side of the building to provide light once darkness sets in. In the open air customers may enjoy the restaurant’s excellent array of appetizers, salads, pastas, chicken, veal and seafood dishes plus daily specials. Lobster ravioli, Veal Marsala and ricotta gnocchi come highly recommended. For lunch there are also specialty pizzas, calzones and sandwiches, the latter served on the excellent homemade bread That Little Italian Restaurant has been known for since it opened in 1980. Hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch, Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 9:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 to 10:30 p.m. for dinner. The restaurant is closed Monday.