Dining Out & About 2003/07 by Westmore News

A GUIDE TO EATING OUT IN PORT CHESTER, RYE BROOK AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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American American Legion Post 93 78 Pearl Street Port Chester 937-5562

Garden Plaza Restaurant-Diner Washington Park Plaza 261 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 939-8888

T&J

Old Homestead Bar & Restaurant

VILLAGGIO TRATTORIA

325 North Main Street Port Chester 939-0758

Fine Italian Cuisine at Family Style Prices

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

Serving a Variety of Pasta, Chicken, Veal, Shell Steak, Seafood & Pork/Veal Chop Dinners Catering • Banquet Room Available (seats 150) • Major Credit Cards Serving Lunch and Dinner Tues.-Sat. Noon-11 p.m. Sunday Noon-9 p.m.

The Pub Doral Arrowwood Anderson Hill Road Rye Brook 939-6620

Rye Ridge Delicatessen & Restaurant Rye Ridge Shopping Center 126 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-2131

223-225 Westchester Ave., Port Chester, NY

Sam’s Bar & Grill

914-937-6665

1 Mill Street Port Chester 939-2001

Teri’s Tavern 134 North Main Street Port Chester 937-9695

Argentinian Locolomo Restaurant

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227 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, NY WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

PASTA CRAZE $ 95 8 includes salad

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220 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 933-0155 Specialties include Banana & Walnut Pancakes, Argentina Omelet; Grilled Prime Rib with Spanish rice and vegetables; Short Ribs, Argentinian Sausage & Skirt Seak with fritas; Breaded Beef with chopped tomatoes, fresh mozzarella & Spanish rice; Grilled Marinated Chicken Breast with vegetables & Spanish rice; pasta, salads, wraps & homemade soups. Daily specials, children’s menu available. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily. Open Mon.-Thurs. 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 6 a.m.-10:30 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday brunch 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Delivery available. Major credit cards. Municipal parking.

Brazilian Café Brazil

Try Our Famous Seafood

Pasta, Veal, Chicken, Seafood Dishes Appetizers, Homemade Soup, Wedges, Calzones, Salads CATERING FOR ALL OCCASIONS • DELIVERY AVAILABLE • CORPORATE ACCOUNTS WELCOME Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10-11 p.m. • Fri.-Sat. 10-12 a.m. • Sun. 10-10 p.m.

37-39 North Main Street Port Chester 934-1600 Traditional Brazilian food. Specialty dishes: Various homemade appetizer pastries, salads, pasta, chicken, beef, rice and beans. Brazilian special grilled chicken sandwiches, diplomat sandwiches, French toast, and meats cooked on the rotisserie. Imported chocolates, homemade cakes and breads, bread pudding, flan and cappuccino. Family prices, daily lunch and dinner specials. Open 7 days for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Brazilian Pantanal Restaurant 29 North Main Street Port Chester 939-6894

Caribbean Caribbean Affair Restaurant 25 North Main Street Port Chester 937-4885

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

Chinese Great Wall Restaurant 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-0068

Green Symphony Vegetarian Cuisine Kohl’s Shopping Center 427 Boston Post Road Port Chester Tel/Fax 937-6537

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

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 Caffe Del Monte 321 North Main Street Port Chester 937-0108

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

Padaminas II Brazilian Bakery 103 Adee Street, Port Chester 939-1002 or 939-1003

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, Friday, July 25, 2003

Interest in outdoor dining remains high

By Jananne Abel

t’s summertime and people have moved outside for everything including eating. And thus we enjoy picnics, barbecues, and dining al fresco at a casual eatery or fine restaurant. Some relish the outdoor eating experience, even when it’s hot, searching out restaurants that provide for it; others wait for the perfect weather to dine outside; while others prefer air conditioning no matter what the weather. The outdoor dining experience has been growing and changing in Port Chester and Rye Brook over the last several years with the number of restaurants offering a place to eat outside nearly doubling six years ago and then leveling off. The phenomenon has caught on thanks to the Port Chester Board of Trustees which has encouraged sidewalk cafés 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. All the restaurants that offered outdoor dining last year are doing so in 2003 and two new restaurants have opened that are taking advantage of outdoor spaces to attract customers. 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. A good indication that a restaurant takes pride in the food it serves and all aspects of its management is if its open air dining spot is well maintained. Once it starts going downhill, it may be an indication that something is wrong.

Port Chester A new outdoor venue this year was under construction last summer. William Rosenberg of Port Chester and Denis Ossorio of Greenwich opened F.I.S.H., short for Fox Island Seafood House, on Sept. 17, 2002 at the foot of Fox Island Road where other seafood restaurants have existed before. This Mediterranean seafood house with its unique nautical décor features a deck that seats 30 for outdoor eating and has docks in front so customers can reach it by boat during the spring, summer and fall. The deck, which wraps around the back of the restaurant, 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, there is also a casual outdoor bar for boat-

ers or anyone else who may choose to imbibe there rather than at the lovely glass-enclosed bar inside the restaurant. Diners eat at the same light wood tables and clear plastic chairs with yellow seats and red metal arms, backs and legs that are used indoors. Tables are shaded by multicolored umbrellas in blue, orange, yellow and green stripes. The largely seafood menu includes appetizers such as cioppino (steamed shrimp, mussels and calamari in an excellent spicy tomato lobster broth), skillet roasted shrimp (to die for!), barbequed octopus, sautéed Maryland crab cakes, spicy Hawaiian tuna tartare, warm seafood salad, oysters and clams on the half shell, and shrimp and lobster cocktail. For entrées, crispy black bass with fresh baby artichokes, tomatoes, mussels and kalamata olives in acqua pazzo;

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. Wild Salmon Saltimbuco with roasted garlic mashed potatoes, tomato-chive emulsion and grilled asparagus; shrimp and scallop kebobs; and linguine with littleneck clams, cockle clams, toasted garlic, olive oil and Aleppo chile figure among them. There’s also pizza, chicken scarpariello and Tuscan style prime hangar steak for those who may not like seafood. Some of the July specials take advantage of the restaurant’s Italian wood-burning oven in which the pizza is cooked. Among the recent specials were chilled summer squash soup, fresh cured anchovies and wood roasted cabrale stuffed figs for appetizer and grilled wahoo, wood fired whole striped bass, herb marinated swordfish and wild mushroom gnocchi for entrée. Hours at F.I.S.H., where reservations are a must on the week-

The well-landscaped patio in front of Pasquale II Ristorante at 2 Putnam Ave. is a lovely setting for relaxed dining al fresco.

ends, are Sunday and Monday from 5-9 pm., Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30-10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5:30-11 p.m. Another new outdoor eating locale is behind Locolomo Restaurant at 220 Westchester Ave. Four tables with benches have been set up on a red brick patio around the back of the building which is covered on three sides and open in the back. It is beautifully decorated with six large pots of ivy and flowers between the tables plus rolling pots and trellises planted with pansies and ivy which provide a border from the outside. A three-tiered fountain makes natural music along with the manmade music that is piped outside. Aline Polimeni of Newtown, Conn. opened this restaurant specializing in Argentinian and other South American cuisine on Dec. 21, 2002 in the space where Port Chester Rug and Linoleum had been for 50 years. She and her husband, Dr. Angel Polimeni, an internist, own the building and he has his office upstairs. They hail from Argentina. Many of the dishes here are cooked on the grill—spicy Argentinian sausage, chicken, pork, short ribs, and skirt steak, for instance. There are also breaded beef and chicken dishes, excellent Salmon Locolomo seared on the grill and Camarones Al Ajillo, shrimp in garlic sauce on a bed of rice. Mexican specialties have more recently been added to the menu. Specials on a board just inside the patio a week ago were Paella a la Locolomo and fresh guacamole. For lunch there are homemade soups, sandwiches such as Lomito,

skirt steak cooked on the grill topped with Chimichurri sauce with lettuce and tomato on a wedge, Loco chicken (grilled chicken), and a vegetarian wrap. There’s also a quesadilla with chicken, half of a roasted chicken, barbecue baby back ribs and Locolomo salad served in a tortilla shell with chicken, skirt steak or grilled vegetables. Breakfast is served Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and brunch Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. where banana pancakes, Heuvos Rancheros, grilled hot cakes, steak and eggs, and Media Luna Special (ham and one egg with muenster cheese and mozzarella) are among the specialties. Hours are Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Since last year Ebb Tide Seafood at 1 Willett Ave. has added a large deck overlooking the Byram River where there’s lots of activity—a marina in front and boats coming and going. Eleven picnic tables shaded by Corona Extra blue and white umbrellas and Coors Light black and white ones are spread out on the lovely gray deck. Window boxes with an interesting mixture of plants and flowers add to the atmosphere. Billed as a seafood deli and fish market, Ebb Tide sells fresh fish and seafood to cook at home or various preparations of seafood for takeout or eating on the premises. Fried shrimp, fish sticks, fish and chips, scallops and calamari; steamed lobsters, shrimp, and clams; and sautéed shrimp, soft shell crabs, scallops, mussels Please turn to page 6R

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

Delicias Colombianas 36 Broad Street Port Chester 939-9425

El Dorado 112 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9103

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

Los Remolinos Restaurant 123 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7456

Contemporary American Penfield’s at the Rye Town Hilton 699 Westchester Avenue Rye Brook 939-6300

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

Ecuadorian Mi Casita Restaurant 118 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-9373

Savor the Flavor of Peru

Daily Specials Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 7 Days FREE on Premises Parking on Abendroth Avenue

37-39 North Main Street, Port Chester, N.Y. (Also access from Abendroth Avenue)

914-934-1600

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203-531-7500

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40 Grace Church Street Port Chester, NY

228-230 Mill Street, Greenwich, CT

(914) 934-9090

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Ecuadorian

International

Rinconcito Ecuatoriano Restaurant

Sonora Nuevo Latino Cuisine

150 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7343

179 Rectory Street Port Chester 933-0200

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

Dunkin Donuts 330 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8331

Garden Catering

Irish/American Davy Byrnes Restaurant 538 Willett Avenue Port Chester 937-2106

Italian Hostaria Mazzei

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

25 South Regent Street Port Chester 939-2727

Kentucky Fried Chicken

Marianacci’s Restaurant

262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 935-0741

24 Sherman Street Port Chester 939-3450

McDonald’s Restaurant

Pasquale II Ristorante

321 Boston Post Road Port Chester 937-3355

2 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 934-7770

Subway Restaurant

Provare Trattoria

Kinko’s Plaza 262 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8713

Doral Arrowwood Anderson Hill Road Rye Brook 939-4554

Hubba

Riverhouse Restaurant

24 North Main Street Port Chester 939-7276

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

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

2 South Water Street Greenwich, CT 203-531-6400 Specialties include: Clams Posillipo, Fried Calamari, Hot/ Cold Antipasto; Tri-color/Caesar Salads; Tortellini/Pasta Fagioli Soup; Rigatoni Primavera, Linguine with Red or White Clam Sauce, Fettucini Alfredo, Cavatelli Bolognese, Spinach Lasagna, Eggplant Parmesan; Chicken Marsala, Chicken Scarpariello; Veal Parmesan, Veal Francese, Steaks & Chops, Steamed, Broiled or Fra Diavolo lobster, Fried/Oreganato or Francese Sole, Calamari Marinara or Fra Diavolo. Daily specials, Fireside dining, catering, private room available. Open for lunch & dinner. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. noon10 p.m., Fri. noon-11 p.m., Sat. 511 p.m., Sun. 5-10 p.m. Major credit cards. On-premises parking.

Café Mirage

T & J Villaggio Trattoria

531 North Main Street Port Chester 937-3497 Specialties include: Arugula, grapfefuit, gorgonzola, red onion and pignoli salad with poppy seed vinaigrette; lobster and vegetable spring rolls with orange chili dipping sauce; Prince Edward Island Mussels Mariniere or a la Crème with pommes frites; Plantain Crusted Tilapia with mango salsa, black beans and rice; Hot & Spicy Shell Steak Diablo with Habanero Sauce, rice and beans; dinner size exotic salads; Coconut Curry Shrimp; Veggie Cheeseburger; Texas Steak Wedge with Hot Chili, Cheese & Onions; Mediterranean Grilled Tuna Aioli Sandwich, oyster bar & more. Free parking on premises. Patio dining available. Hours: Sun. through Tues. 6 p.m.-midnight, Wed. & Thurs. 6 p.m.-1 a.m., Fri. and Sat. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Catering for all occasions. Credit cards: VISA, MC, Amex.

223-225 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 937-6665 Specialties include: Stuffed artichoke, Goldien 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.

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Dave Haggerty Chef / Proprietor

WE ARE OPEN LATER!!! Restaurant, Take Out & Catering

Eclectic Menu Large Selection of Wine & Beer PATIO DINING AVAILABLE Sunday thru Tuesday 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. Wednesday & Thursday 6 p.m. - 1 a.m. Friday & Saturday 6 p.m. - 2 a.m.

531 North Main Street, Port Chester, NY 914-937-3497

Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant

Specializing in Catering Parties Available - On or Off Premises Ample Free Parking in Rear Daily Blackboard Specials 414 Fax Orders Welcome Open for Lunch Fresh Baked Cakes for All Occasions

Pizzeria

FAST FREE DELIVERY for Lunch & Dinner

Willett Ave., Port Chester, NY Fax: 914-690-0996

914-939-0202

WEEKLY SPECIALS

Every Monday & Tuesday Large Pizza Pie Plus 50 Chicken Wings

Every Wednesday

Family Style Night

Every Sunday

Pasta Madness Each Dish Serves 2 to 4 People with salad $ Choose from Luigi’s Special Menu

• Pastas • Chicken • Fried Calamari $ • Eggplant Rolatini • Veal • Sausage & Peppers Price Includes Salad

1995

scallops in a marinara sauce) mushrooms in a marinara sauce)

Bowties Calabrese (Mixed vegetables in a creamy pink

Ravioli Night

7 95

Choice of: Linguini Marachiare (Sautéed garlic, clams, shrimp and Rigatoni Napolitano (Pieces of chicken, sautéed onions and

Every Thursday

• Cheese Ravioli • Meat Ravioli • Vegetable Ravioli Price includes salad

Outside Dining Available

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sauce)

Penne A La Luigi’s (Sauteed onions, garlic, eggplant, zucchini and string beans in a marinara sauce)

Shells Paisano (Sautéed onions, bacon, peas and grated cheese in a white sauce)

Fusilli A La Chef (Sautéed garlic, shrimp, mushrooms and peas in a pink sauce)

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and clams are on the menu as well as daily specials. 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 grilled chicken sandwich, hamburger and hotdog are available for land lovers. Some recent specials, available for lunch or dinner, included pan fried sea bass in lemon garlic sauce, sautéed scallops in white wine garlic sauce, grilled wild salmon, and seared tuna with a tamari scallion sauce. Besides food, bait and tackle can be purchased and boats can be rented at this location. Hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. the other five days of the week. A new outdoor venue that popped up last year is 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. Unusual rustic flower boxes ring the ledge of the deck where five tables for four are covered with white tablecloths 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 menu from Mexico, Spain, Cuba and several South American countries. Lobster and avocado quesadilla with roasted yellow tomato salsa from Mexico; a Mexican ceviche made with red snapper, shrimp, sweet peppers and citrus served in a coconut shell topped with cumin chips; crisp jumbo shrimp in a coconut served with arugula and red pepper salad in wasabi and coconut sauce from Cuba; and vegetable turnovers from Peru made with roasted eggplant, Nicoise olives, roasted peppers, thyme and goat cheese in smoked guajillo and chimichurri vinaigrette are among the interesting tapas. Entrées include epazote crusted salmon in charred tomatillo and cilantro mojito sauce over a bed of shrimp and spinach served with shitake enchiladas from Mexico; grilled skirt steak served with yucca, oyster mushroom and chorizo hash browns in a saffron garlic mojo sauce from Nicaragua; and grilled vegetable paella with wild mush-

Café Brazil’s outdoor eating area is located in a garden setting at 37-39 North Main St. rooms, eggplant and assorted baby vegetables from Spain. The same attentive service that is offered inside is provided on the deck. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and 5 to 11 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Fine Italian cuisine is featured at Pasquale for lunch and 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 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., Saturday from 3 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 9 p.m.

Patrons eat on the cozy deck at Sonora, the two-year-old restaurant serving nuevo Latino cuisine at 179 Rectory St. Among the most visible outdoor eating areas in Port Chester is the well-landscaped red brick patio in front of Pasquale II Ristorante across from Cumberland Farms at 2 Putnam Ave. Here customers dine at 10 grayish tables and matching chairs covered with sky blue San Pellegrino sparkling natural mineral water umbrellas. A buffer of shrubs, trees and flowers surrounds the patio and helps create a tranquil setting. Tiny white lights on a white picket fence along the perimeter of the patio also provide ambiance.

The patio at Café Mirage, the late night eating spot at 531 North Main St., is a popular outdoor venue in Port Chester. Surrounded by a white trellis fence, it has the atmosphere of a French café.

The patio at Café Mirage, the late night eating spot at 531 North Main St., is among the more popular outdoor venues in Port Chester. Here 10 white tables and chairs with black and white Brooklyn Brewery and green and white Heineken umbrellas, all surrounded by a white trellis fence, help provide the atmosphere of a French café. Potted flowers, flower boxes and candles on the tables add to the charming atmosphere. While the outside space hasn’t changed much, the interior of Café Mirage has been entirely renovated since last summer. Some of the summer specials being offered by proprietor/chef Dave Haggerty at this international eatery, where the full menu is available until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, are Arugula, Grapefruit, Gorgonzola and Pignoli Nut Salad with Poppy Seed Vinaigrette; Caribbean Conch Fritters with Spicy Dipping Sauce; Thai Ginger Lemongrass Shrimp and the Asian Sampler (a lobster spring roll, tuna dumplings and crispy noodle shrimp); gazpacho, cucumber, carrot ginger, and tomato with avocado relish soups; and Shrimp, Lobster, Scallop and Asparagus Risotto. Oysters, little neck clams on the half shell and traditional shrimp

cocktail are always available from the Oyster Bar. Hours are Monday and Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight, Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m., Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday from 6 p.m. to midnight. At 23 North Main St., a lovely little deck extends off the back of the building on the Abendroth Avenue side of Pasta Per Voi for outdoor dining across from the Port Chester Marina. There two square green resin tables with matching green and wood graincolored chairs plus a bench have been set up. The tables for two are covered with green Solé umbrellas. Tiny white lights strung from the awnings add ambience. 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. Since last summer a lobster tank has been added and customers can order lobster prepared any style. Some summer specials offered on a recent Saturday night included Arugula Salad with toasted walnuts, sliced pears, crumbled blue cheese in a raspberry vinaigrette dressing; Stuffed Portobello Giordano (mushroom stuffed with sautéed scallions, leeks and crabmeat topped with very thin sliced potatoes), cold seafood salad, Stuffed Rigatoni Arrabiatta (stuffed with sausage, broccoli rabe, ricotta cheese and fresh herbs served in a spicy arrabiatta sauce), Osso Bucco Milanese, Herb Crusted Branzini, a Mediterranean whitefish encrusted with fresh herbs and Japanese bread crumbs, oven roasted in a roasted garlic white wine sauce and served over spinach. For lunch, 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; Cuban pork and hot open steak are on the menu in addition to entrees. 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. Next door at 23 1/2 North Main St., Taos, which features Southwestern cuisine, is offering outdoor dining on a fenced in red brick patio for the second year as its predecessor, Shipwrecked Tavern, did for years before that. It can be

reached through the North Main Street entrance or entered directly from Abendroth Avenue where a sign reading “Taos Bar & Grill” in green lettering on an orange background welcomes customers. Here José Cuervo umbrellas in white, black, orange and yellow and green Dos Equis umbrellas cover black mesh metal tables with forest green plastic chairs. Potted shrubs, not in the best of shape, have been placed around the patio in an attempt to create a garden setting. One wall of this rustic courtyard is painted orange; a colorful orange, yellow and green striped awning hangs over the door leading inside; and red lights in the shape of chili peppers strung on the back trellis fence, only some of them working at this point, provide added ambience to this outdoor haven. Mango wings, nachos, Achiote Shrimp Tostadas, and Chesapeake Crabcakes are among the appetizers on the menu. In addition, salads, fajitas, enchiladas, burritos, shrimp stuffed jalapenos, Coyote Burgers, paella, pan seared salmon, Southwest rubbed chicken, New Mexican baby back ribs, pizza and pastas may be consumed outdoors. Recent specials included chilled carrot soup with ginger, amaretto and chives and Fresh Farm Raised Catfish, cornmeal crusted and white wine roasted. Taos is also known for its margaritas and variety of tequilas. The kitchen is open until 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday and until 1 a.m. the other nights of the week. Outdoor dining hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for lunch, 5 to 11 p.m. for dinner with an abbreviated late night menu after that. With a courtyard out front you must walk through to get to the restaurant, Café Brazil, just down the street at 37-39 North Main St., has a highly visible outdoor dining area within it where patrons can eat Brazilian specialties and consume luscious homemade desserts. Their flan is the best. Four black wrought iron tables for four with forest green plastic chairs covered by green Solé umbrellas provide a tranquil place to eat in this garden setting shaded by trees. A wrought iron rack filled with potted flowering plants has been placed in front of the eating area and other potted plants and small trees have been added to the spacious courtyard this year to enhance the atmosphere. The inside of the restaurant has been renovated and a rotisserie installed on which chicken, beef, pork and homemade sausage are roasted in addition to Café Brazil’s grill on which specialty sandwiches are made, hot buffet, and salad bar. Café Brazil is now open seven days. Breakfast is served from 6 to 11 a.m., lunch and dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Breakfast starts at 8 a.m. on Sunday and runs until 11 a.m. with lunch and dinner available until 5 p.m. On the other side of town, it’s the fifth season for outdoor eating at Michael’s Fine Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria. In the summer of 1998, owner Michael Iacobelli transformed an overgrown lot behind his restaurant at 125 Midland Ave. into a lovely outdoor eatery seating 48. It features 12 ornate green wrought iron tables and matching chairs on a red brick patio surrounded by a decorative fence fitted with painted panels depicting varied scenes from Please turn to page 9R

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Italian

Italian/Pizzeria

Tarry Lodge

Marini’s Pizzeria

18 Mill Street Port Chester 937-3070 The oldest Italian restaurant in Port Chester. Specialties: Pasta, veal, chicken, seafood; famous for their 10-inch pan pizza; Linguini Carolyn, Rigatoni Simplicata, Veal Pizzaiola, Chicken Francaise, Seafood Fra Diavolo; soups and salads. Hours: Lunch - Monday-Saturday 11:30 – 3 p.m. Dinner - 7 days from 5 p.m.. All major credit cards. Some off street parking available.

46 North Main Street Port Chester 937-5120

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

Brother’s Pizza 24 Grace Church Street Port Chester 937-5676

Frank’s Italian Restaurant and Pizza 23 Putnam Avenue Port Chester 939-9711 • 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. Mon.Sat., 11 a.m. 10 p.m. Sun. Catering available. Free delivery lunch & dinner. Credit cards: AX, VISA, MC. Ample free parking in lot.

Michael’s Fine Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria 125 Midland Avenue Port Chester 939-2241

Mirabello’s Pizza Trattoria 199 South Regent Street Port Chester 934-2900

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T & J Pizza & Pasta 227 Westchester Avenue Port Chester 939-4134 Family style restaurant. Specialties include: appetizers, homemade soups, wedges, calzones, salads. Pasta: Fettucini Alfredo, Linguini with red or white clam sauce, homemade lasagna, homemade manicotti, baked ziti, Veal Scallopini Marsala, Eggplant Parmigiana, Chicken Francese, Shrimp Marinara, Fried Calamari Fra Diavolo. Gourmet pizzas: marinara, Chicken Parmigiana, lasagna and white. Homemade desserts, daily lunch & dinner specials. Catering for all occasions. Delivery available. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.11 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-12 midnight, Sun. 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Municipal & street parking.

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Bagel Basket 140 Midland Avenue Port Chester 934-2245 Specialties include pastrami or corned beef and eggs, turkey and eggs, French toast, eggs, bacon, ham or sausage; doughnuts, cakes, muffins, pies, fresh fruit; Pizza Burger Bagel, Bagel Club, Cordon Bleu Bagel, Tuna Melt, Reuben Bagel, variety of bagel sandwiches; hot wedges – sausage and pepper, grilled chicken, Philly cheese steak; hot dogs, hamburgers, gyros; wraps – turkey, roast beef, vegetarian; fresh soup; chef’s salad, fruit salad, grilled chicken salad; salad platters; soft ice cream, milk shakes. Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hot and cold daily specials. Catering available. Lot parking.

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275 Boston Post Road Port Chester 939-8700 Specialties include: Turkey chilli, chalupas, jalapenos stuffed with shrimp, cactus salad, tofu, brown rice, tofu jack cheese, Acupulco seafood dish, 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.

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Mexican 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. Catering. Delivery and takeout service. Free parking. All major credit cards accepted.

Alba’s Ristorante 400 North Main Street Port Chester 937-2236 • Fax: 937-2271

Eclisse Northern Italian Cuisine Washington Park Plaza 275 South Ridge Street Rye Brook 937-5770

Giorgio’s Restaurant 69 Merritt Street Port Chester 937-4906/1096

Pasta Per Voi 23 North Main Street Port Chester 937-3200 Specialties: Appetizers include Baked Clams Oreganata, Grilled Portabello Mushroom Balsamic, Mussels or Clams in Light Marinara Sauce; soups, salads. Pasta dishes include Penne Siciliano w/ eggplant, black olives, mushrooms and capers in red sauce, Rigatoni Erica w/ pimento and artichoke hearts in a pink sauce, Linguini w/ Shrimp, Mussels and Clams in Fresh Basil Red Sauce, Chicken Marsala, Veal Picatta, Shrimp Scampi, Filet of Sole, Shrimp Marinara and Fra Diavolo, Zuppa di Pesce w/ shrimp, mussels, clams and fresh fish over linguini; Steak Pizziolla, Shell Steak Contadina, Grilled Pork Chops. Catering on and off premises. Open 7 days a week for dinner, lunch weekdays. Street parking.

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Interest in outdoor dining remains high Tuscany. To complete the effect, designed and created by Rye Brook artist Lynda Karanikolas and her crew at Studio 1 of Port Chester, concrete was painted to look like stucco or old tiles. The patio, shaded by overhanging trees and naturally decorated by ivy growing over the walls enclosing it, features candles on the tables and a serving bar. It is available for private parties of all types and, when it is not being used for that, is open to the public for lunch or dinner. Michael’s offers fine Italian cuisine including appetizers, soups, salads, as well as pasta, chicken, veal, beef, pork and fish entrées. The house salad with homemade dressing is exceptional. Several hot sandwiches, including burgers, are also available. And of course the restaurant continues to serve the wonderful thin-crusted pan pizza Michael’s has always been known for. The kitchen is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Saturday, Fridays from 11 a.m. till 12 midnight and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m.

with dark green and Corona Light blue and white umbrellas. Potted plants hang on the fence that surrounds this outdoor eating area, a fountain is hidden in the corner and more flowers are planted in containers outside the fence which brighten up the entrance to the restaurant. You can’t top Coyote Flaco’s yummy gazpacho (now offered daily), salmon 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, Camarones Enchilados (jumbo shrimp topped with mild poblano pepper sauce), Enchiladas Cancun (corn tortillas stuffed with fresh Maine crabmeat), and Fajitas Festival (beef, chicken and shrimp) are among the summer specials. Black bean soup is popular year round. A number of Mexican chicken or beef wraps are now served for lunch. Besides Mexican beer, a whole list of Margueritas and a variety of tequilas are available. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The restaurant is closed on Monday.

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The eating area on the sidewalk in front of Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant & Pizza at 414 Willett Ave. is surrounded by a white picket fence. Main St. has a covered outdoor owners must provide proof of li- Monday through Saturday and eating area with picnic tables over- ability insurance holding the vil- Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Also on Midland Avenue, you For a handful of years now, looking the Byram River. Typical lage harmless and a drawing showcan eat outdoors at Garden CaA small outdoor eating area tering, which opened in May Frank’s Pizzeria Restaurant at American grilled breakfast and ing the arrangement of tables and has been set up for the sixth year 2001where Country Fryed Chicken 23 Putnam Ave. has joined the lunch specialties are offered from 5 barriers they plan to put out. There adjacent to the Byram River in & Ribs had been in the shopping group of Port Chester restaurants a.m. to 2:30 p.m. every day except must be a minimum distance of five front of Sam’s Bar & Grill at 1 feet free of obstructions on the center at #140. In fact, at Garden providing outdoor seating. Three Sunday. Mill St. Four square green tables sidewalk for adequate and safe Catering there’s only the choice of round white resin tables for two The Subway and Kentucky for two with white resin chairs are eating outside at one of six green have been placed on the sidewalk Fried Chicken franchises and pedestrian movement. unshaded by umbrellas this year. The Office of the Village Clerk metal tables with glass tops and adjacent to the parking lot. Black Wah Yuan Chinese Restaurant Window boxes planted with flowgreen chairs shaded by dark green and white Coors Light umbrellas up on the hill in the Kinko’s Plaza is authorized to issue an annual ers on the front of the building add and white umbrellas positioned on and a green Perrier umbrella shade at 262 Boston Post Rd. have also permit for the seasonal operation color. When it gets dark, one of the the sidewalk in front of the eatery diners from the sun. However, no placed a few tables on the sidewalk of a sidewalk café after the applica- old-fashioned style street lights or taking out because there are no service is provided to customers out front during the warm weather tion has been reviewed and ap- on the bridge, located just at the who choose to eat there. “It’s just for customers who choose to eat proved by the Building Depart- edge of the seating area, casts a tables indoors. ment and the DepartPort Chester natives Frank a convenience,” said subtle glow. ment of Public Works. Carpenteri and Kevin Keegan and co-owner Frank Blasi. Here customers can feast on Applications may be we’re Port Chester resident Mario “When burgers and steaks, grilled chicken picked up at the LiMedina offer chicken, ribs and other crowded in here, you sandwiches, chicken wings, chili cense Bureau on the freshly made foods to take out at can go outside.” and daily lunch and dinner spesecond floor of the Frank’s offers all this fast food restaurant. Chicken cials. Rye Town Office nuggets and French fries, fried types of pizza, pasta, Dinner hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Building at 10 Pearl St. chicken by the pound or platter, wedges and other Italseven days a week. Lunch is served rotisserie chicken, fried shrimp, fi- ian specialties with The former Luigi’s Thursday, Friday and Saturday let of sole, hamburgers, hot and daily dinner specials Restaurant & Pizza at from 12 noon to 4 p.m. cold sandwiches and wraps, sal- like Chicken Rollatini 414 Willett Ave. has Pantanal Restaurant at 29 ads, quiches, soups and desserts with brown mushroom been renamed North Main St., which serves up as well as specials such as pork sauce and fresh string Frankie & Louie’s Brazilian specialties and has a chops and mashed potatoes and beans, broiled salmon Restaurant & Pizzewonderful salad bar, is not using soft shell crabs are available for with lemon and butter ria during the past its permit for sidewalk dining belunch and dinner. For breakfast sauce and rack of year. Owners Luigi cause customers think they should you can choose from a variety of lamb. and Frank Dattilo of Wraps are popular A large new deck overlooking the Byram River affords Mamaroneck and be able to smoke if they’re eating egg sandwiches and platters, omelets, French toast, home fries, at Frank’s. They in- plenty of space for customers of Ebb Tide Seafood at 1 White Plains, respec- outside, but the law passed by the bacon, sausage, muffins and clude grilled chicken Willett Ave. to consume the eatery’s seafood specialties. tively, have contin- County Board of Legislators does not permit it, according to owner with lettuce, tomato, doughnuts. ued the restaurant’s Richard Cuddy, Jr. However, an Garden Catering is open from 6 mayo, roasted peppers and honey their orders outside. 5-year tradition of setting up a application for the owner of the a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through mustard; steak with onions, pepCustomers of Burger King next space outside. building to construct a deck for Saturday and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. pers and mozzarella; tuna or chicken door at 260 Boston Post Rd. also A white picket fence encloses salad; and turkey. Salads topped have the option of eating on the six black mesh metal tables with outside dining at the rear of the Sunday. with grilled chicken are offered for patio out front adjacent to the fast matching chairs seating a total of restaurant is before the Port Chester Also in that neck of the woods, the summer. Italian ices are also food restaurant’s red play struc- 12 in front of this neighborhood Planning Commission on Monday, Coyote Flaco at 115 Midland Ave. popular in lemon, chocolate, cherry ture at six red picnic tables with Italian pizzeria and restaurant. July 28. Cuddy said he hopes to serves up some of the freshest have it constructed by September. and the flavor of the week. benches. Another three tables for six are Mexican food around on the patio Hours are Monday through T&J Pizza & Pasta at 227 separated from the sidewalk by in front of the tiny restaurant. It is Sidewalk cafés Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 10 Westchester Ave. has the same potted evergreens which also add covered by a bright green awning. p.m., Friday and Saturday from attractive setup for outdoor eatcolor to the outdoor setting. DurThree eating establishments Seating is at an eclectic mix of 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. ing this season as it did in 2002. ing the day you can just take your have applied for and received perchairs and rectangular tables with Three round inlaid stone tables for slice of pizza or other lunch fare mits to put tables on public sideJ.P.’s Standby Drive-in next to Aztec design plastic tablecloths two with black metal ice cream and sit outside. For dinner, howwalks in the Village of Port Chester as well as at green picnic tables Cumberland Farms at 604 North this season, although only two are ever, table service is provided for chairs are offset by four stone planters filled with red flowers. using them. The village board anyone wishing to dine outside. Here customers may enjoy all T&J’s red and green awning propassed legislation allowing for it in types of pizza, calzones and wedges vides protection from the sun. May 1997. Besides all types of pizza, T&J According to the Village Clerk’s as well as traditional Italian pasta, Office, those eateries with permits veal, chicken and seafood dishes. serves appetizers, pasta, soups, are Frankie & Louie’s Restaurant Throughout the year Wednesday salads, wedges and other Italian & Pizzeria, Sam’s Bar & Grill and is Family Style Night where each meat and seafood dishes, includPantanal Brazilian Restaurant. T&J dish feeds 2 to 4 people for $19.95, ing daily specials. Pasta Craze Pizza & Pasta, which has taken out Thursday is Ravioli Night with where you get a choice of several permits in the past, has put out cheese, meat and vegetable ravioli pasta dishes plus a salad for $8.95 for $10.95 and Sunday is Pasta is popular on Wednesday nights. tables this year without one. The restaurant is open from 10 Permitted hours of operation Madness featuring a choice of six for sidewalk cafés are from 8 a.m. to pasta dishes for $7.95. All include a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday salad. Don’t forget to give the ex- Thursday, Friday and Saturday and until 11 p.m. Friday and Satur- traordinary homemade desserts a until midnight and Sunday from 10 Outside eating or takeout are the only choices at Garden Catering, day from May 1 through Oct. 31. try. a.m. to 10 p.m. located in the shopping center at 140 Midland Ave. Please turn to page 10R Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Besides paying $25, restaurant

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Interest in outdoor dining remains high Rye Brook The best kept secret in Rye Brook and Port Chester is still Mulligan’s Bar & Grill at Doral Arrowwood Resort and Conference Center on Anderson Hill Road, which we discovered three 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 fresh fruit plate, chicken quesadillas, shrimp cocktail, Buffalo wings, chicken fingers, grilled Cajun shrimp, salads such as Caesar and chef, sandwiches, wraps, panini (pressed grilled sandwiches), burgers and hot dogs. Vegetarian Delight—a grilled Portobello mushroom with roasted red peppers, fresh basil and melted mozzarella cheese on 9grain bread—is also popular. Daily specials include an iced tea such as raspberry, a frozen yogurt and an alcoholic beverage of the day. A children’s menu is also available. Mulligan’s is open seven days a week from 11:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. through October.

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The Rye Town Hilton at 699 Westchester Ave. offers casual outdoor dining in a garden setting during limited hours at its Terrace Grill. This large area features lots of beige tables, chairs and umbrellas on a patio surrounded by hedges, flower gardens and a fountain. 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. Lunch consists of chilled gazpacho soup, salads (featuring Nicoise with tuna), hot and cold sandwiches, a fruit plate, hot dogs, burgers or crab cakes. The Terrace Grill is open for lunch from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays 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 wooden tables with ice cream chairs. Two of them are shaded by green umbrellas, the other two by the sandwich shop’s awning. The Club Sandwich, with four

A mural of Venice is the focal point at the pleasant dining spot in a courtyard outside That Little Italian Restaurant in Byram. locations in the metropolitan area, the breakfast menu. portion of this fine Italian eatery Hours are Monday through and a mural of Venice, similar to offers a tremendous variety of sandwiches of all types, from simple Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., others inside, decorates the wall roast beef on rye to smoked salmon Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. that provides a backdrop to this with egg salad horseradish sauce, outdoor venue. Another eating establishment capers, onions, lettuce, tomato and There’s room for four tables for in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, bacon on a tortilla. The gourmet four and another two tables for two Rye Ridge Delicatessen & Ressandwich shop serves Boar’s Head in any configuration—square green taurant at 126 South Ridge St., has deli meats on its sandwiches and tables with white plastic chairs, some three round silver tables with four offers nine different choices of covered by sky blue San Pellegrino silver mesh chairs each out front bread on which they can be made. umbrellas. Besides potted plants, where customers may consume Besides all the usual and not so other flowers like black-eyed susans their takeout orders if they so usual cold cuts, cheeses and saland a tall purple variety are planted choose. ads, 34 finishing touches may be in beds on two sides of the patio. Rye Ridge Deli specializes in added to create your own sandOther flowers in window boxes hang snappy kosher hot dogs, pickles, wich or you can choose from a from the green railing that surrounds potato knishes, huge deli sandmenu of 50 concoctions which have this lovely haven. Four pretty wiches and salads. The restaurant already been dreamed up. Their lamplights hang from the side of the also serves breakfast. spicy Texas chili with or without building to provide light once darkHours are Monday through onions and cheese is also a good ness sets in. Wednesday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 bet. At least two different soups In the open air customers may p.m., Thursday and Friday from are also offered each day. enjoy the restaurant’s excellent 7:30 a.m. until 10 p.m., Saturday Mulligan’s Bar & Grill at Doral Arrowwood Resort and Conference Breakfast sandwiches, muffins, array of appetizers, salads, pastas, Center on Anderson Hill Road in Rye Brook affords casual dining croissants, pastries, crumb cake, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sun- chicken, veal and seafood dishes day from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. overlooking the ninth hole of the golf course. bagels, coffees and teas make up plus daily specials. Lobster ravioli, Up the hill in the shopping cen- Veal Marsala and ricotta gnocchi ter at 200 South Ridge St., Lenny’s come highly recommended. Recent Bagels also provides outdoor seat- specials include Summer Scallop ing for its patrons. Three round Salad with arugula, pears, fennel green tables with four matching and walnuts in a balsamic green resin chairs afford space for vinaigrette, Soft Shell Crabs 12 to munch on Lenny’s home- Puttenesca, Braised Chicken and made bagels, bagel sandwiches Shrimp That Little Italian Restauwith all types of salad and meat rant and Beef Mignonette fillings, soups, salads and gour- Josephine (black angus medallions met desserts. During the summer of filet mignon with Portobello cold gazpacho and cucumber dill mushrooms, asparagus, roasted soups are often on the menu. potatoes, and melted fontina Hours are Monday through cheese in a sherry wine reduction). Saturday from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. For lunch there are also speand Sunday from 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. cialty pizzas, calzones and sandSince 1947, wiches, the latter served on the Greenwich excellent homemade bread That Port Chester’s That Little Italian Restaurant, Little Italian Restaurant has been Oldest Restaurant located just across the river in known for since it opened in 1980. Hours are Tuesday through Byram, Conn., has a beautiful outdoor eating area on a red brick Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 pm. patio in a quiet courtyard behind for lunch, Sunday through Thursthe restaurant, located at 228-230 day from 5 to 9:30 p.m. and Friday Mill St. The patio is located just and Saturday from 5 to 10:30 p.m. outside the windows of the upper for dinner.

For over 55 years we’ve provided a great place to eat!

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A small area adjacent to the Byram River has been set up for open air eating at Sam’s Bar & Grill, located at 1 Mill St. in Port Chester.

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Northern Italian Salvadoran Piero’s Italian Restaurant 44 South Regent Street Port Chester 937-2904

Peruvian Acuario Restaurant 137 Irving Avenue Port Chester 939-7090

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

Rinconcito Salvadoreno Restaurante 20 Broad Street Port Chester 937-9287

Bravo Peru 6 Grace Church Street Port Chester 939-8420

El Chalan Restaurant 45 Midland Avenue Port Chester 934-2244

Machu Picchu Restaurant 40 Grace Church Street Port Chester 934-9090 Specialties include beef and chicken dishes as well as a wide range of seafood entrees, ceviches (fish, mixed seafood or shrimp marinated in lemon juice), famous Machu Picchu Parihuela (complete mixed seafood soup), Lomo Saltado (beef tip sauteed with onions, tomatoes and soy sauce), Pollo a la Brasa (charbroiled chicken with Machu Picchu spices), Fried Pork Chops, and Jalea Especial (breaded seafood special platter). Enjoy the famous Machu Picchu Pisco Soup cocktail. Catering, delivery available. Open 7 days a week. Hours: Mon.Thurs. 9 a.m.-11 pm. and Fri. Sun. 8 a.m.-Midnight. All major credit cards.

Mamá Cheny 35 ½ North Main Street Port Chester 934-1075

Misti Restaurant 110 North Main Street Port Chester 939-9437 Specialties include mussels cooked in onions, tomatoes and sweet corn kernels, Peruvianstyle 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 Wed.-Mon. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Lunch specials. Delivery or takeout available. Street parking. No credit cards: ATM on premises.

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

Tia/Aunt Gladys’s 16 North Main Street Port Chester 937-7917

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

Seafood F.I.S.H. Mediterranean Seafood 102 Fox Island Road Port Chester 939-4227 Specialties include: Hot Skillet Roasted Shrimp, Crispy Day Boat Calamari; raw bar: oysters, littleneck clams, ceviche. Cold: Yellowfin Tuna Carpaccio, organic green salad, F.I.S.H. gorgonzola salad. Pasta & Pizza: Linguine (with littleneck clams, Manila clams, toasted garlic, olive oil & aleppo chile), Marcherita Pizza (tomatoes, mozzarella & basil); Panini (griddled pressed sandwiches), Frico (crispy thin wafers of montasio cheese wrapped around variety of fillings), burgers; 2 lb. Maine Lobster fra diavolo, olive oil poached swordfish, Prime Hangar Steak Florentine, Wood Fired Citrus Chicken. Open 7 days. Call for reservations. Parking on premises.

Port Chester Seafood

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RISTORANTE SANDWICH LUNCH MENU Potato & Egg Wedge .................................. $4.95 Pepper & Egg Wedge .................................. $4.95 Potato, Pepper, Ham & Egg Wedge ............. $5.95 Tomato, Onion, Mushroom & Egg Wedge .... $5.95 Meatball Parmigiana Wedge ....................... $5.95 Chicken Parmigiana Wedge ......................... $5.95 Sausage, Peppers, Sliced Potato & Onion with Broccoli Rabe Wedge ......................... $6.95 Italian Combo Wedge .................................. $6.95 Turkey Club Sandwich .................................. $6.95 Cuban Pork Sandwich................................... $6.95 Hot Open Steak Sandwich ......................... $11.95 Served with potato & vegetable

Certified Black Angus Burgers 3/4 lb. Served with potato chips & pickle $6.95 23 NORTH MAIN ST., PORT CHESTER, NY (914)

937-3200

295 Midland Avenue Port Chester 937-2232

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.

BAGEL BASKET & Deli

140 Midland Ave., Port Chester, NY (Pathmark Shopping Center)

934-2245 • FREE Delivery Under New Management Savings on the Finest Catering Order Your Custom Platters Now

Mark Anthony Restaurant

Gift Baskets Available

11 North Main Street Port Chester 937-3357

Southwestern Taos 23 ½ North Main Street Port Chester 937-0333

Steakhouse Willett House Restaurant 20 Willett Avenue Port Chester 939-7500

from $30 & Up Gilda, Tony (owner) & Lorena (manager) serving Walter at the Bagel Basket.

CATERING SPECIALS 3-6 Foot Heros

Includes Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad & Cole Slaw .. $1195 /Ft.

Cold Party Platters:

Roast Beef, Turkey, Salami, Ham, American & Swiss Cheese Served With Bagels Or Rolls, White, Rye Breads. Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad & Cole Slaw, Pickels For Party of 15 .................. $7495 For Party of 25 ................ $12495 For Party of 50 ................ $14995

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FREE Bagels Buy 6 Bagels and Receive 3 FREE With coupon only. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Coupon expires 7/31/03

BAGEL BASKET

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A Traditional Italian Restaurant 2 South Water Street Greenwich, CT Lunch i . r 203-531-6400 Mon.-F • • • •

is a monthly supplement to the Port Chester Westmore News and Rye Brook Westmore News. The Westmore News, a weekly newspaper serving the Port Chester and Rye Brook communities, is published every Friday and is available at newsstands and news boxes in its circulation area. It is also available by mail at a yearly subscription rate of $24. Call 914-939-6864 for futher information or to subscribe.

Regional Italian Specialties Steaks, Chops, Fresh Seafood, Lobster Daily Specials Fireside Dining

• Catering • On-Premises Parking

• Private Room Available • Major Credit Cards

OPEN 7 DAYS Mon.-Thurs. Noon-10 p.m. • Fri. Noon-11 p.m. Sat. 5-11 p.m. • Sun. 5-10 p.m.

Seafood and Steakhouse 173 Westchester Ave. • Port Chester, NY

914-939-2100 Voted as one of the top ethnic restaurants in Westchester County. --Westchester Spotlight, Aug. 2001

f.i.s.h. you were here... early f.i.s.h. special... join us for dinner, order by 6:30, and enjoy a free bottle of wine for your table!!!

MEDITERRANEAN SEAFOOD

fox island seafood house 102 fox i sland r oad, p ort c hester, n y 1 0573 call f or r eservations 9 14.939.4227 closed m ondays

Best of two worlds—where the Incas, known for their seafood, and the Gauchos, known for their steaks—come together in an exciting new restaurant... where you feel like you are there! WE DELIVER • CATERING AVAILABLE OPEN 7 DAYS 10 a.m. - 11 p.m.

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