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Now Serving: Foodies didn’t wait
for the ribbon cutting to find their way to La Bottega. On
July 11, when Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone arrived
to cut the ribbon to mark the grand opening of the new restaurant
at 9 Wall Street in Huntington village, he found that foodies
had already followed their noses to the new eatery, which
opened a few weeks earlier in June. The Huntington branch
of the popular Nassau trattoria chain features 68 varieties
of panini, plus salads and Italian specialties, and has tables
for inside and courtyard dining. At the ribbon cutting, from
left, are: Supervisor Frank Petrone and owners Raymond Polito,
Rose Polito, Phillis Quirke, Joe Quirke and Sylvanna Polito.
BY ANY OTHER NAME: Just when you’d gotten used
to finding a Starbucks on every street corner, the Seattle
Times reports this week that the Washington-based coffee giant
will change the name of some of its Seattle stores. An underperforming
Starbucks on East 15th Street in Seattle will be known as
15th Avenue Coffee and Tea as of next week, the newspaper
reports. In addition to a rustic, cobbled-together coffeehouse
look, the shop will serve wine and beer, host poetry readings
and musical performances, and baristas will forgo the automated
route and pull the espresso shots by hand. If it catches on,
we just may see more Starbucks shops adopt the personalities
of their neighborhoods. Welcome to Jericho Turnpike Java…
COFFEE AS THEATER: Talk about neighborhood coffee houses
with personality… Georgio’s Coffee Roasters (West
Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, 631-470-7797. www.georgioscoffee.com)
has bought a handful of vacuum style coffee makers. If you’re
old enough to remember the Cory pot, you’ll also remember
the funky method of making coffee produced about the finest
cup of brew you can get your hands on. The fact that it’s
accompanied by theatrical whooshing, bubbling and a gurgling
action makes it that much better. Vaccuum brew comes to Georgio’s
Coffee Roasters on July 25, though if you asked Georgio nicely
on the 24th, we bet he’d accommodate. Expect to pay a
little more, and expect to applaud the end as well.
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