MORE RESTAURANT WEEK: Several participants in Long Island and Huntington Restaurant Weeks have extended the prix fixe menus. From Huntington Restaurant Week, Almarco Italian Grill, Blond Restaurant and Osteria Toscano have extended the $24.95 menu. Christopher’s Courtyard Café is offering a two-fer: two can get three course meals for $24.95 total. Go to DineHuntington.com for details and menus. Coming on the tail end of the Dine Huntington event, Long Island Restaurant Week filled tables Islandwide. Local restaurants extending the Long Island Restaurant Week offer include Grasso’s in Cold Spring Harbor; Black & Blue Seafood Chophouse, Guido’s Italian Restaurant and Osteria Toscana in Huntington; Legal Sea Foods in Huntington Station; Jackson’s Restaurant in Commack.

PRIME THANKSGIVING: For those who can’t face the kitchen, even on Thanksgiving, Prime – An American Kitchen and Bar (117 New York Ave., Huntington 631-385-1515 www.restaurantprime.com) offers Thanksgiving diners celebration menus to go or to stay. Prime chefs will cook a complete take-away dinner for 10-12 people for $279. The package includes a 20-pound roasted turkey, sweet potatoes, herb-roasted root vegetables, Brussels sprouts with smoked bacon, jellied cranberry sauce, pumpkin soup, spiced crème fraiche, wild rice and chestnut mix, cornbread tasso stuffing, whipped potatoes, giblet gravy and assorted breads. For dessert, there’s apple crumble pie and traditional cheesecake. Of course, diners may also celebrate in one of Prime’s well-appointed dining rooms between 1 and 8 p.m. In addition to a la carte menus, several specials will be offered, including a traditional Thanksgiving dinner of turkey with giblet gravy, whipped potatoes, tasso cornbread stuffing, roasted Brussels sprouts with bacon and cranberry sauce.

THANKSGIVING AT JONATHAN’S: Celebrate Thanksgiving at Jonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055). On Thursday, Nov. 26 from 1-8 p.m., they will be offering their regular menu along with some Thanksgiving specials, including a venison chop with baby root vegetables; Long Island duck breast with cranberry, asparagus and more; and of course roasted turkey with sausage and mushroom stuffing, mashed potato, sweet potato puree, baby root vegetables, haricot vert and cranberry sauce.

CLONING BILLY? From Epoch 5 public relations guru Katherine Heaviside’s Facebook page comes the following observation: “Three restaurant owners in Huntington told me Billy Joel ate at their restaurant last week – Is the piano man very hungry or has he been cloned?” You gotta wonder.

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