SOME BEANS: Ever wonder what a $10 cup of coffee tastes like? Get yourself to Georgio’s Coffee Roasters (146 West Jericho Tpke. Huntington 631-470-7797 www.georgioscoffee.com) and try a cup of their newest arrival, Panama Esmeralda Gesha (some spell it Geisha) coffee. The flavor is wonderful vanilla with peach notes followed by a lingering clean finish, says Georgio. The Peterson Estate produces about 6,000 pounds of this single origin bean; Georgio has about 1 percent of the crop. It sold out last year and will sell out again this year. Price is (are you sitting down?) $100 per pound or $10 for a 12-ounce cup, siphoned. Great!

BBQ THROWDOWN: Long Islander Foodie Peter Sloggatt will be one of the judges for a BBQ Throwdown (We’re guessing Bobby Flay couldn’t make it.) at the Fountainhead Congregation Church (782 Larkfield Road, East Northport 631-462-5048). Three of Long Island’s top barbeque restaurants will be going head-to-head for best ribs, best pulled pork, best chicken and best brisket. It’s going to be a battle. The competitors are Smoking Sloe’s of Northport, Armadillo Grille of Babylon and Glen Cove’s Big Apple BBQ, the new home of local rib legend Poppa Rick. (Poppa Rick’s ramshackle eatery, opposite the entrance to Oheka Castle, had a strong following, but the rib master fell off the radar after the Town of Oyster Bay shut him down several years ago.) The event is a fundraiser to help Fountainhead Congregation complete a parking lot paving project. Dinner tickets are $11 per person and includes Smoking Sloe’s pulled pork, BBQ chicken or beef brisket with two sides. The family fun day also includes musical entertainment, rides, raffles and more. Order tickets at 631-462-5048.
PERFECTO MUNDO: Just in time for Dine Huntington Restaurant Week in October, Chef Steve Del Lima, previously of Wild Fin and Black and Blue, is set to open a place of his own. Del Lima’s Perfecto Mundo will be a Latin fusion bistro with an emphasis on seafood. It’s located at the former Maize Cantina, 1141-1 Jericho Turnpike, Commack, in the Northgate Shopping Center. Welcome back, Steve.

ROYAL TREATMENT: Enjoy an exclusive dining experience culminating in the tasting of a century-old cognac – Louis XIII de Rémy Martin Grande Champagne Cognac – on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., at Blackstone Steakhouse (10 Pinelawn Road, Melville, 631-271-7780. www.blackstonesteakhouse.com). Start with amuse-bouche, a selection of mixed cheese and crackers and a cognac cocktail. Appetizer: seafood salad, lobster and crabmeat served over mixed green salad with sliced avocado, heirloom tomatoes, green beans and citrus vinaigrette, alongside Rémy Martin VSOP served frozen. Salad: grilled Portobello mushrooms napoleon, beefsteak tomato, red and yellow roasted peppers, fresh mozzerella, baby arugula with balsamic and basil oil, served with Rémy Martin 1738. Main course: charbroiled 12-ounce prime dry-aged sirloin, fresh herb-roasted fingerling potatoes, grilled asparagus and wild mushroom truffle demi, serve with Sterling cabernet sauvignon reserve. Dessert: Blackstone cake – layers of blackout cake, chocolate mousse, praline crunch, bittersweet satin filling and dark chocolate ganache – served with Rémy Martin XO. Evening features guest speaker Louis XIII brand ambassador Remi Brabant. $113. Reservations required.

PRIME SIGHTINGS: Stars of sport and screen recently dined at Prime-An American Kitchen and Bar (117 New York Ave. 631-385-1515 www.restaurantprime.com ). James Caan, celebrating the opening of his film “Middle Man”, dined with friends on the porch at Prime on Sunday, Aug. 8. The acting heavy kept it light, dining on a spinach salad and shrimp cocktail while sipping 12-year-old Glenlivit Scotch. A day earlier, the day after interviewing A-Rod about his 600th home run, CBS WFAN Radio host Mike Francesca dined at Prime with wife and friends. During his meal, Francesa asked regularly for updates about the day’s game. Chef Gregg Lauletta also presented the party with a surprise course, truffled risotto with maitake mushrooms. More sports stars made the Prime roster on Aug. 8 when NY Islanders GM Garth Snow and goalie Rick DiPietro were guests at a private party.

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