By DineHuntington.com/Foodie@longislandernews.com

BRUNCH WITH SANTA: Santa’s spending time at Porto Vivo (7 Gerard St., Huntington 631-385-8486 www.porto-vivo.com) this month, meeting and greeting children during the restaurant’s Sunday brunch. Children are encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to Santa, who will deliver the gifts to children at Huntington Hospital’s Dolan Family Health Center. Brunch begins at 10:30 a.m. Santa is there between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The regular brunch menu is offered as well as a two-course, $17 prix fixe. Children 8 and under eat free from the children’s menu.

OLD FIELDS IS NEW: After extensive renovation, Old Fields Inn (85 Broadway, Greenlawn 631-754-8968) has reopened as Old Fields Restaurant under new owner’s Christine and David Tunney. A Greenlawn institution since 1956, Old Fields Inn was purchased earlier this year by Tunney, who, with his brother John, owns and operates Honu and several Besito Mexican restaurant locations. David Tunney promises Old Fields is still the place for steaks, and offers what he says is the best burger in town. Designed to be family friendly, nothing on the menu is over $20.

FRIDAY NIGHT JAZZ: Enjoy live jazz with some of the area’s finest dining at Grasso’s (134 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor 631-367-6060 www.grassosrestaurant
.com). This Friday at 7:30 p.m., the Akiko Tsuruga Trio (organ, guitar and bass) performs; on Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., Grasso’s welcomes the Jerry Weldon Trio (tenor sax, piano and bass). It’s jazz the way it was meant to be enjoyed. A bar menu is available, or get the full Grasso’s experience at a table.
REGIONS OF ITALY: Piccolo Mondo (1870 E. Jericho Turnpike., Huntington 631-462-0718 www.piccolomondoli.com) continues its tour of regions of Italy with a stop in Venezia Dec. 17. Each week, Piccolo Mondo introduces diners to a region of Italy with a five-course menu of specialties from that region. The $34.95 prix fixe includes two glasses of wine. Check out the website for each week’s menu. Mangia!

LIKE BUTTER: If mozzarella di bufala is one of your must-have menu items, then you’ll love “burrata,” the newest addition to the menu at Jonathan’s Ristorante (15 Wall St., Huntington 631-549-0055 www.jonathansristorante.com). In Italian, “burrata” literally means “buttered,” and this Italian cheese is literally “like butter.” It consists of an outer shell of mozzarella, tied like a sack around a rich inner filling of mozzarella and cream that spills out when the cheese is cut. Jonathan’s serves it over grape tomato halves with a drizzle of olive oil, cracked pepper and a sprig of fresh basil. Flown in direct from Italy, you’ll find it on the specials menu at Jonathan’s each week. It’s like a $12 trip to an Italian farm.

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