TABLE FOR TWO: Every restaurant has its regulars. Pomodoro in Huntington has many customers that owners Fabio Machado and Piero Casalicchio consider regulars, including three or four couples who come every week. And then there’s uber-regulars Don and Linda. Don and Linda Theirgard discovered Pomodoro’s regional Italian specialties 22 years ago and have since made the cozy restaurant a twice-weekly destination. The Dix Hills foodies enjoy dining out and as much as they enjoy each other’s company but Pomodoro is their hands down favorite. The red-checker cloth topped table in the corner where they regularly ate with Linda’s late mother is the very one where the Thiergards can be found every Wednesday night — and they’re back on Saturday. So when Fabio Machado recently announced to the couple that he was moving his cozy eatery to 69 Wall Street (the building that most recently housed Solo but that old timers will know as the Lighthouse bar) the Thiergards say he told them that not only would their table be making the move, but they would get to pick its spot in the new place. General Manager Eric Machado explained the gesture is not so much taking care of good customers, but taking care of good people. “There’s not so many people like that,” he said. Pomodoro is set to open in early March at 69 Wall St. Tell them the Foodies sent you.

TAVERN NIGHT ON THE HARBOR: Slow Food Huntington Tavern Night on the Harbor, will take place on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 7 p.m. at Blackford Hall on the grounds of the renowned, historic Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (1 Bungtown Rd., Cold Spring Harbor). This one-night tasting event, will include a hearty tavern style meal prepared with locally sourced foods and ingredients: fish & chips, beef-oyster-beer stew, cheese, pickles and artisanal bread, oysters, shepherd’s pie, a variety of sausages, savory vegetarian pies, traditional desserts – and four handcrafted ales from Sixpoint Craft Ales of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Tickets are $40 for Slow Food members, $45 for non-members. Info or tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/10678. For more information about the Slow Food movement: www.slowfood.com.

SUSHIMANIA: The food blogs tell us of a solid all-you-can-eat sushi worth trying: Sushi Park (6137 Jericho Tpke., Commack, 631-499-1465, www.sushipark.net) Lunch, $14.95; and a $19.95 dinner special; children under 3 1/2 feet eat free; half price for children between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 feet. Their buffet offers a lot more than a wide variety of sushi.

AUTHENTIC CHINESE BUFFET: When it comes to Chinese or Asian Buffets, we have always been partial to East Buffet in downtown Flushing, Queens. Chinese food of all varieties is at it’s best in the city’s new Chinatown. Now we hear that the very same East Buffet we’ve lunched at in Flushing has its original branch right here in Huntington Station (East Buffet, 179 Walt Whitman Rd., 631-385-0800, www.eastbuffet.com) Lunch, Monday to Friday, $10.99 for adults, $5.99 for children, Saturday and Sunday, $16.99 adults, $9.99 for children; dinner, Monday to Thursday, $19.99 for adults, $9.99 for children, Friday to Sunday, $24.99 adults ($11.99 for children). If it’s Asian and it makes it in Flushing – where it is patronized predominantly by Asians - it can make it anywhere. It’s a Foodie favorite!

BEDLAM BABY: The Cold Spring Harbor seafood hotspot Beldlam Fish and Clam Company is truly a family affair. CIA-trained chef Jonathan Passman has put the entire family to work at this exciting Main Street eatery. While manager brother Matt and dad Eric work the front other family members may be found pitching in. Keep your eye out for the newest member of the Bedlam family team, baby Jack born last month to Jonathan and Nicole.

DONUT BURGER: Minor League Baseball team the Grizzlies of Sauget, Illinois – a suburb east of St. Louis — and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have teamed up to create “Baseball’s Best Burger.” The burger, which debuted at a Grizzlies’ game late last year, consists of a thick and juicy burger topped with sharp cheddar cheese and two slices of bacon. The burger is then placed in between each side of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut. Enjoy!

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