BEST MEETING VENUE: We had the pleasure of having a scheduled lunch meeting in the Wine Salon room at Mac’s Steakhouse. The privacy for a meeting of six to twelve at the dark wooden table of the well appointed room, overlooking the wine cellar and the outside, provides an unsurpassed venue for your Board of Directors, intimate family get-together or make up a Board, get a group of 10 and ask Scott if you can reserve the room. Mac’s regulars knows the fine steaks and other quality offerings from the kitchen. The lunch menu adds salads, sandwiches and small plates – all reasonably priced – to the steak and chop menu. Meet you at Mac’s.

PEASANT DINNER: It’s a four-course Peasant Wine Dinner every Thursday night at Ruvo Restaurant (63 Broadway, Greenlawn, 631.261.7700), www.ruvorestaurant.com featuring traditional Italian dishes.  The $45 (plus tax & tip) prix fixe menu includes unlimited wine with each course. The menu changes weekly but here’s a typical feast you may find. Course One: Soft Shell Crab over Asparagus & Roasted Tomatoes w/ Saffron Garlic Aioli or Grilled Portobello & Vegetable Napoleon w/ Aged Balsamic & Basil Pesto Drizzle. Course Two: Roasted Eggplant Soup w/ Goat Cheese or Radicchio, Endive & Arugula Salad w/ Gorgonzola & Sherry Walnut Vinaigrette. Course Three: Lamb Shank Osso Bucco w/ Parmesan Risotto or Pan seared Filet of Sole w/ Spinach, Feta Cheese, Scallions & Dill in a Light Mornay Sauce. Course Four: Flourless Chocolate Torte w/ Vanilla Bean Crème Anglaise or Poached Anjou Pear in Primitivo Wine w/ Mascarpone Cheese. Wine Selections: 2006 Chardonnay, Tormaresca, Puglia; 2006 Fiano- Greco, A-Mano, Puglia; 2005 Salice Salentino, Feudo Monaci, Puglia; 2005 Negroamaro, Forte Canto, Puglia.

BLACK & BLUE: Formerly, Off The Wall, owner Luigi Aloe and Executive Chef Steve Del Lima (preivious at Wild Fin) have been welcoming crowds to Black & Blue (65 Wall St., 631.385.9255, www.blackandblueny.com), their well anticipated seafood-chophouse. It’s high on the Foodies list of must try eateries in the Village. See ya there!
JONATHAN’S: It’s still as good as ever – maybe better. The Foodies returned to Jonathan’s last Saturday night some two years after we first reviewed. Now we must admit that we’ve been there some dozen times in-between. But since this was kind of an anniversary, we felt it worth of note. Also worthy, is on each of our visits, we try several different dishes, but one thing remains true: we always have the Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage Butter sprinkled with Amaretto Cookie Dust. It is the best tasting pasta dish to have ever crossed our palates. Everything from the kitchen is good – no, exceptional – as is the ambiance and service. Tell Roberto the Foodies sent you.

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