Take A Midday Break With The Lunch Bunch
/By The Foodies
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Lunch is often a great way to experience the culinary delights of your favorite restaurant but at a lower price and with a portion size that fills you up just as well. Take a look at what some of the different restaurants around town are offering on their midday menus.
Almarco Italian Grill
13 Wall St., Huntington
631-935-1690; Almarcoitalian.com
At Almarco, $12 goes a long way. Pair one of Mark’s famous focaccia sandwiches or a half-order of pasta with all the fixings. Focaccias come with soup, salad and a decadent finish (a St. Joseph’s pastry), while the pasta comes with salad and dessert. Or, choose from grilled selections, pizzettes, soup, salad and appetizers.
Bistro 44
44 Main St., Northport
631-262-9744; Bistro44.net
The Kobe short rib beef burger at Bistro 44 is served on a brioche bun with Stiton bleu cheese, Applewood bacon, frizzled onions, shredded lettuce, and with French fries for $14.50 on the lunch menu.
Park your car right on the beautiful water of Northport harbor and stroll into Bistro 44 for some old world charm and mouthwatering lunch offerings. The prix-fixe lunch menu is available Monday-Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and features three courses for $19.95. Start with an appetizer like the bistro baked clams, move on to an entrée like the Thai shrimp salad and finish it off with a warm chocolate lava cake. Coffee and tea is included, but add an espresso or cappuccino for an extra $3.
Black & Blue Seafood Chophouse
65 Wall St., Huntington
631-385-9255; Blackandbluehuntington.com
The Chicken Feta Burger is available on Black & Blue’s lunch menu for $12. It’s ground all white meat chicken served with spinach and feta on a toasted bun. Make the bun gluten free for an extra $2. Shoe string French fries are included. Photo/Facebook
The $10 lunch menu is available 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday-Friday, at Black & Blue. Offerings include the B&B Burger, a 10 oz Angus beef patty served with cheddar cheese, lettuce tomato and onion on a toasted bun and with French fries; and the Philly cheesesteak, which is served with provolone and cheddar cheese sauce, peppers and onions, and with French fries. Drink specials are also available for $5.
Cinque Terre
872 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station
631-923-1255; Cinqueterreli.com
In Huntington Station, Cinque Terre will gladly quiet that midday stomach rumbling with a selection of hot and cold appetizers ($10-$16), and paninis and pizzas ($10-$16). Be sure to check out the gamberi scampi al pesto ($22), which is sautéed shrimp bathed in a scampi pesto sauce and served with green beans and roasted almonds.
Cirella’s
14 Broadhollow Road, Melville
631-385-7380; Cirellarestaurant.com
The Costoletta Di Vitello Alla Parmigiana (pounded veal chop) is available on the lunch menu at Cirella’s in Melville.
If you’re looking for a wide selection to satisfy your lunchtime cravings then look no further than Cirella’s of Melville. Calamari fritti ($12-$14), pasta ($13-$19), pizza ($10-$15), parmigiana ($19-$38), antipasti ($5-$15) and many more options await hungry tummies.
Jewel
400 Broadhollow Road, Melville
631-755-5777; Jewelrestaurantli.com
Lunch at Jewel covers all the bases, from the Asian chicken salad ($15.95), grilled oysters ($16.95), Angus beef burger ($16.95) and everything in between. Share a pizza, or get a steak – one can always rest assured that a Tom Schaudel creation will be a knockout.
Mill Pond House
437 Main St., Centerport
631-261-7663; Millpondrestaurant.com
An outstanding salad list includes everything from the wedge to the tuna nicoise ($12-$17). Or, explore the entrée list and indulge in “The King” Dino’s Steak Sandwich, which is sliced sirloin served on a toasted hero with melted mozzarella and sautéed onions, and a side of French fries ($18). Also consider the $23.95, three-course prix-fixe.
Ruvo
63 Broadway, Greenlawn
631-261-7700; Ruvorestaurant.com
Greenlawn’s Ruvo restaurant and bar $10-lunch selection is for hungry mid-day patrons. Dig into a chicken parmesan hero, or sliced meatball flatbread. For a little more, check out the lobster mac and cheese with balsamic salad for $14.
Sandbar
55 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor
631-498-6188; Lessings.com
Lunch at Sandbar can start with the chickpea fries, serve with sriracha aioli ($12), or one of many other appetizer offerings. Soups and salads are also a go, including the Sandbar Salad with warm goat cheese ($13) or the tomato soup, hot or cold, served with basil and brioche croutons ($10). As for the main attraction, try the seared organic salmon with leeks, trumpet royal mushrooms, chorizo and verjus sauce ($28) or the Sandbar Cheeseburger with bacon-onion marmalade and cheddar cheese ($18).
Tim’s Shipwreck Diner
46 Main St., Northport
631-754-1797; Shipwreckdiner.com
Start with the soup of the day, or perhaps clam strips ($8.95), mozzarella sticks ($8.95) or grilled mini crab cakes ($10.50) at Tim’s Shipwreck diner. Then move on to entrees like the hot homemade pot roast muenster gravy on a roll ($12.95) or grilled chicken, roasted red peppers and melted mozzarella on ciabatta bread served with French fries ($15.95).
