FOOD.D.LOVE

Last night we checked out one of Long Beach, New York's newest restaurants, Corazon de Cuba. Located on Park Avenue in the center of town, across the street from the train station, Corazon de Cuba is small but full of life, warmth and excellent food. Everyone we encountered, from the bartender to the manager to the servers and busboys, was extremely friendly and accommodating. The server knew the menu very well and thoroughly and patiently answered all of our questions. He also sold me on the fish of the day, the grouper. 




We started with drinks at the bar, which is located right in the front of the restaurant. The bar is long, and surrounded by beautiful rustic wood stools that were actually very comfortable. The bar also has purse hooks underneath - a huge plus in my book! The mojito was a very good, classic version of this minty, sugary rum cocktail. 










There are two levels to the restaurant, the bar and a few tables on the first level, and then you walk up three steps onto the sec…

In the seemingly never-ending stream of new, hip burger joints, BurgerFiis the latest to land on Long Island. A franchise that got its start in Florida, there are currently three BurgerFi locations in New York: Manhattan, Oceanside and Woodbury, and one is coming soon to Commack. Before you roll your eyes at BurgerFi's all-natural, free-range burgers, Kobe beef hot-dogs, gourmet toppings, craft beer and wine offerings served at communal recycled-wood tables in their "environmentally sustainable" restaurants, you should make a visit and try the food for yourself. It is really, really good and the concept actually works. 


BurgerFi serves all the classic burger stand favorites such as burgers, hot dogs, fries, onion rings and custard, but uses very fresh, all-natural ingredients and gives everything a modern twist. For example, you can get your french fries plain, or you can dress them up and order the Urban Fries, which are coated in parmesan and herbs and topped with garli…

Thanks to The Rolling Spring Roll in Farmingdale, Long Island finally has its own Vietnamese restaurant! Yes, you read that right, this is the only Vietnamese restaurant on this entire, very Long Island. As the name suggests, The Rolling Spring Roll started out as a food truck and last summer opened as a small storefront restaurant on Farmingdale's Main Street. The interior is clean, basic and sparse, and the prices are very reasonable. The service during a busy Saturday lunch was fine. The focus here is definitely not the atmosphere, it's the authentic Vietnamese food.

We started with an order of Vietnamese Spring Rolls and Summer Rolls, my personal favorite.
The Vietnamese Spring Rolls were very crunchy, and the filling was delicious - ground pork, carrots, onions, spices, with a light vinaigrette dipping sauce. They are served with iceberg lettuce to wrap around the spring roll before you take a bite - this gives a very nice, refreshing crunch to the spring roll.


The Summer…