Andi Berlin
Food Writer and Critic at Newsday
Food writer and critic at @newsday. Former cheesemonger, current cocktail hound and collector of various international hot sauces.
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1 week ago |
newsday.com | Andi Berlin
It's a little bit Long Island, a little bit Queens and maybe even some San Diego thrown in there. However you describe Long Beach, this bohemian city is a fun and delicious place to be ... especially in the summertime when travelers pour off the train, ready to walk the boardwalk — and party. This best bets list of 10 restaurants has been compiled by a Long Beach local (me). It includes some town favorites as well as under-the-radar picks that make the barrier island's culinary scene unique.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Andi Berlin
Long Beach is just getting revved up for the season, but the barrier island has already seen a string of openings that signal summer is coming. Many of the newest spots are bars, but there are also places to rip into a lobster roll, slurp some ramen and even enjoy a 16-course omakase dinner. A few concepts are still upcoming, including the third location of Canz sports bar.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Andi Berlin
Sitting in the darkly-lit, clubby room listening to K-pop music and drinking soju, you'd have no idea that the new Rockstar Korean BBQ used to be a diner. Unless you're from Valley Stream or have driven down Sunrise Highway in Nassau, where you might have seen the previous tenant along the Long Island Rail Road tracks. The high-visibility spot was built in 1951 and had been the Concord Diner for decades until it closed in 2014, not long after the death of one of its owners, Athanasios Cheliotis.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Andi Berlin
If there's such a thing as an omakase bandwagon, this newly rebranded Long Beach restaurant is on it. Himawari Sushi on Park Avenue just got a face-lift and is now sporting a bright orange sign with a new name, Oishi Omakase. It now offers chef-guided omakase dinners as well as an all-you-can-eat sushi deal. Owner Jimmy Lin wanted to distinguish the place from its larger sister restaurant Himawari Asian Pan down the street, he said at the restaurant during a recent evening.
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1 month ago |
newsday.com | Andi Berlin
Kabab may be in the name, but this new Afghan restaurant is all about the carbohydrates. The menu features a stunning selection of traditional dishes, many of which have a basmati rice pilaf known in Afghanistan as pulao. But it's the dumplings for which you want to travel here. Balkh Kabab House, which opened on Merrick Road in Valley Stream this January, is an offshoot of a longtime Astoria restaurant Balkh Shish Kabab House.
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