Erica Marcus

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Erica Marcus

Suburban Long Islanders may forget that our island is also home to a remarkable agricultural bounty. Most of us don’t encounter farms on a daily basis, and it’s inconvenient to drive Out East every time we need a head of lettuce or an ear of corn. Luckily, Nassau and Suffolk’s 37 weekly farmers markets provide a consistent source of just-picked fruits and vegetables that make supermarket produce pale in comparison.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Erica Marcus

For 120 summers, Long Islanders have flocked to Louie’s in Port Washington. From its beginnings in 1905 as a cocktail-serving barge owned by the Zwerlein family through its move shoreside during Prohibition to subsequent owners and variations on the name, it has attracted fair-weather diners looking for a good meal on a great deck with peerless views of Manhasset Bay. Winters were another story.

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Erica Marcus

If you’re planning on heading out to the North Fork this weekend, swing by Center Cuts butcher shop because there will be a lot more than butchering going on. To celebrate the shop’s fourth anniversary, owner Justin Aronoff is throwing a party in his parking lot that will feature not only his wares, but those of other North Fork purveyors. The festivities will be on Saturday May 31 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Aronoff is taking this opportunity to showcase his shop’s sandwiches.

4 weeks ago | newsday.com | Erica Marcus

"Gemelli: The Next Generation" could be the name of the new gourmet deli that opened Wednesday in Lindenhurst, but Gemelli’s Gourmet is the name chosen by Adriana, Alessia and Marc Schutz. The siblings are the grandchildren of Gelsomina Cosentino, the matriarch behind Gemelli Fine Foodsand Gemelli Ristorante in Babylon; they are the children of Robert and Patrizia Schutz, who established Glen Head’s Gemelli Gourmet Market North in 2016. "We always wanted to do something together," said Alessia.

1 month ago | newsday.com | Erica Marcus

Since its Port Washington opening in 2019, Tiga has been one of the best and most distinctive sushi bars on Long Island. But the sliver of a space, with 36 seats, could barely contain the restaurant’s ambitions, let alone the customers who sought to dine there. This fall, it's moving across the street, into what was last I Am Nacho Mama. "It has close to double the seats," said chef Roy Kurniawan, who owns the restaurant with co-chef Dhani Diastika and Philipus Murdijanto.