06.29.2018 Food and Drink Hot temperatures this weekend hoped to help local corn crops Some rain early Thursday morning and soaring temperatures this weekend may be just what local corn crops need to be ready for Fourth of July. Scott DuBois, manager of...
01.22.2018 Food and Drink East End Italian chain has plans for downtown Riverhead Downtown Riverhead’s most notable vacant restaurant location is poised to have a new tenant with a familiar North Fork name.
08.30.2016 Food and Drink Glass Greenhouse in Jamesport seeks to add bistro The owners of the Glass Greenhouse in Jamesport, who are still in litigation with Riverhead Town over a farm market they built three years ago, have now submitted a...
05.20.2016 Food and Drink Hallock’s Cider Mill still making centuries old chowder recipe Some people pass down family heirlooms to their relatives, like an old watch, a piece of furniture or a lacy dress.
01.07.2016 Food and Drink 2015 northforker Person of the Year: Gerry Hayden It was considered a gamble when chefs Gerry Hayden and his wife, Claudia Fleming, left successful careers in the New York City dining scene to open a high-end farm-to-table...
12.07.2015 Food and Drink New Italian bakery, bagel café opening in Jamesport For Lenny Lubrano, it’s all about revisiting his first love. That’s not to say he doesn’t love pizza, because he does. But it was baking that first caught his...
03.07.2015 Food and Drink ‘March of the Leprechauns’ hits downtown Riverhead “We are getting our Irish on,” said Sue Wells of Jamesport, who was dressed to impress and sharing the day with friends at Long Ireland Saturday for the inaugural...
01.07.2015 Business Twin Fork is the latest addition to the Riverhead beer scene A pair of Riverhead native sons are the latest brewers to join the East End craft beer scene. Identical twins Pete and Dan Chekijian, 43, and founders of Twin...
10.15.2014 Food and Drink Long Island Restaurant Week: northforker.com’s top 5 picks Long Island Restaurant Week officially kicks off Nov. 2, but it’s never too early to start looking at some of the great offers. Check out northforker.com’s top 5 picks...
07.11.2014 Food and Drink How do you eat kelp? Here are two recipes Industry leaders describe the brown leafy vegetable as salty, sweet, firm and gluten-free, although it can take on different textures depending on preparation techniques. In April, kelp grown by...
05.07.2014 Food and Drink Photos: ES Boces student wins high school cooking competition Aspiring chef Danny Insogna of Southold came back with a vengeance at this year’s Long Island High School Culinary Competition Tuesday afternoon — taking first place and a $4,000...
12.31.2013 Business Grind Café is reopening as Maryann’s restaurant Wading River’s popular Grind Café has been reinvented as a sit-down American restaurant called Maryann’s, owner Maryann Iacono said Monday. A soft opening is planned for Jan. 2. “My...
12.06.2013 Education Culinary school hosts Chopped-like competition in Riverhead Suffolk County Community College culinary students will compete against each other at the downtown Riverhead campus Friday, but won’t know what they’re cooking until the event begins. Much like...
11.05.2013 Business North Fork Bacon & Smokehouse moving into Wading River When Patrick Gaeta launched North Fork Bacon earlier this year, the Wading River resident’s objective was simple: to offer customers premium bacon, smoked and cured the old-fashioned way, by...
11.04.2013 Food and Drink Bay scallop season opens today Sunrise today marked the official opening of scalloping season on the North Fork. Area baymen are heading out into state and Southold Town waters in search of the Atlantic...