Sometimes I have to admit that Great Neck is an odd place for restaurants. A few years ago we didn’t have one frozen yogurt place, a few years later we have 16 Handles, Pinkberry, and Tasty D-lite all within a block of each other. While there’s a part of me that wishes that new restaurateurs would be a just a little more danged original than seeing a popular restaurant in a town and copying it to try to squeeze in on its business, there’s another part of me that likes the fact that there’s competition. Case in point: remember 32 Degree Fro Yo? That was a frozen yogurt place on Great Neck Road where the yogurt was good, but the staff was just a little less enthusiastic and the stations were just a little less clean than at 16 Handles or Pinkberry. Thanks to the magic of competition, that place is no more. Similarly, even though Era Asian cuisine clearly shamelessly copied the all-you-can-eat business model of Sushi Palace, one has to believe that the head-to-head competition is ultimately making both places better. In the latest instance of a new restaurant on the scene that seems like a blatant rip-off…
Great Neck Restaurants on Restaurant.com
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Happy New Year 2014! Lots of Great Neck Deals at Groupon
Happy New Year! To kick off the New Year, there are a bunch of Groupons available for Great Neck restaurants this week. But hurry! A lot of these won’t last long. Here’s a list: Pinkberry Laverne of Great Neck La Bottega Mangia Bene Sake 68 Here’s to more Great Neck Eats in 2014!
It’s Time for Great Neck Restaurant Week 2013
Starting today (November 10) and continuing to November 17, the Village of Great Neck Plaza Improvement District is holding another Restaurant Week. Here are the participating restaurants, as well as links to ShopGreatNeck.com on their Restaurant Week offerings. Bareburger Brasserie Americana Colbeh Daruma Elaines ERA Ethos La Gioconda La Rotonda Laverne Leah’s LOLA Mykonos Om Bistro Sake 68 Sip City Basically, most restaurants are offering a Prix Fixe dinner for $25.95 that includes an appetizer, an entree, and a dessert. While it’s nice to see Great Neck doing this again, I have to admit I’m not so thrilled at the…
Review of Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab (132 Middle Neck Road)
Ayhan’s Shish Kebab Great service, great food, and great location. Hopefully Ayhan’s will remain at its popular location of 132 Middle Neck Road for a very long time. Rating by steve: 4 1/2 stars of 5 I’ve been so busy there’s a backlog of reviews I have to write. I visited Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab twice over the summer. Here were my impressions. 132 Middle Neck Road has been the location of many restaurants over the years. The earliest references I can find are pictures from a postcard from what I’m guessing were the 1950s or 1960s when the restaurant was a…
The Five Continents (Great Neck Gourmet) Is Closing :(
In another sad closing for Great Neck, The Five Continents at 62 Middle Neck Road is closing their doors. The had just recently changed their name to “Great Neck Gourmet”, but that doesn’t seem to have been enough to keep them afloat. This was one of those “old fashioned” stores where you could buy grains, nuts, cheese, coffee, and other goods. It’s truly sad to see them go, but I guess it’s sorts of a sign of the times as small businesses continually get squeezed by big box retailers and online shopping. Although with so many storefronts on Middle Neck…
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