The Port Jefferson to Bridgeport crossing began in 1872 — not for tourists, but to move strawberries and freight between Long Island agriculture and New England industry. Here’s the real story.
The diner’s bottomless coffee is engineered around a machine that actively destroys the beverage. Here’s the chemistry — and the Long Island diner coffee question.
A historical look at the Forum Diner at 315 W. Main St. in Bay Shore — from its founding around 1970 to its August 2022 closing, what followed, and what the address still waits for.
Lard’s fat crystals produce a more tender, layered pie crust than Crisco. Trace the postwar shortening takeover and what Long Island diner pie lost in the transition.
The club sandwich has no verified origin — five cities claim it. Trace the real history from 1889 Saratoga to the cellophane toothpick on every Long Island diner plate.
My Marcellino NY workshop in Setauket sat directly across from the Brewster House, c. 1665 — the oldest building in Brookhaven and a Culper Spy Ring landmark. What that place meant, and why I’m going back.