Family Bagels of Plainview — 140 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, NY 11803
Family Bagels of Plainview opened November 8, 2005, and marked twenty years in 2025 with a food truck. Its family story, menu, hours and place in Long Island’s bagel boom.
Island Lake Diner in Ronkonkoma: The Chicken Cutlet Taco and the Viral Plates Behind It
Island Lake Diner in Ronkonkoma went viral for a chicken cutlet taco and bread-cone mac and cheese. Here is what is on the menu, where it is, and what to know before you go.
Rolling Pin Bakery — 1387 Route 25A, East Setauket, NY 11733
For three decades, David Dombroff’s Rolling Pin Bakery in East Setauket has turned out wedding cakes, apple turnovers and cookies for North Shore families, and in 2025 a reunion of 150 former employees made the local news.
The Neptune Diner Left Astoria on a Sunday and Turned Up in Syosset
Neptune Diner closed in Astoria in July 2024 after about four decades, then reopened in Syosset in early 2025. The lease, the farewell, the new menu and where to find it.
Peter Pan Diner, 999 Sunrise Highway, Bay Shore, NY 11706
The Peter Pan Diner in Bay Shore opened in 1955, has been run by the Lentzeres family since 1959, and reopened in March 2026 after a kitchen fire kept it dark for about twenty months.
Phil’s Pizzeria & Restaurant — 265 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY 11791
A nearly four-decade-old, family-owned Syosset pizzeria, a four-million-view TikTok catchphrase, and a Barstool Fund comeback: the story behind Phil’s Pizzeria.
