Pronto and Lava Lounge Grand Openings (10306) Menu Updates Also

We have finished updating and adding a couple of restaurants in 10306. Pronto on New Dorp has had a huge Grand Openings which probably attracted people all over by the flying blimp with huge “Pronto” letters on it.  This is the fourth Pronto on Staten Island joining the other 3 located on Bay Street, Richmond Avenue and Forest Avenue.  We wish pronto good luck.

Also we have a Local Bar on Lincoln Ave now serving Food for Lunch and Dinner.  (Gecko Lounge) offers bar style seating. We will see how they do and try to taste the food sometime in the near future.

Pronto Pizza Photos and Menu
Gecko Lounge Photos & Menu

Lava Lounge Walk-Around

Well we have a new addition on the Arthur Kill Stretch which adds another “Bar” style restaurant and it is Lava Lounge.  Replacing the old Waterloo cafe this place features a modern size rectangle bar area, outdoor dining in the front and around the sides, pretty decent lounge area, American diner style dining room, Private Party room all packed into a huge building with a mild seclusion on the Island.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, Let’s Walk-Around:
Outside:  A very nice fresh new look, decent sized parking area in the front and outdoor dining on the first floor (Not fully arranged yet).  Walking up on the side stairs you hit another table setup for outdoor dining spanning around the left side of the perimiter.
Inside:
1st Room: The main entrance is the bar area and the pictures can describe the size. It spans the full room, to the right side (Behind the photo) there are a few couches to just hang out and relax.
2nd Room: passing the bar you hit a small Lounge area which features a few tables, chairs and stools (In back of the photo).  This is a decent place if you want to order some appetizers privately and hang out with a couple of drinks.
3rd Room: This is the main dining area, The entrance of this room features a buetifal employee stand with wine’s set up to add some flavour.  This room is set up like a “Diner” style American Cuisine  with some addition of “Oldies” photos to add some “Diner Style Uniqueness” to the place.  This room also features a buetifal stand with TV, Wines, Utensils and Sauces plastered in to give it a very unique and fresh look.
4th Room: Another room can be used for “Sunday Brunch” or “Private Parties”, this room also features Oldies photos from the 70′s and 80′s to add a bit uniqueness and flavour. 

Walk-Around Sum-Up  The dining rooms seem to lean toward the “American Diner Style” cuisine, with a buetifal large bar and outdoor dining area.

The Menu: Offers many items from the Appetizers sections such as (Chicken Soup, French Onion, Fried Calamari, Lava Nachos, Quesidilla’s and the other basic stuff).
They look to have all the types of food such as Wraps, Pizza, Burgers, Italian Entrees,  American Meals, Seafood which includes items such as “Surf & Turf”, Tilapia, Pasta, Pork Chops and many more of the “Continental Cuisine” that Diner’s usually offer. 

On the Stretch: (Comments Welcome) We have Big Nose Kates, Killmeyer’s, and now Lava Lounge, Your vote is required for best outdoor style dining for the summer, Best Drink list, and Best Food List.  You can Email Vote@whereyoueat.com and describe your experiences in order.

Restaurant Menu, Information & Photos

Lava Lounge Open -> Walk-around Coming Soon

Ok Finally, after a few weeks on hold this restaurant, bar, lounge and outdoor dining is finally opening up (Actually already has… Yesterday).

The Menu and Photo Listing page is Here, Menus and Photos will be added very shortly and keep checking up on the blog in the next few hours as we will begin writing a Walk-Around very shortly.

Menu Updates Completed for Following Zip Codes:

We have just completed updating menus for 10309, 10308, 10307, 10306 and 10312.  Don’t worry we are still working hard to update and add missing menus every day.  Photos for the missing restaurants or the new restaurants just added will also be coming very shortly.

Armory Inn: A beautiful Evening outside

Well for a second we though the summer was actually here (Last week), Remember those 90′s that we hit?  At the first opportunity to go sit somewhere outside we flew off to “Scott’s Armory Inn”, after driving by during the day and noticing they have chairs and tables set up outside.  We are glad we did as we realized there is another restaurant offering “Outdoor dining” and the food was great as well as the atmosphere.  Oh, by the way to search for “Outdoor dining” you can visit the main website Whereyoueat.com Scroll down to the “Advanced Search” and use the “Search by Feature”…  OK on to the Review…  There are two choices of Menus, one from the Bar side of the Restaurant and the other from the Dining Room.  The Dining Room menu is a bit pricey unless you are planning to go out for a nice family dinner or a special occasion, but if you chose to sit outside on a warm evening just to relax, we suggest you go with the “Bar Menu”, which still offers many of the items from the regular menu (Same Portion, Same Size but a couple dollars cheaper).

The Food:  We enjoyed two great meals both included steak.  The Blue Cheese Salad with Steak looked simply delicious, the meet was cooked to perfection with just enough red showing, yet still being cooked and tasting great over the salad with the side of dressing.  I myself had enjoyed an “All American Cheese Steak” and must describe this as Scott’s Armory Inn does not use the regular steak-ums found in many diners and other type of restaurants. They use the real meat (Actually the same steak used in the salad) on a warm toasted hero with mozzarella made this sandwich a delicious choice.  They had many fascinating menu items that I would like to try such as the “Cajun Pita Chicken” which was also recommended by the server.  The menu is huge, if you for some reason can’t find something from the Bar Menu to suit you, you can always look at the larger dining room menu and find a whole collection of different things such as (Seafood, Chicken, Steak, Veal, Pasta) and many meals in each category.
The Service: It was very impressive, the server was able to recommend us great plates as well as come around every so often to make sure we are doing fine and brought us refills when needed. 
The Atmosphere: We sat outside, which was great… But Also the Bar portion of the Restaurant seemed wonderful, it was pretty busy inside but everyone seemed comfortable and enjoying themselves.  That’s great enough, but lets say you like the food but would like to go somewhere fancy tonight? Well they also feature a beautiful (Casual-> Fine Dining) Dining room which can hold private parties as well as small get-together.

Overall-Sum Up: We are now using our Pros & Cons Rating System to create Star Database.
Pros: Real Steak for Cheese Steaks, On Time Service, Comfortable Environment, Perfect Overall Atmosphere.
(+4)

Restaurant is located on 316 Manor Road
View the Menu, Photos, Information & Location

 

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