Victory Coffee Shop

You may have noticed a while back that Staten Islands somewhat Popular Diner, The Island Coffee Shop has closed it’s doors.  Located on Victory Blvd, the owners had to close up shop and are currently moving to a new location (not yet opened).  At the same time another restaurateur opens up a new establishment at the previous location of Island Coffee shop, the name is Victory Coffee Shop, the place is brightened up and renovated, looks a bit larger now with new seating booths and counters.

Victory Coffee shop has just opened it’s doors during the past 2 weeks, Check out The Menu and Photos on Victory Coffee Shop restaurant page.

On the other note, what happened to the original Island Coffee Shop?  They are in the works to relocating to manor road, About 6 Blocks away, just around the corner at the previous location of ‘Master Pizza’, which also recently closed down, the location is of course much bigger and the competitions is growing for the spot to be Staten Island’s number one diner.  Especially with so many local diners in the area, maybe multiple can be winners.

Updates this Week

Finishing off this week, here’s some news:

• Tre Amici pizzeria has now been re-opened by new owner “Paul’s Pizza and Pasta”.  View the restaurant menu and photos on Paul’s Restaurant in Staten Island page.
• Takayama Sushi on Page avenue is in soft opening stage for friends and family, hopefully next week we can list their grand opening as well as include photos and menus from the establishment.  The listing page is already up:  Takayama Staten Island Restaurant.
• Il Pomodora closed and reopened right away under a new name “Bella Italia”: View Bella Italia Restaurant in Staten Island.

Two Grand Openings – Walk-Around coming in a Few Hours

The Wild Goose and Francesca’s Steak House and Bar both opened this week.

Celebrating the Grand Opening The Wild Goose on Forest Avenue will have a Savings WhereYouEat Visitors, Free Pint of Beer, Just mention WhereYouEat.com to Receive it.

Francesca’s, the restaurant replacing Ocean 3 Will also have a Savings Coupon for Whereyoueat Visitors beginning in November (Savings not known yet).

The Menus and Photos are already online (links below), the Walk-around will be coming in a few hours from now.

Francesca’s Steakhouse and Bar Menu and Photos
Francesca’s Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria Menu Photos
The Wild Goose Menus and Photos

Seaside Turkish Restaurant Walk-Around (Pre-Opening)

The new restaurant located right after the entering Staten Island has had it’s Pre-Grand Opening (Soft Open) to the public last week and we were able to pick up there (Preview-Menu and got some photos for this Walk-Around). Seaside has not celebrated there Grand Opening as of article publishing, but will be sometime this week. 

Only another restaurant offering Turkish Cuisine on Staten Island  and such a low diversity of ethnic restaurants brings us another option to the table when dining out (or in) locally.  Seaside Turkish Restaurant offers many traditional Turkish foods such as Lamb Adana, Lahana Sarma, Kuzu Incik and the more known as Humus and Baba Ghanoush, Lamb Shwarma and some Seafood dinners.  For the full menu, you can always take a look at there Menu Page.

Walk-Around:Situated in a very prominent location which attracts thousands of passersby on this main street of Staten Island, having a nice attractive decorated exterior which lights up the night brightly and makes that corner stand out.  Parking lot available in the back (side) of the restaurant, conveniently places this restaurant in a hard to miss and hard to pass by. 
Enteringthe place produces us in a nice clean environment which is decorated to be so.  At the right side we have a bit of a “Pizzeria” style counter which displays an open half kitchen offering a show of how the gyro’s are prepared, cut and placed. Seaside has two dining room areas with a Bar situated right in the center, sort of trying to separate each room in a way that puts some excitement when walking by.  The Bar is designed very neat but does not offer the dine at bar feature as it is somewhat too small to sit. 
First Dining Room: Clean and simple setup with a nice neon lights set-up in the wall that change colours every so often which can make for a very pleasant ambiance, especially in the evening. This area points towards the boulevard and seems to be a bit more lively as the take out place is right in the front.  The other dining room is situated in a more private area from the take out, making it feel as a good location to have a private party. 

The Menu, Photos and Details for Seaside Turkish Cuisine

 

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Latest News: Restaurants Added

We have just added a few more restaurants that have recently opened to our database (Data-Center).
North Shore Pizzeria on Forest Avenue
Chapo’s Spanish, Mexican and Dominican Cuisine in the feel of Buffet Style selection also on Forest Avenue
101 Cafe (Hookah) on Richmond Avenue right next to Mitoushi Sushi
And the long awaited Grand opening of San Marco in Annadale replacing the old Angelina’s (More than a year ago) and a failed attempt to open two restaurants since. Wishing all these restaurants great luck and happy business from WhereYouEat Media Company.

Royal Crown Restaurant Review

On a hot summer day, the few that we had this summer, sent us towards one of the “Outdoor Dining” establishments that we wrote about 2 weeks ago.  It probably was the new decorations they had placed outside to give it a tropical feel (The palm trees adding the tropical shade feel).  Royal Crown and Royal Cucina kitchen which is actually an Italian Sandwich shop and most of the menu (One Full Side) is based on “Sandwiches” which can be ordered on Panini’s, Heroes, Rolls and other breads your heart desires. 

So we arrived at about 7pm and were seated very promptly without waiting for any outside tables (luckily for us there was one table available and patrons after us had to wait for a table outside or were seated inside).  We ordered a large bottle of pellegrino and given two glasses with ice and lemon and the waitress soon after came around to take our order.  We had placed an order for a Salad and a Sandwich.  My mistake was discovered when the food came around, as I was really in the mood for a panini but forgot to say “Panini” and was brought the sandwich on a regular hero bread.  Maybe the waitress should have asked what type of bread I would prefer it on, since this place is pretty famous for there “Panini’s”, so it’s possible this wasn’t totally my fault.  Well anyways we’ll get to the review.

Atmosphere: The outdoor dining portion of the restaurant which sits right on Hylan Boulevard giving a great view of passerbys and a very clean feal to it.  The outside is now surrounded by Palm Trees which gives a Tropical Feel and is just a perfect atmosphere choice on any Summer Day (Except the rainy ones).
Service: Up to the point seating and perfect timing for drinks/water coming to the table.  Non-rushed ordering experience and good timing from when the order is received, yes not to quick and not to slow is the best. A little chat and relaxing before the food is just a perfect appetizer. My complaint on the service was that we should have been asked what type of bread we would like the sandwiches on.
Food: A great presentation of Salad and a decent presentation of the Hero (Not really a big fan of hero’s any more and prefer something different), but the picture can describe the way it looks. The portion size was great, we actually (2 people) split a Hero and the Salad and that was a simple, not too heavy dinner.  I have also ordered my self a slice (Heard that they have thin crust, so had to try it).  The salad: This was greatly enjoyed by the person eating it.  The hero had great ingredients and the arugula adding some nice zesty flavouring which I enjoy.  I know the Panini’s come with Pesto and really missed that part. The pizza slice, not your average pizzeria pizza, they offer thin crust which only a select few offer on Staten Island but was actually a decent ending to the meal.
Round-Up: A great atmosphere will definitely draw us back to visit again, next time I will order the panini and make sure I state “Panini” when ordering.  Really need to show everyone the photos of the Panini.

The Royal Crown Menu Page

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Openings in Port Richmond (10302 & 10303)

In the past 3 months we have had a few openings and owner changing hands in Port Richmond. 

• G-Spot Restaurant and Bar located 537 Port Richmond Avenue has replaced Garbiladi Bar:
  Hopefully this establishement will have food at all times and offer all the items on the menu. View the Menu.
• El Lobito Loco:  Brand new establishment, the owner has quite experience with Mexican food and used to own the Los Lobos on New Dorp Lane and Los Lobos 2 on Bay Street.  View the Menu.
• We have also added the long establishment restaurant and pizzeria “Dominick’s” at 129 Morningstar Road. View the Menu.

 

We wish all these establishment lots of luck and may be reviewing them some time soon.

Oh Yea! A bit of topic, while driving around the area I remembered the restaurant “Caramba Cafe” which we have written a great review about in the past, I decided to stop by and enjoy a couple of tacos, chips w/dip and a Boing! drink. Enjoy the photo. (Please Note: Menu of Caramba Cafe is Not-Up-To-Date, they did not have any take out menus at this time, but will get one as soon as possible)

Henny’s Steakhouse: Review

This review was written July 6, 2009 after recent Grand Opening and may be outdated as Servers, Management and other Various changes can occur.

(First line of Review has been BLOCKED due to numerous requests from our visitors,  This restaurant has been removed from “Hot Spots” category for the time being)

Upon arriving at 7pm, our reservation time, we were seated promptly at a round table in the main dining area.  You can choose to come a little bit before and enjoy the bar scene in the lounge area.  This is my second time visiting, but unfortunately did not have my camera the first time around and did not have enough time to enjoy the bar, however I can say that this is a wonderful place to hang out a bit before the food.

The menu offers a straight forward “Steakhouse” cuisine, which is great because they know what they specialize in and make sure they get it done right.  The menu does offer a few items for the patrons who aren’t fans of steaks, offering a few options from fish, chicken and lamb to fulfil the appetite to those.

Let’s get to the Review:

• Service (Tuesday: Since we have dined on a Tuesday, we can not write about the service on Weekends): The waiter came around a few minutes after we settled down and placed the courtesy bread, crackers and butter on the table then came soon after  to take orders for the drinks and gave us a few more moments for the salads and appetizers. Soon after he came with some great suggestions for the entrees as well as a “Today’s Special” list.  We were provided some clean replacement  linen napkins during the meal.  The appetizers and food all came within great timing and we were very satisfied with the service.
• Atmosphere: Read the Walk-Around Here.
• Food:
  Calamari Appetizer:  Great portion size and had really good quality.
  Salad: Huge portion which was enough for all 5 people at the table and once again tasted great. This was the “Blue Cheese Salad”
  Atlantic Salmon (Henny’s Style): Salmon pan roasted with Artichokes, Fresh Tomatoes, Garlic and Capers in White Wine Pan Sauce. I simply could not hear enough how amazed my mother was while eating this.  The portion and the price is definitely a steal.
  Pan Roasted Rack of New Zealand Lamb:  Roasted in Garlic and Herb crust comes with asparagus and baked potato.
  Burger (8 0z): We had to cut it in half to be able to eat it.  I can say this is probably one of the “Largest 8 oz” I have seen.  (Not trying to be funny, but most 8oz burgers I have ordered for some reason come half the size? It was greatly enjoyed it.
  Todays Special (Trio Pork):Ribs, Beef, and more pork with sweet potato fries, biscuit and coleslaw.  This was simply a huge portion size and the few bites I took were great.  More then half of the meal went home to be enjoyed the next day.
  The Steak (Saved the best for last): (16oz Angus, Center Cut Ny Strip Steak): Everybody at the table was jealous, everyone tried a bite of the steak and probably began to regret not getting one,  after all it is a Steakhouse.  It is kind of hard to describe a steak but I will try.  It was cooked perfect (Med/Well), just enough thin red in the middle to still keep the flavor and juiciness of the steak.  It was far from dry, far from chewy, simply amazing all around.  This steak was by far one of the best steaks I ever tasted since my career with WhereYouEat.

Overall Sum-up:  Everything from the Service, Food and Atmosphere (Quality) is indescribable.  Before Henny’s first opened the doors there was a lot of hype, and many people began requesting information on when they will open.  At that time we had no clue why.  When they opened we did a “Walk-Around” and saw why you guys couldn’t wait for them to come back with the quality of the establishment.  Once again, we see why everyone missed them while they were gone.

1. Menu, Information and Details
2. Restaurant Walk-Around

Pros: Great Food, Amazing Steaks, Large Appetizers, Supreme Service.

Coming Soon “VOLA CAFE” Replacing “Dominicks” Hylan Blvd

We just received word that an Italian Cuisine “Like we never seen before” will be replacing the old Dominick’s bakery located at 1816 Hylan Blvd.  Vola Cafe, of course we can’t tell you anything about the place yet as we are trying to figure out ourselves.  The building previously used to feature 2 rooms, a lounge area and a bakery area, so lets see what can happen now.  By the way, we will list this Restaurant the Day or the Day before the grand opening.

Local closings

We do understand that many restaurants on the whereyoueat menu pages are still showing up even though that they have been closed for quite some time. 
Please do not worry about this they will be removed in a revolving banner, We go over our menus on a 12-week basis and when we hit that restaurant that is when it is removed.  Our system is set-up this way to keep menus up to date at all times and to not remove restaurants that may have closed for a couple of days.

A few restaurant closings that have happened in the past few weeks:
Mauro’s Cafe: The cozy spot hidden in New Dorp. 
Aesop’s Tables:  Some say quality and cleaniness went down over the years.
The Mango Tree:  Very sad to see this establishment go, actually was up for review next week and could not wait to try it.

A few others have closed but these are the main ones.  Keep looking at the directory, we try to be as up to date as possible.   (But please understand that the delays are there for a reason).  It is highly possible any of these will re-open in the very near future.

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