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Traditional Tuesday – Spring Long Island Restaurant Week – Nassau County – Game Plan

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Long Island Restaurant week began in 2006 as an annual fall promotion week long event. Five years later in April 2011, Spring Restaurant week launched and five years after in January 2016, Winter Restaurant week debuted due to popular customer and restauranteur’s demand.

Currently Long Island Restaurant week is celebrated three times a year. The goal is to promote businesses during slow periods and it literally last for eight days. Long Island Restaurant also includes Saturday participation but until 7pm. Long Island Restaurant Week started on April 27 and will end on May 4th. This post will be focused on my personal picks from participating restaurants in Nassau County. Based on their website, 84 restaurants are participating in Nassau County and their prix fixe prices are $29, $39 and $46 and to date I reviewed at least 25 restaurant week menus out of the first 28 restaurants listed. Below is a list of restaurants that I would go for lunch or dinner along with the dishes I would order.

Restaurants for meal for 1:

AG Steakhouse – Bar Menu ($29 pp) (1) Queijo Assado/Picanha/Chocolate Mousse Cake

Anchor Down Dockside – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Mussels/Cod Oreganata/Key Lime Pie

Atlas New World Bistro – Lunch ($29 pp) (1) Caesar Salad/Wagyu Smash Burger/NY Cheesecake

Bluebird Kitchen – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Spinach & Artichoke Flatbread/Everything Spiced Salmon/Flourless Chocolate Cake

Brasserie by Chef Aless – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Wedge Salad/Rosemary Marinated Hanger Steak/Chocolate Mousse

George Martin – Lunch ($24 pp) (1) Crispy Organic Chicken Wings/Grilled Branzino Fillet

Restaurants for meals for 2:

City Cellar – Lunch ($24 pp) (1) Roasted Garlic Hummus/Ahi Tuna Poke Bowl (2) Caesar Salad/Rigatoni Bolognese

City Cellar – Dinner ($39 pp) (1) Hoisin Sticky Ribs/Free Range Chicken/NY Cheesecake (2) Honey Sriracha Wings/Maple Glazed Salmon/Wild Berry Donuts

Dodici – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Vongole Al forno/Pollo Fontina/Italian Cheesecake (2) Fagioli Bianchi/Paccheri/Tiramisu

Havana Central – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Chicharrones de Pollo/Tour of Havana/Affogato (2) Empanadas/Vaca Frita/Churros

Restaurants for meals for 3:

AG Steakhouse – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Market Table/AG Rodizio/Chocolate Mousse Cake (2) Market Table/Grilled Miso Salmon/Creme Brulee Cheesecake (3) Market Table/Cauliflower Steak/Key Lime Pie

Atlas New World Bistro – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Butter Chicken Flatbread/Short Ribs/Eton Mess (2) Roasted Baby Beets, Chevre & Fennel Salad/Maine Lobster Ravioli/Chocolate Lava Cake (3) Greek Salad/Roast Chicken/Tiramisu

Avenue Social Kitchen & Cocktails – Dinner ($46 pp – cash is discounted) (1) Baked Clams/Rigatoni & Burrata/Olive Oil Cake (2) Zucchini Croquettes/Eggplant Tower/Social Brownie (3) Avenue Salad/Chicken Milanese/Cheesecake

Azerbaijan Grill – Dinner ($29 pp) each four course meal contains a choice of house salad or soup, soda, Persian tea or American coffee, and baklava; for the main entree here are my top 3 choices: lamb and beef stew, Mediterranean pasta or chicken adana. All three entree choices include a choice of either white rice or brown rice.

Cinco de Mayo Restaurant – Lunch ($24 pp) (1) 5 de Mayo Nachos/Salmon Veracruzana (2) Quesadilla Mexicana/Bistec Ensebollado (3) Homemade Chicken Salad/Bandeja Azteca

Joey’s Bold Flavors – Dinner ($46 pp) (1) Lobster Baked Clams/Boneless Short Ribs/Creme Brulee (2) Super Fine Antipasto Salad/Ginger Teriyaki Glazed Salmon/Pistachio Tartufo (3) Eggplant Meatballs/Shrimp Limoncello/Toasted Almond Tiramisu

Restaurants for meals for 4:

Azerbaijan Grill – Lunch ($24 pp) each four course meal contains a choice of house salad or soup, soda, Persian tea or American coffee, and baklava; for the main entree here are my top 4 choices: salmon shish kebab, shrimp kebab, falafel patter and vegan moussaka. All four main entree choices include a choice of either white rice or brown rice.

Harley American Grille – Dinner ($46pp) (1) Bang Bang Shrimp/Branzino/NY Cheesecake (2) Chicken Dumplings/Chicken Paillard/Chocolate Gelato (3) Ribeye Egg Roll/Berkshire Pork Chop/Vanilla Gelato (4) French Onion Soup/Shrimp Risotto/Lemon Sorbet

Restaurants for meals for 5:

Azerbaijan Grill – Dinner ($39 pp without an alcoholic beverage and $46 pp with an alcoholic beverage) each four course meal contains a choice of house salad or soup, soda, Persian tea or American coffee, and two baklavas; for the main entree here are my top 5 choices: Persian steak, Lamb Shish Kebab, Brook Trout, White Fish and Salmon Filet. All the main entree choices include a choice of either white rice or brown rice.

Chef’s Table – Dinner ($39 pp) (1) Polpette Di Melanzine/Salamone al Genovese/Tiramisu (2) Fried Artichoke Hearts/Flounder Oreganata/Cannoli (3) Insalata Caesar/Pollo Amalfi/Pistachio Gelato (4) Mozzarella alla Caprese/Chicken Parmagiana/Chocolate Gelato (5) Insalata Misti/Rigatoni Cara Mia/Vanilla Gelato

Personally we have dined in Luigi’s Restaurant for lunch and dinner. The Meatball Parm Hero is one of the options that will be sold during restaurant week lunch. Meanwhile the fried calamari, eggplant polpette and salmon peperonata will be sold during the restaurant week dinner.

Realistically it will be difficult for me to dine in any of these restaurants due to my current work schedule and commute. In the meantime, I’ll be check their social media pages and hopefully I’ll be able to repost on my stories as my way of support small businesses and another restaurant week concept.

Sunday Game Plan: Long Island Restaurant Week – 2023

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Long Island Restaurant week began in 2006 as an annual fall promotion week long event. Five years later in April 2011, Spring Restaurant week launched and five years after in January 2016, Winter Restaurant week debuted due to popular customer and restauranteur’s demand.

Currently Long Island Restaurant week is celebrated three times a year. The goal is to promote businesses during slow periods and it literally last for eight days. Long Island Restaurant also includes Saturday participation but until 7pm. The website separates the list of participating restaurants in Nassau and Suffolk County. Starting today April 23rd thru next Sunday April 30th, participating restaurants are promoting either two course lunch prix fixe for $22 or three courses for $37 or $44 for dinner.

Normally, I’d be reviewing all the menus from participating restaurants, but I’ve only focused on Nassau County just because of the time I’ll be able to invest this week. Below is a list of restaurants that I would go for lunch or dinner along with the dishes I would order.

There were several restaurants that the menu was not posted and one of them was Maggiano’s Little Italy in Garden City.

Guess what!! First day of restaurant week today we went to Maggiano’s Little Italy because they give A LOT of food. My parents joined in and they loved it. My mom was really impressed. Below is the menu for their restaurant week and it includes a to-go classic pasta, which was amazing. I believe this is the only restaurant that is doing this promotion.

For the appetizers, we got one of everything:

As you can see the portions were huge and all four items were amazing. Let’s just say we were full by the end of appetizers.

When the entrees arrived, my parents ordered the salmon and the beef medallions which had supplemental charges. My husband decided to add chicken to the fettucine alfredo for an extra charge. I ended up ordering the chicken parmesan. My dad devoured his beef medallions, it tasted very tender because it was prepared medium rare. My mom was really full from the appetizers that she took the salmon and shrimp to go. She was not crazy about the sauce, but enjoyed the mashed potatoes and spinach. I enjoyed my chicken parmesan and the pasta was surprisingly tasty without having to add extra cheese. I took my dish to go because I was also full. My husband ate a third of his fettucine alfredo and took the leftover home too.

For dessert, we got one of everything:

The desserts thankfully were served sample size, which made everyone in the table happy. Finally, we ordered our to-go pastas and we ordered spaghetti and meatballs, four cheese ravioli and mom’s lasagna.

The executive sous chef came out to our table to thank us for coming in and enjoying the restaurant week menu. Staff and management were awesome. We will definitely be coming back.

Given the amount of leftovers we got, this week meals will be leftovers from Maggiano’s.

Cheers to eight days of Long Island Restaurant week.