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Friends thanks to a friend, are Isola chef Seth Nathan (left) and owner Brad Kitkowski on the porch of the restaurant.
“The food’s good and it’s fun,” Brad Kitkowski said about his recently opened Isola — Italian for Island — in the space once occupied by Sweet Tomato’s space in the Heights. “If you’re having fun, people sense it,” he said. (more…)
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Sweet Tomato’s has a new owner.
Shelter Islanders have said goodbye to the Heights restaurant, Sweet Tomato’s, but word came Tuesday that while the restaurant will have a new name and menu, it will remain Italian. (more…)
REPORTER FILE PHOTO Sweet Tomato’s has new owners and new managers.
Rumors that have swirled for months about Sweet Tomato’s being for sale have now been confirmed with news that a deal to buy the restaurant in the Heights closed sometime in mid-March. (more…)
50 YEARS AGO IN HISTORY
Martin Luther King Jr. denounced American involvement in the Vietnam War during a religious service at Riverside Church in New York City. (more…)
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Ali and Keith Bavaro at PORT Waterfront Bar and Grill in Greenport, their next collaboration.
Long before Ali and Keith Bavaro married in October 2015, they had started two successful businesses, weathered a hurricane and bought a house.
“We definitely have made a commitment to happiness,” Ali said. “If something doesn’t make us happy, we are not going to do it.” (more…)