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greaterlongisland.com
TGI Fridays’ two Long Island restaurants will stay open as chain plans expansion
TGI Fridays isn’t done with Long Island just yet. The casual dining chain’s two remaining Long Island restaurants — in Central Islip and Valley Stream — will remain open as the company begins a new expansion push across New York, a representative confirmed to Greater Long Island.
takingthekids.com
The No Frills Long Island, New York Shack Where $30 Buys A Full Seafood Platter
Great seafood usually arrives with a bill that stings. Not at a counter service shack in New York, where a full fried seafood platter comes in around thirty dollars and nobody has dressed the place up to justify a markup. The setup is plain. Seating is limited enough that timing...
Gothamist
Acclaimed NJ distillery is leaving for NY, as the Garden State industry pleads for reform
Gil Spaier, founder of All Points Distillery in Newark, says New Jersey's restrictions on the industry is forcing his business to move to New York. All Points West Distillery in Newark says a planned move to the Hudson Valley is unavoidable due to regulations strangling the industry. [ more › ]
americanwhiskeymag.com
Honing the craft at Kings County Distillery
Growing up in Harlan, Kentucky, Kings County Distillery Founder Colin Spoelman did not experience much of Kentucky’s bourbon culture. In fact, he grew up in a “dry county,” or a county where alcohol sales were completely forbidden. Spoelman’s early experiences with beverage alcohol involved visiting the local bootlegger, Maggie Bailey. When he left to attend Yale and finally settled in Brooklyn he discovered a completely new drinking culture. It was a desire to combine the culture of his youth with the culture of his adopted home that set him on the path to create Kings County Distillery, and now 16 years later the Brooklyn distillery has surpassed one million bottles sold.