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potato fries. This dish is delicious down to
every bite and the sweet potato fries that
accompany it are hot and fresh.
The bistro’s menu also includes pressed
juices like their “savage skin glow,” made with
orange, pineapple, celery, red apple, beets
and lemon, as well as shakes, coffee and tea.
The owners are also experimenting with
mocktails — like their passion fruit martini,
made with fresh fruits and a mix of nonalcoholic
spirits — in an attempt to keep the
meal healthy and fresh from start to finish.
“We prefer to start with the mocktails to see
how people react to see if they really need alcohol
with their meal or not,” Centurion said.
“It’s a little bit of an experiment because alcohol
is not really healthy for you, but if it doesn’t
work then we’ll have alcohol.”
In addition to a health-conscious menu,
Savage Sicko’s interior is filled with vintage
furniture and décor. But aside from the aesthetic
appeal, this was also done with an
awareness to the environment.
“Vintage is reusable,” Ayala said. “I think
we’re like 70 percent finished with the décor.
I just want to bring a few more things in, but
we want the place to have a vintage lab look.”
Throughout the restaurant there are trinkets
like a rotary phone, as well as a pink
grandfather clock.
The restaurant’s effort to reduce waste
and be environment friendly expands to its
mission to reduce plastic.
“We have been into the concept of plastic
pollution awareness,” Centurion said, “so we
don’t want to use plastic anymore. Our bottles
are reusable, so if you come back with
your bottles, we’ll give you 50 cents off on
whatever juice or drink that you buy.”
The restaurant’s effort to reduce plastic is
also the reason why their logo has a shark
image, in order to raise awareness of the
fact that sharks are deeply in danger of extinction
because of plastic pollution.
Since Savage Sicko has opened, the reception
from the community has been very
warm and welcoming. For the owners, the
choice to settle down in the neighborhood
was without question.
“I love the Astoria community,” Centurion
said. “The neighborhood is amazing and
the people around here want to try something
different.”
SAVAGE SICKO
37-10 31ST AVE., ASTORIA
SAVAGESICKO.COM
@SAVAGESICKOASTORIA
Photos by Alex Ayala
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