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com), the down-home pub grub at
Reese’s 1900 (70 N. Ocean Avenue,
631-289-1900) or a breakfast
bonanza at Toast Coffeehouse
(46 E. Main Street, 631-654-7091,
facebook.com/ToastCoffeehouse-
Patchogue).
We’d also be remiss not to mention
the waterfront surf & turf mastery
of Oar Steak & Seafood Grill (264
West Avenue, 631-207-1953, theoar.
com), the bold Caribbean flavors
of Rhum (13 E. Main Street, 631-
569-5944, rhumpatchogue.com)
and PeraBell Food Bar (69 E. Main
Street, 631-447-7766, perabellfoodbar.
com), which serves impressive,
global-inspired cuisine in a casual
pub setting.
Night life: Live and liquid
In addition to its vast array of toprate
restaurants, Patchogue offers
several hybrid dining/brewpub/live
venue locations that are seemingly
always happening. One can’t-miss
spot for dinner, drinks and live
music is also one of Patchogue’s
most iconic businesses: Blue Point
Brewing Company (161 River Avenue,
631-475-6944, bluepointbrewing.
com), soon to be celebrating
The New Village development, which offers great apartments, cool shops and other amenities, has
helped put the spring back into P atchogue’s step.
its 20th anniversary. Long Island’s
lone commercial brewery and home
of its famous Toasted Lager (among
a growing array of other varieties),
Blue Point’s tasting room can get a
little packed with beer-ficionados,
but you’ll thank yourself for muscling
your way to the taps, especially
since you get three 5 oz. samples
just for stopping in. Cramped
quarters will no longer be an issue
in early 2018, when Blue Point
opens its expanded new facility
on the corner of West Main Street
and Holbrook Road, on the current
Briarcliffe College campus.
Patchogue’s beer-topia also includes
The Tap Room (114 W. Main
Street, 631-569-5577, patchoguetaproom.
com), an upscale brewpub
renowned for its wide beverage
selection and ultra-tasty burgers.
(The mussels are also a local
favorite.) Opened in 2011, the spot
is considered one of the anchors
of Patchogue’s downtown revival.
Specials include $4 Long Island
beers on Monday nights, as well as
happy hour Monday to Friday from
3 pm to 7 pm, featuring $4 drafts
and wine, and $5 mussels, served
one of five different styles. The
dizzying beer selection is regularly
updated online, in case you need to
strategically plan in advance.
Another sure-fire pick, great for a
leisurely lunch or relaxing waterside
dinner, is Harbor Crab Co.
(116 Division Street, 631-687-2722,
harborcrab.com), a sprawling
two-story boat/building berthed on
the Patchogue River. Tourists and
locals alike flock here for the fresh
seafood and cozy ambiance, or to
take in the nightly live music from
one of the restaurant’s two vibrant
Billy Idol slept here. The British
rocker lived in Patchogue after
his family moved to the United
States in 1958.
Barbecue. It’s what’s for dinner at Bobbique, Patchogue’s top destination
for smoke on the water.
Artspace Lofts is a vibrant ar ts community in Patchogue with live/work space for artists and a resident’s
gallery. It’s also home to the Patchogue Arts Council Gallery and Plaza MAC Cinema, an independent
movie house.