Erica Marcus is a reporter for Newsday Media Group, specializing in local news and events in the New York area. With a passion for food and dining, Erica covers restaurant openings, reviews, and local culinary trends, providing readers with the latest updates on the vibrant food scene in the region.
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Erica Marcus focuses on local food and lifestyle coverage in Long Island, New York. Her articles predominantly cover restaurant openings and closings, as well as local events and promotions related to the food and beverage industry.
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"Business started to slow down in 2023," said the owner. "This year was worse."
Meet alpacas and take a trolley ride through an apple orchard.
Brasserie Persil will serve its last coq au vin next week. Sixteen years after it opened on Long Beach Road in Oceanside, owner Hasan Balkas is bidding customers adieu on Sept. 14.
Westbury's Galleria Ristorante, a standard-bearer of Northern Italian cooking, has closed.
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There's no better exemplar of "rustic elegance" on Long Island than North Fork Table & Inn.
Luca faced a particular challenge when it opened in Stony Brook Village Center in 2022: It was replacing a beloved eatery, Pentimento, whose closing the previous year had become a local cause célèbre.
Rehan Alam owns five restaurants in Manhattan, but had long dreamed of one closer to his home on Long Island.
Fabrizio Facchini presides over a Nassau County culinary empire — two restaurants, two cafes, a candy shop, a wine bar and a pizzeria — but Stellina Ristorante was his first beachhead.
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