Moules et Frites has suffered the fate of the number of restaurants that sat before it in that same corner location in Syosset. As of a few months ago, they shuttered their doors and were in the process of changing over to Restaurant 516.

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One of the favorite LI kids party places / workshops / everything else child related has closed, according to our sources.  It'll be back to Gymboree and Pump It Up and Bouncers and Sliders for you!  Better book those parties now as they'll be sure to fill up pretty quickly.

Along with our recent post on the re-branding of George Martin's Coastal Grill, their sister restaurant Nick DiAngelo's is set to do the same as well with the upcoming opening of the newest of their mini-syndicate of Grillfire restaurants. A cheaper alternative to the existing restaurants, Long Beach will be in good company as they've been popping up in Rockville Centre and Merrick lately.

[thanks to Rob for the tip.]

George Martin's Coastal Grill, one of our favorite spots in Long Beach is going to be closing its doors after this week and will re-brand itself and reopen in March or so as Nick's Tuscan Grill under the same ownership.  It's a sad day here at East of NYC as well loved hanging out at the bar and sampling some of their great appetizers.

According to 27east, East Hampton favorite Bostwicks will be closing at the end of this summer season.  It's not for lack of quality though.  The owners cite the increase in rent on their next go around as well as plans for the building that wasn't in the current owners vision.  We wish them luck on their future endeavors (as well as their other current restaurants, Indian Wells Tavern and Cherrystones).

One of our favorite Brazillian Steakhouses in the land has closed its doors.  For a few months now, the space that used to occupy Riodizio Churrascaria has been sitting idle while the shell of its former self looks sadly onto Willis Avenue in Roslyn.  We'll miss the all-you-eat goodness and all of the green card/red-card happiness that they provided (we do hope that the swirly-painted parking lot does survive the next transition). 

Madame Tong's, an elegant and super-luxe bar/lounge in Southampton is now closed.  According to Page Six the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance has closed the bar down due to debts that are owed. The Hamptons just got a bit quieter.

The Old Country Rd. corridor is really hurting these days with fortunoff's and Circuit City at the Source Mall and various other establishments going out of business at a very fast pace. The latest casualty is Laguna Grille which was our go-to spot for great drinks, tropical salads and various other goodies.  Their Woodbury based location is still open and business is as usual.

As we learned today while surfing on Newsday, The Maine maid Inn on Jericho Tpke. has become the island’s latest casualty of the recession. We’ll keep our eye out for what will be coming in there next, as it is a very popular location in Nassau County.

This closure saddens us for the fact that when we moved to Long Island this was one of the first coffee shops that we would spend a lot of time in. We had the opportunity to mix it up with the owners and play board games, trivia games and also the occassional poker game. We’ll need to find ourselves a new place to order up a latte with the friendliness that they offerred.