Side Dish

By Aji Jones

It's family night every Sunday at Matto starting at 5 p.m. Come in with the family and enjoy family style platters and specials all night. All menu items are enough for two to four people. Menu items include: baked clams, shrimp and spinach salad, rigatoni alla vodka, spaghetti and meatballs, steak pizzaiola, veal marsala and salmon fiorentina. Matto is now open Thursday through Tuesday starting at 5 p.m., closed Wednesday. Takeout is also available. For more information (631) 329-0200 or visit mattorestaurant.com.

La Fondita moves west of the border to Townline BBQ. Now you will be able to get great Texas BBQ and your La Fondita fix all year round. Townline BBQ is now open Thursday - Monday starting at 11:30 a.m. and is closed Tuesday and Wednesday. For more information call (631) 537-2271 (BBQ1).

Nick & Toni's has introduced a new five-course menu celebrating Italy. The menu will be offered November 12th - November 16th, all night Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The cost of the menu is $38 per person and includes a glass of wine from the celebrated region with the appetizer. The region for November will be Umbria, and the region will change monthly. The Umbria menu is as follows: first course choice of Cipolleta - onion, tomato, and salt pork soup and Insalata di Cavolfiore - cauliflower, bacon and toasted bread crumbs; second course, ravioli di Zucca - pumpkin ravioli, crushed biscotti and brown butter; main course choice of Miale all' Arrabbiata - spicy braised pork and soft polenta, Fegato di Pollo - chicken livers and soft polenta, and trota - freshwater trout with lentils; and dessert, Budino all Salvia - sage pudding with fresh figs. Nick & Toni's is now open Wednesday - Sunday starting at 6 p.m. For further information or reservations, call (631) 324-3550.

The Jamesport Manor Inn will be celebrating the harvest on Thanksgiving Day with a three-course prix fixe dinner. First course appetizers include roasted butternut squash soup with almond croutons, jumbo lump crab cake with cranberry bean salad, and prosciutto de parma, buffalo mozzarella, kumquat marmalade and balsamic mist. Second course entrees vary from a traditional turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potato puree and ham, mashed potatoes, honey glazed carrots and Cumberland sauce to the chef's renowned wild mushroom risotto, herb basted striped bass and prime hanger steak. Apple, pecan and pumpkin pie will be served for dessert in addition to the Manor's signature chocolate espresso flourless cake with hazelnut gelato. Thanksgiving Dinner will be served continuously from 12 p.m. at $55 per person. Savor the architecture, art and arboretum of this fantastic North Fork fall season in this historic reconstructed Dimon Mansion (voted Best Looking, Dan's Best of the Best North Fork). For more information call (631)722-0500, or visit jamesportmanor.com. (Closed Tuesdays)

VINe Wine + Café continues to serve lunch and dinner throughout the fall, starting at 12 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. The tapas-style menu offers sustainable and local fare complimented by extensive wine offerings. Sample menu items are as follows: Wild Mushroom Toast with Goat Cheese, Raw Oysters Widow's Hole, Crab Cake with Mango Jalapeno Salsa, Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Crispy Mushrooms & Truffle Oil, Cioppino Seafood Stew with Tomatoes & Herbs, Croque Monsieur, and Grilled Free Range Organic Chicken. For reservations, please call (631) 477-6238.

Stonewalls Restaurant will host a five-course dinner featuring wine from Groth Vineyards & Winery Friday, November 21 at 7 p.m. Cost is $90 per person plus tax and gratuity. The menu is as follows: warm Long Island Oysters champagne and caviar; Maine soft shell lobster in Navarin, medley of mini vegetables; braised short rib of beef, Provenccal, polenta; medallion of venison grand-veneur, poivrade and lingonberries, whole chestnut and market wild mushrooms; and warm chocolate tart. For reservations or further information, call Stonewalls Restaurant at (631) 506-0777.

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