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Established 1964
Voted “Best of Decade”
—Westchester Magazine, 2011
Voted “The Best Hamburger in Town”
—Westchester Magazine, Best of Westchester®
2002/2003/2004/2005/2006/2008/2009
Voted "Best Bar"
—Westchester Magazine, Best of Westchester® 2007 THANKS TO ALL OUR PATRONS FOR VOTING US
“BEST BURGER” 7 YEARS IN A ROW!
Full Menu Served - 11:30 am until 12:30 am Seven Days a Week
Saturdays & Sundays Brunch 12:00pm til 3:00 pm Full service bar featuring 10 beers on tap
433 White Plains Rd. (Rt.22) Eastchester, NY 10709
(914) 779-5772 Eastchester . Bronx . Inwood
MOROCCAN CUISINE
1127 W Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543
(914) 835-8350
www.zitounerestaurant.com
Lunch Brunch Dinner Bar Lounge Catering Private Room
Fig & Olive’s 14 oz San Remo natural milk fed veal
chop marinated with sage, garlic and Tuscan olive oil and served with grilled Mediterranean vegetables
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KITCHEN CHANGES, FOOD EVENTS
Aquintet of restaurants is sched- uled to open this month: 1) bar- taco (1 Willett Ave, Port Chester 914-937-8226; bartaco.com), a taqueria from the owners of Barcelona in Greenwich, Connecticut, serves— what else?—tacos, among them red snapper, tuna belly, short rib, spicy pork sausage, Thai shrimp, and braised pork butt ($2 to $3), plus small plates like tamales and ceviche ($4 to $14); 2) Harper’s Restaurant & Bar (92 Main St, Dobbs Ferry, 914-693-2306; harpersonmain. com), a New American restaurant in the space that once housed Mimosa and the brainchild of partner Christopher Vergara of Meritage Restaurant in Scarsdale, offers such dishes as shellfish stew, duck rillette, and roasted pork porterhouse with leeks, bacon, and Brussels sprouts ($18 to $25); 3) Mariela’s Wine & Espresso Bar (71B Westchester Ave, Pound Ridge, no phone as of press time; marielas winebar.com) is a 25-seat Scotts Corners eat- ery featuring panini, crostini, soups, salads, pâtés, salumi ($5 to $9), a 60-bottle eclectic wine list, plus 20 wines-by-the-glass; 4) Fig & Olive Kitchen & Tasting Bar (Vernon Hills Shopping Center, Scarsdale; figandolive.com) is the first suburban outpost of the Manhattan triplet where olive oil reigns (no butter!) in a variety of Mediterranean-inspired mains, e.g., grilled lamb on rosemary skewers, grilled bran- zino with aged balsamic, and Dover sole mari- nated with herbes de Provençe for two ($17 to $45), plus a multitude of small plates and sal- ads ($4.50 to $23); 5) Massa’ (2 Weaver St, Scarsdale 914-472-4600; massascarsdale.com), a 200-seat Italian restaurant from the owners of La Villetta (son Francesco Coli and father, Pasquale Coli) in Larchmont. Complementing a seafood-heavy menu inspired by the Puglia re-
OPENINGS, CLOSINGS,