Restaurants

Tiny’s Famous Eats opens Saturday in Riverside, aiming for quick turnaround on soul food favorites served for takeout or dining in.

Carol Keller started working at the Elbow Room in 1970 on the very day she was hired, restaurant owner Cliff Saunders said. On Friday, coworkers, family and friends celebrated Carol with a retirement party in Riverhead.

Opa! The quick service Greek-American restaurant Hampton Gyro opened this week in a Route 58 shopping center in Riverhead.

Buoy One, a popular seafood restaurant and market on West Main Street, is moving to Summerwind Square on the Peconic Riverfront. 

Casa Dorado Deli Taqueria, a new Latin American eatery, has opened at 221 East Main St. in downtown Riverhead. Owned by a husband and wife team, the new restaurant has been in the works for about two years.

Takkii Ramen, a privately owned small chain with locations in Pennsylvania, Syosset and Smithtown, plans to open a new restaurant on West Main St., just west of Griffing Avenue this fall.

A new restaurant is readying to open up at the East Main Street site formerly occupied by PeraBell Food Bar.

Spicy’s, Long Island's oldest barbecue restaurant, closed its doors about a week ago. The iconic West Main Street restaurant has had signs posted in its windows since last Tuesday saying the restaurant is “temporarily closed.” Their phone number is not in service and the landlord says they told her they're moving out. The owners declined comment.

Chef Marco Barrila is putting the finishing touches on his new Insatiable Eats Creative Kitchen on East Main Street and plans a grand opening celebration the middle of this month.

PeraBell Food Bar has closed its Riverhead location. The building has been sold to an investor and the closing took place on Tuesday, according to Isaac Israel of Richmond Realty, who said he is seeking a tenant for the "turnkey" restaurant property.