Nassau News: Food and Dining Archives

Wealthy Long Islanders Go to Kitchen Kabaret in Roslyn Heights for the Scene

By Micah Jesse Koffler
Nassau News Staff Writer

ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY – Kitchen Kabaret is an upscale eatery/delicatessen in Roslyn Heights and is situated among some of the most exclusive and expensive shopping in the state of New York. It caters to the wealthy demographic of those living in Roslyn, Mineola and Manhasset. Nassau News went and explored the scene.

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Horseradish In Hempstead

By Sara Knee
Nassau News Staff Writer

Horseradish is a ground-up root that makes a very spicy condiment. Gold's Pure Food Products is the company that has brought horseradish to Hempstead in 1993. The company is a fifth-generation family owned business that shows no signs of leaving Hempstead. Nassau News follows the story.

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Healthy Eating Habits in Hempstead

By Amanda DeCamp
Nassau News Staff Writer

In the past twenty years, obesity among adults aged 20-74 years old has increased from 15 percent to 32.9 percent in the United States. It’s not a surprise to most that the rate continues to increase rapidly, but not many can answer why.

In Hempstead, where Taco Bell, Popeye’s Fried Chicken and McDonald’s are all within minutes of each other and the median household income is about $50,000, the cause for unhealthiness might be due to an unhealthy budget.

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Freeport Food Pantry, Fighting Poverty and Hunger on Long Island

By Audra Kincaid
Nassau News Staff Writer

Long Island faces a big problem: poverty and hunger.

Every year over 259,000 Long Islanders go to soup kitchens and food pantries in need of food. This is why the Mobilized Interfaith Coalition Against Hunger, in order to discover the causes of poverty and who is most effected by it, was created. Come take a look inside the Freeport Food Pantry and find out the shocking population that needs the most help from these outreach programs.

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The Draw of Fast Food Chains in Hempstead Village

By Rebecca Weitz
Nassau News Staff Writer

Fast-food restaurants have Hempstead residents flocking to them. The village of Hempstead, consisting of 56,554 residents, keeps eight fast food-chain restaurants in business. Why? Is it because it's simply easier to pick up fast food for a meal than it is to take the time out to make a nutritional, balanced meal? Nassau News talked to some hungry residents.

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The Hookah Experience Comes to Uniondale

By Jill Freeman
Nassau News Staff Writer

Picture this: colorful drapery’s hung along the walls, a large room with couches and tables, the air mixed with the relaxing scents of pineapple and green tea, and a bar with no alcohol. Those four main ingredients make the recipe for a hookah bar.

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A $20 Meal in Hempstead

By Ryan McCord
Staff Writer

Sometimes if you want to get something done (or, in this case, eat something good), taking matters into your own hands is the only way to go.

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At Big Al’s

By Larisa Kolbe
Nassau News Staff Writer

Jerk chicken, macaroni and cheese, collard greens -- these are just a few of the typical Southern-style foods offered at Big Al’s. This small restaurant cooks whatever you order, right in front of you, so you get it fresh and hot.

Locals come in, say hello, and the cooks talk to them like they’re family. This big Town of Hempstead had a small-town feel to it.

Three gentlemen walked in from across the street where they work and manage the Percy Jackson Youth Center.

Andre Huff, Richard Dykes and Wilber Brown are local heroes here, as they provide a place for children and young adults to stay after school or during the day. The center, named for a star Nassau County athlete who died young, has tutoring programs, sports and other activities to keep the kids involved.

School is particularly important to these three men. Hempstead High School is severely overcrowded and, sometimes, the students do not keep focus. The youth center is where students can revisit all they have learned in school and successfully progress.

This program is offered to kids and young adults from the ages of 5 to 21.

There are several forms of admission. You can sign up for a nine-month program, a full-year program or you can sign up on a walk-in basis.

Huff, Dykes and Brown are just a few of the local heroes who help with the guidance of children. And here they are at Big Al’s.

Information for this About Town feature
Big Al’s
429 South Franklin Avenue, Hempstead
516-292-1661
(Closed on Mondays)
See this location on a map

Percy Jackson Memorial Youth Center
436 South Franklin Avenue
516-486-3661

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April 11, 2008

Wealthy Long Islanders Go to Kitchen Kabaret in Roslyn Heights for the Scene

Horseradish In Hempstead

January 16, 2008

Healthy Eating Habits in Hempstead

Freeport Food Pantry, Fighting Poverty and Hunger on Long Island

The Draw of Fast Food Chains in Hempstead Village

December 31, 2007

The Hookah Experience Comes to Uniondale

May 13, 2007

A $20 Meal in Hempstead

February 09, 2007

At Big Al’s