Costa De Espana
Just eight miles from Centereach is the scenic city of Port Jefferson, also on Long Island Sound. There you can visit Costa de Espana, or "The Coast of Spain" which has a full menu of Spanish specialty dishes, including a large selection of seafood entrees. This includes fried calamares, escargot, shrimp in garlic sauce, chef's mussels and octopus vinaigrette. Meat lovers also will be satisfied with the restaurant's veal, chicken, beef and pork selections. Chose from chef's specials or traditional dishes such as veal with Spanish sausage, chicken with almond sauce or pork chops Bilbaina style. A vegetarian menu is available, as well as after-dinner drinks to accompany desert.
Costa de Espana
9 Trader's Cove
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631) 331-5363
Costadeespana.com
Casa Luis
The Estevez family and Casa Luis serve Spanish cuisine in the nearby town of Smithtown. This includes six shrimp dishes, and a variety of clam, mussel and lobster dishes for the seafood lover in your party. Selections abound for poultry, meat and soup. Most entrees are served with a choice of saffron rice, fried potatoes or string beans. Or go with the Spanish mainstay of fajitas, a meat or chicken dish prepared with peppers and onions and served in a tortilla.
Casa Luis
1033 Jericho Turnpike West
Smithtown, NY 11787
(631) 543-4656
casaluis.us/com
The small but satisfying restaurant Mi Tierrita is in Brentwood, a neighboring city to Centereach on Long Island. Mi Tierrita features a full menu of soup, chicken and meat and seafood dishes. This includes tripe soup, red snapper, ceviche and breaded jumbo shrimp. Meat lovers will enjoy the grilled pork loin or flank steak in sauce with rice and beans. Avocados come with many of the selections, as do sweet plantains, a tropical plant that resembles the banana. Corn cakes are a tasty way to end a meal. This modestly priced restaurant is family friendly with a casual atmosphere.
Mi Tierrita
769 Suffolk Ave.
Brentwood, NY 11717
(631) 231-1916
