Food + Beverage

Fresh Beet, After-Hours

The Fresh Beet's Margo Palazzo shares two make-ahead fall bites built for grazing past dinner. Article by Margo Palazzo Page 1 —  By six o’clock, the light over Long Beach’s boardwalk turns the color of the fig butter cooling on Margo Palazzo’s counter — amber, unhurried, made for lingering. By day, The Fresh Beet is where the beach crowd refuels: build-your-own salads, fresh-pressed juices, colorful toasts on gluten-free bread, all built around Palazzo’s rule of no asterisks on the menu...

Arts + Culture

Long Island’s Living Harvest

Inside the Malverne farm growing food, preserving land and bringing neighbors together across generations seasonally. Article by Kamaria Ellerbe | Photography by Christina Kramer At Crossroads Farm at Grossmann’s in Malverne, the autumn harvest brings land, food and community to the table. Each year, its Farm-to-Table dinner transforms the farm into a distinctive seasonal gathering. Elected officials, civic leaders, longtime supporters and neighbors gather among the fields for elegant meals...

Life + Culture

South Shore Nassau Says Thanks

A quiet thank you to the people who keep it running Article by Julia Macedo In November, the light along the boardwalk is already low and golden by late afternoon. It catches on the kind of things most people pass without thinking twice — a crossing guard lowering their flag after the last kids make their way home, lifeguard chairs stacked and turned toward the dunes for winter, a plow truck getting ready for a storm that hasn’t arrived yet. It doesn’t last long this time of year. But for a...

Home Services

A Decade of Tail-Wagging Thanks

From loyal customers to generations of happy Townies. Article by Kristi Sellers | Photography by Christina Kramer Before Lauren Duffy owned Hounds Town Island Park, she was a customer who understood why the concept worked. While working in pharmaceutical sales, she brought her dog, Willy, to the Hounds Town location in Farmingdale for years. Over time, she came to appreciate a structured, social place where dogs could play. That experience stayed with her. In 2016, Lauren and her partner...