The new owner of a luckless Bayside restaurant site is determined to end a streak of bad breaks at the locale. “We’re going to bring it back to its original glory,” said George Makkos, whose newest restaurant, Vivaldi, replaces Patrizia’s of Bayside. The 201-10 Cross Island Parkway building had been a revolving door of new [...]
A bride-to-be almost had her big day botched when an embattled Bayside banquet hall began shirking her calls two months before her nuptials, The Courier has learned. Kathryn Martino-Miranda and her fiancé Erik Lopez had booked their March 3 wedding ceremony and reception at Patrizia’s of Bayside in November 2012, signing a $5,000 contract for [...]
Craving some good, old-fashioned Italian eats? Valentino’s is set to reopen as Patrizia’s on Tuesday, June 12. The renamed restaurant will have a new menu, featuring family-style Italian cuisine. The Parks and Recreation department approved the request made by the Friendship Restaurant Group – the Valentino’s concessionaire – to change the restaurant’s name to Patrizia’s and [...]
