If you're looking for the feel of Italy, but don't want to leave Long Island, I suggest that you…read morepay a visit to Restaurant Jaonina, in Huntington. As soon as we sat down they brought over a bread basket with hot & delicious garlic knots along with Tuscan bread & olive oil. I've found that over my many years of dining, that restaurants that serve a great bread basket always follow it up with great food, and this was true with Joanina.
The restaurant has a nice selection of wines, and we ordered 2 glasses of a light, crisp and refreshing Gavi from the Piemonte region in Italy. For appetizer, we shared thinly sliced baked eggplant covered with ricotta salata & a sublime pomodoro basil sauce. The dish was absolutely delicious, but unfortunately I couldn't wait to dig my fork into it, and forgot to take a picture. For entrees I ordered a cavatelli bolognese. The pasta was cooked perfectly al dente, and the meat sauce has the authenticity of any pasta you would taste in Italy. My wife ordered, for her entree, pollo con carciofi. This was tender chicken breast piled high with artichoke hearts, Parma prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, & white wine & lemon francese sauce. The side dish were a bunch of farm fresh vegetables. My wife was blown away as to how delicious this dish was. For dessert we shared a scrumptious and creamy toasted coconut tiramisu.
Service throughout our dinner was outstanding, with special accolades to our server Amy ( I hope I got her name correct). She was very knowledgeable, and made a couple of outstanding recommendations.
In summary, we had an excellent meal coupled with outstanding service what more can you ask for? MANGIA!
If you're looking for the feel of Italy, but don't want to leave Long Island, I suggest that you pay a visit to Restaurant Jaonina, in Huntington. As soon as we sat down they brought over a bread basket with hot & delicious garlic knots along with Tuscan bread & olive oil. I've found that over my many years of dining, that restaurants that serve a great bread basket always follow it up with great food, and this was true with Joanina.
The restaurant has a nice selection of wines, and we ordered 2 glasses of a light, crisp and refreshing Gavi from the Piemonte region in Italy. For appetizer, we shared thinly sliced baked eggplant covered with ricotta salata & a sublime pomodoro basil sauce. The dish was absolutely delicious, but unfortunately I couldn't wait to dig my fork into it, and forgot to take a picture. For entrees I ordered a cavatelli bolognese. The pasta was cooked perfectly al dente, and the meat sauce has the authenticity of any pasta you would taste in Italy. My wife ordered, for her entree, pollo con carciofi. This was tender chicken breast piled high with artichoke hearts, Parma prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, & white wine & lemon francese sauce. The side dish were a bunch of farm fresh vegetables. My wife was blown away as to how delicious this dish was. For dessert we shared a scrumptious and creamy toasted coconut tiramisu.
Service throughout our dinner was outstanding, with special accolades to our server Amy ( I hope I got her name correct). She was very knowledgeable, and made a couple of outstanding recommendations.
In summary, we had an excellent meal coupled with outstanding service what more can you ask for? MANGIA!