A Culinary Journey: The Best Tasting Menus on Long Island

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Indulge in Multi-Course Tasting Menus from These Top Restaurants

For food lovers who crave an unforgettable dining experience, Long Island’s Tasting Menus offer an extraordinary way to explore a chef’s creativity. These curated, multi-course meals highlight the best seasonal ingredients, artfully prepared and thoughtfully paired with wines or cocktails. Whether it’s an intimate chef’s table, a speakeasy-style setting, or a European-inspired fine dining experience, these top Tasting Menus promise an evening of culinary excellence.

Maroni’s Cuisine

📍18 Woodbine Ave, Northport, NY

📍54195 Main Rd, Southold, NY

Stepping into Maroni’s Northport feels like entering a cozy speakeasy where the aroma of garlic, seafood, and sizzling meats fills the air. This 32-seat dining room, adorned with nostalgic memorabilia, offers a Chef’s Tasting Menu that is as indulgent as it is exciting.

Maroni’s is known for its lobster bisque and Million Dollar Potato Chip—a luxurious bite of house-made kettle chips, crème fraîche, and caviar. Each multi-course experience includes unlimited wine, beer, dessert, espresso, tax, and hospitality, ensuring guests leave both full and delighted.

Pricing & Hours:

• Off-peak (Weds-Thurs, 4:00-5:30 PM): $140 per person

• Wednesday & Thursday Evenings: $175 per person

• Friday & Saturday Evenings: $195 per person

• Takeout Tasting Menu: $95 per person

Open: Wednesday–Saturday, 4 PM–Close

2 Spring

📍2 Spring St, Oyster Bay, NY

At 2 Spring, modern American cuisine meets European-style multi-course dining in an elegant setting. The Six-Course Tasting Menu is a carefully crafted journey of flavors, starting with spicy tuna tostada and ending on a sweet note with s’mores featuring spicy ganache and meringue.

For those looking to elevate their experience, caviar service ($55 per person) and a wine pairing ($65 per person) are available. The menu evolves with the seasons, ensuring every visit is a unique culinary adventure.

Tasting Menu Highlights:

• Spicy Tuna Tostada – Jalapeño, cilantro

• Seafood Chowder – Cabbage, bacon, fried oyster

• Bucatini – Veal, crispy garlic

• Black Bass – Sunchoke, Brussels slaw

• Pork – Charred cauliflower, jus

• S’mores – Meringue, spicy ganache, graham cracker

Closed Mondays.

eatMOSAIC

📍418 N Country Rd, St. James, NY

For those who enjoy a bit of mystery with their meals, eatMOSAIC in St. James offers an ever-changing five-course tasting menu crafted from the freshest local and seasonal ingredients. The chefs take familiar flavors and reimagine them in unexpected ways, creating dishes that excite and surprise.

Diners with dietary restrictions or allergies can rest assured that accommodations can be made with advance notice. The intimate, cozy ambiance enhances the experience, making every visit feel like a new adventure.

Open: Tuesday–Saturday

317 Main Street

📍317 Main St, Farmingdale, NY

For a private, interactive dining experience, 317 Main Street’s Chef’s Table is a must-try. This six- or ten-course tasting menu is prepared live at an open-kitchen dining area, where Chef Eric personally crafts and presents each dish for guests.

With a minimum of six people per party, this exclusive event is ideal for food enthusiasts looking to immerse themselves in the artistry of fine dining. The menu is customized to each group, offering a one-of-a-kind experience every time.

Pricing & Hours:

• 6-course menu (“Short Story”) or 10-course menu (“Long Story”)

• Starts at $100 per person

• Available by reservation only

Open: Tuesday–Sunday (latest seating times vary)

Treat Yourself to Long Island’s Tasting Menus

Long Island’s Tasting Menus offer more than just a meal—they provide an experience. Whether you’re savoring a chef’s tasting at Maroni’s, enjoying an elegant multi-course dinner at 2 Spring, exploring the ever-evolving flavors at eatMOSAIC, or engaging in a one-on-one culinary journey at 317 Main Street, each of these restaurants delivers an unforgettable adventure for the palate.

For those seeking an elevated dining experience, these Tasting Menus are an invitation to sit back, relax, and let the chefs take you on a journey of flavors. Book a table and embark on a culinary adventure unlike any other.

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Melissa Farrell

Melissa Farrell has a mission to support local business by "Going Local." As a local business owner herself, she understands the struggles entrepreneurs face when owning a business and is always trying to find ways to shine a spotlight onto them. Melissa started Going Local Tours & Experiences back in 2020 during the pandemic in hopes to bring people back into local restaurants and shops. She created food tours in Huntington, NY that would stop at 3-4 local businesses and gave the guests the chance to meet the owner and hear the story behind the business. She soon realized how powerful storytelling is when connecting people to local businesses and created options with local store owners as well to bring them onto the tour to share their story. Melissa wanted to expand out of Huntington to be able to support even more local businesses and started creating luxury picnics where she would bring local to you! She would find local businesses in the area of the picnic set up and deliver it to you offering ways to support over 3 local businesses at each picnic. This wasn't enough. She wanted to find a better way to help spread awareness of local businesses and share their stories. Enter Evangeline Knell...a woman with over 30 years of broadcasting experience who somehow convinced Melissa to host a 3 day live stream from the Huntington Fall Festival. She had never been on camera before, but working alongside Evie to create the 3 shows, gave Melissa the confidence to take on the challenge. The 3 shows produced focused on the local vendors, the food trucks and the events that occurred at the festival and had a much larger reach than Melissa could ever of done on her own. They soon realized a business partnership was needed and combined their two businesses, Identity Digital which is a production company and Going Local Tours and Experiences to form Going Local Media. Evie and Melissa even formed their own distribution outlet by creating Going Local TV, a streaming platform like Netflix or YouTube, that is all about local businesses, events and organizations on Long Island. There are over 200 videos including their podcast series "Let's Get Local" "Long Island Business Minds" and "Local Business Spotlight" that help spread awareness of our local businesses and Long Island Professionals. They are always thinking up new ways to support local, including this site, Going Local Long Island is a directory of articles on how to Go Local on Long Island. We appreciate you taking the time to read this and for supporting local! Thank you!

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