An innovative app connects Long Islanders to local eateries offering deeply discounted surprise meals — and helps save the planet while doing it.
Too Good To Go is a global social impact company with a simple but powerful mission: to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together. With over 175,000 businesses worldwide already on board, their app has become the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food.
For Long Islanders, that mission has landed close to home — and it’s creating a wave of excitement among budget-savvy food lovers.
How It Works
The Too Good To Go app is easy to use and designed to make food rescue accessible for everyone:
Discover Surprise Bags – Browse local restaurants, bakeries, and cafés offering discounted food.
Reserve and Pay – Confirm your selection and pay right through the app.
Pick Up and Enjoy – Head to the designated location during the pickup window, swipe the app to confirm, and receive your surprise bundle.
Celebrate the Win – You’ve just helped reduce food waste and scored a delicious deal!
A Win for Your Wallet and the Planet
Using Too Good To Go is more than just getting a great deal (although that’s a big perk). By purchasing Surprise Bags filled with unsold but still-fresh food, users actively reduce food waste — a major contributor to climate change. Each bag saved is a small victory for the environment and a big win for your stomach.
And with offerings at half-price or less, it’s the perfect way to enjoy new spots around Long Island without breaking the bank.
What’s on the Menu on Long Island?
Too Good To Go has quietly introduced a range of impressive local options. Think Italian bakeries, neighborhood bagel shops, beloved pizzerias, and even restaurants offering full meals — all for a fraction of their original price.
My Experience With Too Good To Go
I recently discovered the Too Good To Go Long Island app and was excited to see some amazing bakery options in my area! In addition, there are a ton of bagel places, pizzerias and even a few restaurants or takeout spots offering meals as their deal.
My first Too Good To Go order was from A&S Fine Foods in Huntington. For $5.99 I received a mystery bag containing a large corner grandma slice, two stuffed mushrooms, two sweet potato biscuits, and four pieces of stuffed bread. Not bad for six bucks!
All from AS Fine Foods in HuntingtonLarge Grandma Slice
Next, I tried Emilia’s Bakehouse in East Northport, which I had been dying to visit. For $5.99 I got a loaf of Italian bread, an extra-large sugar cookie with sprinkles, a brownie, a blueberry scone, an almond pastry, and three cookies! A seriously sweet deal.
Big score from Emilias Bakehouse in East Northport
Tonight I ordered a mystery box from Dortoni’s Bakery in Commack for $12.99, which is valued at $36! Inside was 2 loaves of sliced bread, an apple pie and a box with lemon cookies, chocolate coconut bites and 4 bakery items.
Tips for Scoring the Best Deals
If you’re new to the app, here are some helpful tips to make the most of it:
Favorite Your Favorites – Mark the places you’re interested in so you can keep tabs on their offers.
Check Offer Times – Each location posts specific pickup windows, so plan accordingly.
Cancel Gracefully – If you can’t make it, you can cancel up to two hours in advance or even send a friend to pick up your bag.
Be Open-Minded – The surprise element is part of the fun, and a great way to try new things.
Download, Discover, and Do Good with Too Good To Go
Too Good To Go is more than just a clever app — it’s a community-driven solution that’s helping Long Islanders eat well, explore local favorites, and reduce food waste, all at once. Whether you’re in it for the savings, the surprise, or the environmental impact, one thing’s clear: this app is too good to miss.
Download the Too Good To Go app today and start rescuing delicious food near you — one Surprise Bag at a time.
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!
