Missing from Long Island (Babylon, Smithtown: sales, buy, high school)

[TomMoser]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

It might be a little off base since Im from Pa. but now live on the island. But what Im missing since being here is a "real" Philly cheese steak. Anyone know a place that makes a good one? And please dont send me to a place where they use cold cut meat-roast beef.

I don't think it exists. But then, again, I've never been able to find a decent pizza in PA.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by rocafeller05

It might be a little off base since Im from Pa. but now live on the island. But what Im missing since being here is a "real" Philly cheese steak. Anyone know a place that makes a good one? And please dont send me to a place where they use cold cut meat-roast beef.

I don't have any suggestions on LI, but I do have two in midtown Manhattan:

Carl's Steaks (go in person; their deliveries are slow and make too many mistakes!)
507 3rd Ave (near 34th St.)
New York, NY 10016

99 Miles to Philly
300 E 52nd St
New York, NY 10022
(212) 308-1308‎

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

I don't have any suggestions on LI, but I do have two in midtown Manhattan:

Carl's Steaks (go in person; their deliveries are slow and make too many mistakes!)
507 3rd Ave (near 34th St.)
New York, NY 10016

99 Miles to Philly
300 E 52nd St
New York, NY 10022
(212) 308-1308‎

I go to the one in the East Village. It's pretty good.

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Originally Posted by rocafeller05

It might be a little off base since Im from Pa. but now live on the island. But what Im missing since being here is a "real" Philly cheese steak. Anyone know a place that makes a good one? And please dont send me to a place where they use cold cut meat-roast beef.

Ahhh, a 'wiz wit' Delassandro's steak, I can almost taste it.

Gino's, Pats and John's on South street you can keep. But Delasandro's....

[jfkIII]

Wetson's.

Jahn's.

Jack-in-the-Box (my very first job at age 15!). btw, J-I-B is out in Las Vegas, with same great tacos. Also, in Greenville, SC.

[rocafeller05]

Thanks all. I have heard of the ones in Manhattan. Guess I will try one when I head in sometime. I was hoping one opened up on LI that I missed.
BTW..no whiz here guys. Provolone and extra mushrooms!! Mmm mmm good. lol.

[rocafeller05]

Your right. 90% of the pizza joints stink. I had 3 good ones in a 30 mile radius. Aint it sad.

Originally Posted by TomMoser

I don't think it exists. But then, again, I've never been able to find a decent pizza in PA.

[Lancet71]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

About 2 years ago The Lazy Clam in Smithtown closed down. I only ate there once and it was AMAZING. Right by where I grew up and I just never went. I went about 2 months before it closed. So sad it's gone. I would go all the way there from Queens for dinner if it was still open lol. I don't even know why it closed down. It suddenly happened.

I miss Time Out in the mall. Went there all the time as a kid.

Also miss Spaceplex.

Holy crap,Time out and spaceplex. I forgot about both.I was one of the first to ever go into Spaceplex.It was already built but they hadn't advertised it being opened yet.Me and a few friends went there for about 2 weeks and then after they announced the grand opening the crowds started coming in....cool though,before it became the inddor hockey place.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by Lancet71

Holy crap,Time out and spaceplex. I forgot about both.I was one of the first to ever go into Spaceplex.It was already built but they hadn't advertised it being opened yet.Me and a few friends went there for about 2 weeks and then after they announced the grand opening the crowds started coming in....cool though,before it became the inddor hockey place.

I still enjoyed it when it changed to Bulldog (the roller hockey rinks). I played roller hockey there for a few years before I changed to ice hockey. Bulldog is another childhood memory for me

[Escape_From_NY]

Originally Posted by ClarkStreetKid

The canon on Little East Neck Road in West Babylon (we'd sit on it as kids drinking soda we bought at Zito's).

Mike's Hobby Shop on Little East Neck (loooooong gone)

Scavenging in the Town of Babylon dump. The dump is still there but you can't go looking for stuff like we did as kids.

The Beefalo place on 25A and Cold Spring Rd.

Record Shopping at TSS, who doesn't miss that, or Jack in the Box tacos?

Wow! Both your screen name and the places you mentioned brought back a flood of memories from happier times. Clark Street? Babylon? Then you surely know where Marcy Street is - the street I grew up on during the 60s and early 70s.
I know both Zitos and the cannon on Little East Neck Rd well. We used to scavenge at the town dump, too;-) My bro used to work at TSS. I used to hang out on either Little East Neck or Deer Park Ave, and occassionally
Belmont Lake park.