City Island Restaurant Week returns Nov. 9–15, and for Steve Gilmore at Sammy’s Fish Box, the week is a chance to introduce new customers to the restaurant’s food quality and portion sizes.
Gilmore said the promotion gives diners who may be unfamiliar with Sammy’s an opportunity to experience what the restaurant offers firsthand.
Sammy’s Fish Box, at 41 City Island Ave., is offering a $45 three-course menu with a choice of fried jumbo shrimp or jumbo shrimp scampi broiled with garlic, butter, white wine and lemon juice.
The meal includes clam chowder, corn bread, garlic bread and an Italian loaf with a wedge of cheese and a relish tray, along with coffee or tea and ice cream.
Sammy’s is one of 15 restaurants participating in the weeklong event, organized by the City Island Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Flavors of NY.
At Sea Shore Restaurant, at 591 City Island Ave., manager John Arminio said diners can expect specials alongside fall and winter drinks.
Sea Shore’s $36.95 menu offers a choice of a 1¼-pound whole Maine lobster, a nine-ounce lobster tail, broiled or grilled salmon, or the “Tres Amigos” featuring filet mignon, chicken cutlet and shrimp in a sherry mushroom sauce.
Each special comes with soup, salad, coffee, an ice cream, roll, and a choice of one side: baked potato, french fries, rice or linguine with garlic or marinara sauce. Tax and gratuity are additional.
For Arminio, who has spent decades at Sea Shore, the goal remains to “make customers happy each and every day.”
He said that is the same mission he started with when he began working at the restaurant.
Other participating restaurants include 2 PaiZan’s Pizzeria Cucina, ATIK Restaurant, City Island Diner, City Island Lobster House, City Island Pizza Company, The Original Crab Shanty, Little Frida’s Eatery, Little Greece, Sammy’s Smokehouse BBQ, The Silent Sea, The Snug, Tony’s Pier Restaurant and Vistamar Restaurant.
City Island measures about a mile and a half long, and the participating lineup stretches from Tony’s Pier at the southern end of City Island Avenue to City Island Lobster House on Bridge Street, giving diners a chance to explore restaurants throughout the waterfront neighborhood.
The November event follows City Island’s spring Restaurant Week and Pelham Bay’s first Restaurant Week in October.
The neighborhood events grew out of conversations between Monica Glick, marketing director and consultant for the City Island Chamber of Commerce, and Alan Goldsher about restaurant weeks that would complement the boroughwide Savor the Bronx promotion, Glick said.
Readers can visit cityislandchamber.org for updates and details about participating restaurants’ offers.
