New Italian restaurant to open on Nassau Blvd.



A modern cuisine Italian restaurant will be coming to Nassau Boulevard next month. I.T.A Kitchen, which has another location in Suffolk County, will open in mid-November at the former Lucky Duck location.

Christina Sorrentino, coowner of I.T.A said the restaurant is family owned, and that she and her husband, Salvatore, were looking for an additional location on Long Island.

“We opened our first location in Bay Shore four months  prior to the pandemic, and we were looking for an additional area that is centrally located and has a good walkability feature,” said Sorrentino.

She added that they came up with the name I.T.A which stands for Italian-American, and wanted a modern concept on traditional Italian cuisine.

The menu is versatile and includes items such as broccoli rabe in sausage egg rolls, rice-balls made of pesto rizzuto, chicken parmigiana cooked in a skillet with vodka sauce and a dish called Jules Corrozza, which is a fried Italian grilled cheese sandwich w vodka sauce.

“What makes us stand out is that there are many layers to our dishes,” said Sorrentino. “Salvatore’s grandfather was one of the original Matteo’s owners, so we’re very familiar with the family style restaurant brand.”

Another standout feature of I.T.A Kitchen is the design, which includes black and white brass paneling and greenery throughout the restaurant space.

Sorrentino said patrons will be enthralled with a customized tree with real manzanita branches that will be stationed by the bar and dining space.

“We were going for an overall enchanted vibe and i think our customers will be pleasantly surprised when they first enter the restaurant”.

The only aspect missing from the Garden City location is that there won’t be an outdoor dining space, as is the case at the Bay Shore location.

To find out more about I.T.A Kitchen, visit its website, itakitchenbayshore.com.

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