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Islip Terrace: Good food at Brookwoods
Sunrise Highway, which has stretches that qualify as Desolation Row for restaurants, finds a winner with Brookwoods in Islip Terrace.
Chef John Scunziano's American-continental eatery offers savory gumbo and New England-style clam chowder, plus a fibrous and fine porterhouse steak and a diverting finale, "cannoli parfait," which is exactly that.
The menu is loaded with local references, from a spin on fettuccine all'Alfredo dubbed The Connetquot to a chicken dish named for Robert Moses -- although he did seem more a red meat kind of guy.
The community-oriented spot gives a percentage of the tab to your choice of school district in the Town of Islip.
Brookwoods is at 2765 Sunrise Hwy., Islip Terrace, near Carleton Avenue; 631-277-5500.
Steak stands out at Brookwoods (but this one is from another place)
Photo by Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times
Tags: Brookwoods, Islip Terrace, Town of Islip, John Scunziano, steak, gumbo, clam chowder, cannoli
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