This is a first rate restaurant. Old fashioned and unlike the other City Island restaurants in that the locals really do love to eat and drink here and are extremely well served the freshest most original food prepared by Spiro, the owner/chef, who is wildly creative and cares deeply about what he serves and the people who come to his restaurant. Janet, his manager is warm, witty and attentive and keeps this bustling and happy place running smoothly. The wait staff is terrific. The bar is well stocked with interesting, well priced wine and liquor, and the bartenders mix perfect drinks, and again are warm and friendly.\r
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All the food is highly commendable:The Jumbalaya deserves an award;filet of sole is outstanding, huge scallops wrapped in bacon are many people's favorites. Lobster, pasta, everything--even the chicken dishes are standouts. And the desserts are homemade by an Italian City Island woman who knows how to create with sweet and creamy things in ways that will make you swoon. We live in downtown Manhattan, eat out all the time, and are somewhat jaded, but now we have a little bungalow get-a-way on City Island. When we get there we head straight to Artie's. It's become, as it is for so many, our very favorite restaurant.
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