STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Today’s pandemic market and restaurant report is intended to be read aloud, fueled by booze or coffee, channeling the voices of radio greats Joan Hamburg, John Montone and WKRP in Cincinnati’s Les Nessman, two-time winner of the Silver Sow award. This quarantine broadcast is delivered to you direct from my West Brighton kitchen table and is brought to you by... Saturday, that day of the week which falls between home-school Friday and church-less Sunday.
Today in coronavirus crisis food travels that aim to be normal, we do not head to Olive Tree Market Place in Sunnyside (Olivetreemarketplace.com) as brothers David and Moe Shehadeh are one of the few places on the Island that do same-day delivery. Their empanadas and rice balls are looking fine, as are the shelves lined with toilet paper and stuff of the sanitizing gods -- as this report is written -- Clorox wipes with a limit of one per customer (online and in person pickup.)
In the yeast shortage currently experienced in the region because we are baking bread, pizza and gaining weight, David ventured to Queens and found packets of the leavening at a Polish market.
In the spirit of a true Staten Islander he says, “I know people that know people that know people and that’s how I get things.”
Polish yeast procured by Olive Tree Marketplace during the pandemic which sees a yeast shortage because most people are baking at home. (Courtesy of Olive Tree)
In the land of Top Tomatoes of Rosebank and Great Kills (TopTomatoSuperStore.com), we find a rich field of prepped veggies plus three kinds of prosciutto from domestic to San Daniele del Friuli to prosciutto di Parma. And for dessert we see rainbow cookies in the forecast.
And speaking of sunny days ahead, South Shore residents will be most pleased to have delivery starting Monday from Family Fruit in Rossville (FamilyFruitsiny.com) which will be serving most of the borough. Lou and crew at the store offer curbside pickup for phoned-in orders. There’s no delivery on Sundays but orders are accepted daily with a $50 minimum and $10 delivery fee. Shoppers are welcome into the store with social distancing and masks.
In Grant City (FamilyFruitHylan.com), our Family Fruit friend Aman does curbside pickup for customers who phone in orders to the store. The market and deli are open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Blue Restaurant now serves cold cuts.
And the regular menu is back at Blue Restaurant in Livingston with baked clams, grilled Portuguese octopus and other signature items of the seaside restaurant.
But wait, there’s more, proprietor Julian Gaxholli says.
He explains, “We are continuing with the deli items with great offers and no waiting on lines. Just call and we can either deliver or pick up curbside.” He directs patrons to BluerestaurantNYC.com for pricing and a grocery list which includes a 32-ounce package of Bolognese sauce, pound of fresh mozzarella, burrata, roasted peppers, tuna salad plus cold cuts and sliced cheeses -- yellow and white American, Swiss, Munster, provolone and more.
A hopeful Gaxholli says, “There are plenty of offerings that can make everyone’s life a little more convenient, little more normal. That’s what we’re here for.”
Blue in Livingston sells wine, sauces, pasta and entrees for delivery or curbside pickup.
The Advance has received numerous emails from frustrated seniors who are unfamiliar with the new landscape of online shopping. That’s why we’re thankful to hear from Lisa Kaire Lubarsky who works at the Jewish Community Center (SIJCC.com) at 1466 Manor Rd., Seaview. She reminds that every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the JCC presents free grab-and-go meals for seniors 60-years old and up. These are available for curbside pickup from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or until supplies last.
Gerardi's, New Brighton, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (Courtesy of Gail Middleton)
Photographer Gail Middleton brings us to Gerardi’s in New Brighton for herbs and flowers.
Gerardi's, New Brighton, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. (Courtesy of Gail Middleton)
She also drives us to the St. George Greenmarket (GrowNYC.com) where Rabbits Run Farm presents their fine goat cheese, herbs, honey and soaps. Francesca’s Bakery vends its rugelach, brownies, cakes and doughnuts. Dipaola Turkey brings its sausages, ground meats and turkey jerky. And Stony Mountain Ranch comes to us from Schuylkill County, PA, with organic beef, pork, chicken and eggs tended by market regular Stanley.
Greenmarket, Rabbits Run Farms in the pandemic, Saturday, April 25, 2020 (Courtesy of Gail Middleton)
The Greenmarket here on the North Shore, by the way, is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays behind the St. George Theatre. (There’s another, smaller one at the Mall at Ring Road in the same time frame.) So we’ll see you next week, Gail, or at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Gardens, Livingston -- perhaps on of these days at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, a place we are all sorely missing now on a weekend.
Francesca's Bakery sets up during the pandemic, Saturday, April 25, 2020 (Courtesy of Gail Middleton)
Since it’s striper season my husband will take the boys fishing today. Hopefully they catch a delicious bass for dinner. The kids are looking a little shaggy without Mike, the barber, at his chair down the block so I will have to do the deed myself, poor children. The snipping thoughts remind of my Dad’s days teaching at Sarah J. Hale in Brooklyn where he was received a complimentary haircut from a student in the cosmetology department back then in the late ’80s. The textbooks were a little outdated and he came home with a pompadour. Hopefully my little angels won’t look like Jim Carrey after a bowl haircut although I aim for something a little more contemporary.
Pamela Silvestri is Advance Food Editor. She can be reached at silvestri@siadvance.com.
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