Bay Shore's King's Chophouse, a top Long Island steakhouse, closes
The sliced porterhouse with roasted broccolini with lemon and garlic oil at King's Chophouse in Bay Shore. Credit: Stephanie Foley
King’s Chophouse in Bay Shore was a rarity on Long Island, a premium steakhouse with the size and ambience of a cocktail bar. The chefs prepared their own compound butters and also oversaw the aging of steaks, working together with Babylon Village Meat Market. But the intimate restaurant currently on Newsday’s list of best Long Island steakhouses closed its doors Tuesday.
Owner Sean Nolan confirmed the closure on Wednesday, but was unable to give further details due to a pending sale with an unnamed local business.
"In the gist of a very long story, somebody made an offer to buy the restaurant, we accepted the offer, and [Tuesday night] was the last night we were open for business," he said.
King’s Chophouse opened in a former deli and butcher shop in 2021, and quickly became a hip spot for food enthusiasts, with its Art Nouveau look that included a veined marble bar and polished details. The restaurant had an unofficial mascot of sorts, prominently displaying an old timey painting of a notable local named Dr. George S. King. In the early 20th century King was said to have delivered thousands of babies.
The restaurant had a short, but sweet, menu with bistro classics like a wedge salad with housemade pork belly, steak tartare, duck-fat hash browns and 75-day aged cuts of beef. There was a respectable cocktail program that stuck to classic cocktails like Manhattans, old fashioneds and other whiskey delights.
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