Saturday March 23, 2012
Butera's of Smithtown
65 East Main Street
Smithtown, NY 11787
Phone : 631-979-9113
Fax : 631-979-1367
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Tonight we had the pleasure of a last minute visit to Butera's in Smithtown, NY.
The reservation was made using Opentable which the Dish uses as often as possible. Usually when you use their service and you have a reservation, the wait time is minimal and you are usually seated within 5 minutes of the reservation. 
Not the case for our 8:30 reservation at this location of Butera's. We checked in and they said it would be about 10 minutes. This was acceptable but when it became 40 minutes I was to say the least upset. 


                  We started the dinner with  Mozzarella Caprese, Fresh Mozzarella, Tender ripe tomato, roasted peppers and red onion garnished with fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil. The dish was served and presented to us by our server who was excellent. She was polite in telling us that the single serving would be plenty for us to share and not to order it family style. 
                  We have been in this establishment before  so we were looking forward to having their special chicken meatballs as an apertizer.
My wife decided that she would like that as her entree so she asked it that was possible She designed her own dish with these amazing chicken meatballs served over assorted vegetables in a light marinara sauce. The sauce was sweet and savory and the broccoli and zucchini were firm but not hard. She had enough to bring home for lunch.
                   For my entree I had the veal with exotic mushrooms. This dish was a culinary delight. Veal scalllopine sauteed with shiitaki  and white cap mushrooms, flamed with brandy in a brown sauce with a touch of cream. The veal was fork tender and very delicious. The dish was served over a very creamy and buttery mashed potatoes. 
                 As with most dinners, dessert is not an option for my taste so we skipped that and proceeded to move on for the evening. 
                Met a large group of friends at Napper Tandy's in Northport to help with the Eaton's Neck youth league fund raiser. 

                                            Butera's Smithtown and I have to stress this is only for the Smithtown location
            
Service ***
Food      **
 The 40 minute wait was what really pissed me off but after that I had no issues and everything was amazing.

                                       Enjoy from

"The Dish With Dean"