Rooftop Dining On The Horizon

A rendering depicts the rooftop dining area at the proposed Brewology restaurant on Main Street in Huntington village.

By Connor Beach
cbeach@longislandergroup.com

In late 2017, the Huntington Zoning Board of Appeals gave the go-ahead to restaurateurs looking to open Huntington village’s first restaurant with a bird’s-eye view.

The town planning board has since granted final site plan approval for restaurateurs Roger Bencosme and Kazi Hassan to move forward with the planned Huntington location of their local gastropub chain, Brewology, according to Woodbury-based attorney Thomas Abbate.

Abbate, who is representing Bencosme and Hassan, said they are ready to obtain building permits for the site of the proposed restaurant at 325 Main Street in Huntington village.

Plans submitted to the town showed Brewology would stretch 4,500 square feet across the first floor, and also feature an additional 925 square feet of dining space on its rooftop.

There are 40 seats planned for the rooftop dining space, which will be open seasonally for five months when the weather’s warm.

The ZBA’s approval of the rooftop dining space was contingent on several conditions, including that the owners not have sidewalk seating; there is no amplified music on the rooftop; a firewall is constructed on the roof; and the rooftop space closes at 11 p.m. on weekdays and 1 a.m. on weekends.

Rooftop patrons will also have to be seated in order to order alcoholic beverages -- the ZBA required that there only be a service bar on the rooftop. Plans also show the rooftop dining area would be set back away from the edges of the roof.