• Italian restaurants in Stony Brook offer innovative delicacies.Italian food image by bkaiser from Fotolia.com
  
  Stony Brook is a small hamlet located on the north shore of Long Island, New York. For such a small place, Stony Brook has a large number of attractions and important sites, such as the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the Stony Brook Medical Center and the Long Island Museum of Art, History and Carriages. There are many restaurants in and around Stony Brook, including several Italian restaurants with "innovative Italian delicacies," according to the official Stony Brook website.
  
  

Cosmos Cafe Greek and Italian Specialties

• Cosmos has several kinds of specialty pizza.pizza image by Pefkos from Fotolia.com
  
  Cosmos Cafe Greek and Italian Specialties has a large menu full of Italian dishes. The cafe has daily specials, sandwiches, steaks, pastas, salads, desserts, calzones, rolls and many kinds of specialty pizza, including white broccoli or spinach pizzas, fresh vegetable pizza, stuffed pizza and zitti pizza. Guests can also order entrees like eggplant, veal, chicken cutlet or shrimp parmigiana; linguini in clam sauce; meatball heroes; chicken rolls; and calzones stuffed with your choice of ham, sausage, broccoli, spinach or pepperoni. The restaurant is open seven days a week. SUNY students, staff and faculty receive a ten percent discount.
  
  Cosmos Cafe Greek and Italian Specialties
  1015 N. Country Road
  Stony Brook, NY 11790
  631-246-8000
  cosmoscafe.net
  
  

Pentimento

• Pentimento has unique butternut squash ravioli.ravioli image by Silvia Bogdanski from Fotolia.com
  
  Pentimento makes fresh house-made pastas and offers a full menu of entrees, Italian-style tapas, wines and desserts. The lunch menu includes spinach and pear salad; meatball, roast turkey or salmon on panini; butternut squash ravioli; penne with sausage; and fennel-cured salmon. The restaurant dinner menu has even more creative dishes, including roasted red peppers and white anchovies; whole wheat pappardelle; fettuccine with smoked duck; and osso bucco with saffron risotto. Pentimento has patio dining on the premises and does catering both on and off the premises. The restaurant is open for dinner Sundays, lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday and is closed Monday.
  
  Pentimento
  93 Main Street
  Stony Brook, NY 11790
  631-689-7755
  pentimentorestaurant.net
  
  

Pasta Pasta

• Pasta Pasta has more than noodles.Pasta image by Yvonne Bogdanski from Fotolia.com
  
  Pasta Pasta has a diverse menu that features steak, veal and chicken dishes as well as daily specials and pizza. Pasta Pasta serves both lunch and dinner, with appetizers and entrees such as grilled bacon-wrapped shrimp; almond-crusted chicken; angel hair pasta with scallops, crab meat and asparagus; whole wheat vegetable penne; six-cheese tortellini; veal scallopini; and ravioli parmigiana. The restaurant also features desserts like deep-fried ice cream sundaes, tiramisu, gelato, creme brulee and caramelized rice pudding. Pasta Pasta has wine by the glass, half bottle and bottle, including dessert wines and a selection of red and white wines.
  
  Pasta Pasta
  234 Main Street
  Port Jefferson, NY 11777
  631-331-1376
  pastapasta.net