Some Fun with Nostalgia (Tristate)

[winecountrygirl (Gwenn)]

Wow!!! Good searching, rich!

[mq7070]

I remember DeFemios, since I went to HS across the street, had friends who worked there, and they didn’t card me when I was a very young looking 16. Jazz (which I didn’t understand and wasn’t sure I liked. I was more of a rock/heavy metal type at the time.), decent Italian food, stiff drinks.

Wasn’t the Lazy Bull called the Jolly Ox first, then Lazy Bull, then Mr. L’s (which became a disco/dance club after 10pm.) I went to Jolly Ox and Lazy Bull with my folks many times, had my first Manhattan there when I was in 7th grade. My fathers drink of choice was a CC Manhattan Straight up, or a Perfect Manhattan. Many people don’t know that in NY State it is legal for someone underage to drink booze at home if provided by parents, and in restaurants if the parents order for them.

Mr. L’s was a interesting night club and restaurant which was very popular with the Tanglewood Boys and their older Lucchese families.

@chowdom

Does anyone remember DeFemio’s on Tuckahoe Rd… My only regret is
that I didn’t get there more often because I was a tad young and more into
the disco scene. I did get there more frequently in later years. Great food, even better pizza, that
you could order until 3:00AM and good jazz … Truly a local gem

I also have memories of The Lazy Bull Steakhouse, owned by Mitty Carpenito.
at the corner of Central and Tuckahoe Rd. The Lazy Bull was open until 4AM as were most
of the discos. When the clubs would close most of the staff often would head over, it wasn’t unusual to have a full dining room at breakfast time gorging on huge platters of food prepared by MItty himself…shhhhhhsh

DeFemio’s and The Lazy Bull were more phenomenon’s than they were restaurant’s with bars… Great food, great entertainment and charismatic owners…I’m glad I was able to experience them…What great times… Westchester was a completely different place.

When The Lazy Bull closed Mitty opened another Steakhouse that was located on Central Ave
in the space that is now Hurricane Wings…I believe he opened Pastina’s for his daughter as well.