After 3 months of operation Harbor Corner Kitchen at 109 West Broadway has closed the doors and auction workers where see separating and marking the contents and fixtures for a future auction. HCK started off with a good start with the casual American menu of chef Patrick Trovato. Patrick Trovato quickly demostrated his culinary skills and locals started to take notice. Unfortunately when chef Patrick Trovato left in August things started to go downhill.
HCK was the third food operation by owner. The first business was called the Harbor Corner Deli which was a conventional deli which struggled under a variety of managers. The second was called Kebabaluba, which featured Mediterranean cusine (Original chef and cuisne was fantastic) but the tag line ” Watch Your Fingers” just didn’t seem to bring the crowds .
Another Door opens: The silver lining, I ran into HCK”s former chef Patrick Trovato and his son during the PJ Music Festival. Patrick and his band had just played at Schafer’s Restaurant and they stopped over to Chandler Square for an ice cream . The good news, Patrick is putting the finishing touches on his own food truck and soon he will have his own traveling restaurant! Great news because this man can cook! More info to follow as soon as he gets rolling!
Good to hear..Hope they get somebody good in that place..Geeezzz you cant get a great egg sandwich in Port Jeff in the morning or a cup of real coffee and pancakes.Lets see what happens..
SO upset that HCK Closed!!!
My boyfriend and I went there every weekend for the first month and a half that they were open until my work schedule changed and I was always home after they closed
The food was delicious, the portions were huge and the price was perfect. We were absolutely devastated when we saw it was no longer open. Patrick was a FANTASTIC chef, we CRAVED eating there each Sunday and couldn’t stop talking about HCK, we told all our friends- and we all were willing to take the 45minute drive from Bay Shore to eat there.
I hope to find out when his Food Truck will be opening up and its whereabouts because I will absolutely drive the distance to eat his amazing meals!!!
If Patrick happens to be reading this – please contact me!
you are a brilliant chef!
Hi Mel- Thought you might want to follow this link. Patrick is alive and well and now owns a The Inferno Roadside Grill which he says is Suffolk Counties first real food truck. Follow this link for more info
http://me4portjeff.com/former-port-jeff-chef-takes-his-restaurant-on-the-road