MANAYRE RESTAURANT
154-28 Northern Blvd.
Flushing, NY
358-3810/3012

CUISINE: Argentinean, Colombian, Italian, International

OPEN: Monday- Thursday from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. Friday- Sunday from 8 a.m. until midnight.

PARKING: street

CREDIT CARDS: All major

SPECIAL SERVICES: Take out available. Free local delivery.

This new, petite, informal restaurant specializes in traditional Argentinean, Italian and Colombian foods. Starting with breakfast, you can enjoy Colombian dishes from Arepa ($2.50) to Country Style Breakfast ($8.50) which includes grilled steak, scrambled eggs, sausages, corn cake and cheese as well as mixed rice and beans.

American style breakfast features omelets or eggs in several styles with ham, sausage or bacon. Included with all the fore mentioned are French or Home Fries and toast as well as coffee or chocolate or tea or sugar cane water.

For between meal snacks there are Empanadas and Arepas with meat or chicken ($2 to $4). There are also daily special soups ranging from vegetable to Colombian country style.

The evening my dinner companion and I visited, we first enjoyed a shared pitcher of cold Sangria made with wine, fruit juices and brandy. Then we shared one of the house specials, Super Manayre Platter — a grilled steak, half a chicken, Chorizo (sausages), Fried Pork Rinds, rice topped with a fried egg, Arepa (corn cake), sliced

avocado and sweet Fried Plantain ($12.50). We also enjoyed an Italian specialty from the Pasta Selections of the menu, Noquis Caseros (home made gnocchi) with a light tomato sauce ($8.50).

Our attentive, young waitress, Antonella, suggested that for dessert we try the large portion of soft, sweet Rice Pudding topped with raisins. It was great with our coffee.

Congratulations to Marcello Rodriquez and his staff for bringing this mixed cuisine menu to our area.