Who needs the Red Rooster? Tip#3

All the city folk I know keep talking about 'Red Rooster' this and 'Red Rooster' that - and here I'm the one with the chicken farm.  A recent post spotted on Facebook "heading uptown to the RED ROOSTER, yes, got a reservation for 10:30p!" For anyone who still doesn't know what I'm talking about, the Red Rooster in Harlem is chef Marcus Samuelsson's hotter-than-hot, soul food restaurant.  Right now in New York City there is no more coveted reservation in town. And yet, as much as I'd love to spend $65 for fried chicken, grilled snapper and cornbread, I can't help but crave a more authentic joint right here on the North Fork.

"If you want it hooked up right, let the Commander do it!! Chicken, Seafood & Ribs" is the motto at Commander Cody's on Shelter Island. Owner and commander Jimmy Hayward sells barbecue ribs, fried chicken, pulled pork, plus has a fresh fish market on premise,7 days a week. And the best part is the restaurant is BYOB.  Don't forget to try the mac and cheese and collards when you go. And for the rest of the summer Comannder Cody's has a Friday night special  - fish & shrimp dinner with local Porgie for $10.95 plus tax.  And it includes fries, homemade slaw & cornbread. Trust me, the most expensive part of dinner at Commander Cody's is the round-trip North Ferry ticket.  



Sorry Red Rooster, you can have your grits and glamour.  By the way, Marcus Samuelsson is Swedish and was raised in Gothenberg.... just saying.


Commander Cody's is located at 41 Smith Street on Shelter Island, phone  631-749-1851.