Listen to this articleGreat South Bay Brewery is opening its newest Long Island gastro pub at the Station Yards mixed-use development in Ronkonkoma.
The 8,428-square-foot eatery and watering hole at 1 Hawkins Ave., which opens Monday, Oct. 7, is Great South Bay’s third location, following its original spot at 25 Drexel Drive in Bay Shore and a tasting room at 147 S. Wellwood Ave. in Lindenhurst that opened in April.
Founded in 2009, Great South Bay Brewery is owned by the Davis family and produces a variety of craft beers, including IPAs, stouts, and ales. The Ronkonkoma pub has seating for 355 people inside, with an additional 50 seats in its outdoor courtyard, and hosts live music and events.
Great South Bay sports a full kitchen and offers a menu that features pizzas, smash burgers, sandwiches, wraps, salads and a wide variety of shareable fare, including nachos, mozzarella sticks, eggrolls and chicken wings. Open seven days, Great South Bay serves a Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“This is the Davis’s third expansion of GSB anyone who’s familiar with Great South Bay Brewery they’re going to find the same great things that they’ve come to know and love about us that differentiates us from other bars and restaurants,” Brian Davis, co-owner of Great South Bay Brewery along with his dad Doug and brothers Chris and Billy, told LIBN. “We have big open spacious areas where people can play cornhole and congregate. We pride ourselves on being family friendly. We offer a full menu and delicious beers to pair with it.”
Great South Bay Brewery was the first tenant signed to retail space at Tritec Real Estate’s Station Yards project and the first eatery to open at the Ronkonkoma development. The gastro pub joins other Station Yards tenants Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Catholic Health Urgent Care and Redefine Meals that are already open and others to open soon, including Lucharitos, The Tap Room, Cornucopia Natural Foods, Toast Coffee + Kitchen, Artemis, and Vespa Italian Kitchen & Bar.
The retail, service and restaurant tenants at Station Yards are located in the project’s nearly completed phase 2A, also called The Core, which includes 388 apartments, 70,000 square feet of retail space, 16,500 square feet of office space and a public plaza. When finally completed, the $1.2 billion Station Yards will transform 53 acres around the Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station, bringing 1,450 apartments, 360,000 square feet of office space, 195,000 square feet of retail space, and a 10,000-square-foot village green.
“We couldn’t be more excited to be at the new Station Yards and for what the future holds there,” Davis said.