Thursday, May 2, 2024
As the busy day outside subsided, the lights inside Grassroots, an organic eatery in Glen Head, began to dim. Indie music streamed softly through the sound system overhead, and electric candles flickered inside rustic birdcages. Atop the emerald-green tablecloths lay centerpieces of tie-dye flowers, leaving just enough room for the main event: dinner.
Since December 2004, Grassroots has offered fresh pastries; prepared, packaged dishes; and pressed juices — but only for breakfast and lunch. Since late September, the restaurant has been open until 7 p.m. on Tuesdays through Thursdays.
“I did it very quietly [a month] ago, and it’s just growing every day,” said owner Rob Mansfield, of Sea Cliff. Of the dinners the restaurant has hosted in the past five weeks, he said, Grassroots has “become like a meeting ground. It’s a nurturing, warm place.” He added that mothers’ groups and book clubs have already taken advantage of the new service.
Mansfield, 54, developed a dinner menu for the eatery after he and his family tired of visiting the same restaurants every week. “We love to eat, but we were getting a little bored from the pickings in the neighborhood,” he said.
Enter Grassroots’ rotating dinner menu. Mansfield offers dinner each night at $18 a plate, and guests who opt to eat in can bring their own beverages. “It’s chill, it’s inexpensive, and it’s BYOB,” Mansfield said.
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