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New restaurants- and fare- coming to MPK Two new restaurants under the same ownership will open in the sites of the former Butera's restaurant and pizza pub in the Southgate Shopping center next month. One of the owners, Sosh Adriano, came before the Massapequa Park Village Board recently presenting building plans and other information needed to get permits as required by Village code. A California-style coastal grill will replace Butera's, a traditional Italian restaurant, that is moving to Seaford after doing business in Masssapequa Park for 16 years. The owners of Butera's said they decided to buy a building to house their popular restaurant. The new restaurant will be called Zim Zari, which means "sand between your toes," according Adriano. It will specialize in fresh, healthy California-style salads, wraps and fish tacos. The new owners will also open Mercado in the other space formerly held by Butera's. "We hope to attract families with children and a younger crowd," said Adriano. "But we would also love to have Butera's longtime customers come and try us out." The owners hope to move in this month and open one of the establishments by August and the other by November. In other Village news, • a plan to reconstruct Van Buren Street in the Village was met favorably by about half a dozen residents in attendance. One homeowner was mainly concerned about her trees. "I have two 45-year-old Sycamores in front of my home and they have served the community beautifully," said Mrs. Seyfert, a 25-year resident. "Do you have to take them down?" "If we can save them, we will," said Mayor James Altadonna, a self professed 'tree hugger.' "We'll get an arborist to come in and see if they need to be removed. If we do take them down, however, we'll pay to have new ones put in for you." Work, which includes replacing the roadbed and curbing on Van Buren Street between Roosevelt and Third Avenues, will begin around the end of June, and take approximately four weeks to complete. • the planning board is being asked to study the intersection of Jerusalem Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, which has raised safety concerns of Village officials. "This is a crazy intersection," said the Mayor. "We have tried traffic calming, rumble strips and columns and there's still a problem. We'll see if the area warrants a four-way stop sign, but it all comes down to our lack of (police) enforcement-as usual." In other enforcement matters, the Village has asked the Town of Oyster Bay to have its public safety officers police Village parks.
"We've always had problems with park security," said Altadonna. "I have asked (Supervisor) John Venditto how much it would cost us to have their vehicles cover our parks, and they said that they will let us know. I think it will be great for us."
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