SYOSSET, NY \u2014 Many Nassau County residents \u2013 especially in Syosset \u2013 have likely passed by the Compton’s storefront and wondered the same thing: When are they opening?<\/p>\n
According to co-owner Alex Compton, the wait may soon be over. The sandwich shop is tentatively set to open its doors in mid-April, making it the first Compton’s on the island.<\/p>\n
Compton told Patch the process of opening a business on Long Island has taken a bit longer than expected, but he’s excited to finally bring the iconic sandwich spot to the area alongside childhood friend and co-owner Jimmy Collins. <\/p>\n
The pair has completed construction on the shop and is now putting on the finishing touches while waiting for final inspections.<\/p>\n
“It’s been a labor of love,” Compton said.<\/p>\n
Compton said his passion for cooking \u2014 and a desire to vamp up New York\u2019s deli scene \u2014 led him to open the first Compton\u2019s in Astoria in 2018<\/p>\n
“I always enjoyed cooking,” he said. “I didn’t like working a corporate job and felt opening a sandwich shop was the perfect escape to do what I wanted.”<\/p>\n
The Syosset shop will mark the brand’s eighth location. Ever since he moved to Roslyn three years ago, he’s been wanting to expand the business.<\/p>\n
“I really enjoy being out on Long Island,” he said. “We felt like there was a lapse in New York-style sandwich shops in Syosset, so when we saw the space, we thought it was a good place to start.”<\/p>\n
The longtime friends are hoping to continue their expansion across Long Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYOSSET, NY \u2014 Many Nassau County residents \u2013 especially in Syosset \u2013 have likely passed by the Compton’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-154512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}