{"id":175854,"date":"2026-03-26T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175854\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:08:15","slug":"sunnyside-diner-in-huntington-closes-less-than-a-year-after-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175854\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunnyside Diner in Huntington closes less than a year after opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sun has set on Huntington\u2019s Sunnyside Diner less than a year after its opening. Former manager Lucio Alfaro confirmed the Greek-inspired eatery on New York Avenue had closed during a phone call Tuesday night, but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday, the restaurant’s sign remained intact, although a peek through the windows showed\u00a0the once-bright eatery now dark and packed with boxes, along with an empty refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Before Sunnyside took over the space in 2024, it was\u00a0Skorpios by Avli<\/a>. Sunnyside\u00a0honored Skorpios\u2019 50-year history of serving Mediterranean fare with artwork featuring Greek destinations such as Santorini and Athens.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The former Sunnyside Diner, which has closed in Huntington. Credit: Newsday\/Melissa Azofeifa<\/p>\n

The restaurant was owned by Kelvin Alfaro, who owns Blue Angel Diner in Plainview and Station Coffee Shop in Huntington Station. The menu included chicken souvlaki and chicken and lamb gyros. The diner also served breakfast favorites such as chicken and waffles and chocolate chip pancakes.<\/p>\n

Sunnyside Diner opened at a time when diners on Long Island have been rapidly closing<\/a>, including the\u00a0Baldwin Coach Diner<\/a> and\u00a0Huntington\u2019s Golden Coach Diner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Melissa<\/p>\n

Melissa Azofeifa is a restaurants reporter with Newsday’s FeedMe team. Having grown up on Long Island, she loves talking about food and its impact on culture. A graduate of Stony Brook University, she joined Newsday in the fall of 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sun has set on Huntington\u2019s Sunnyside Diner less than a year after its opening. Former manager Lucio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8695,8696,9,11,10,49,51,50,821],"class_list":["post-175854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-feedme","tag-fmclose","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175854","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=175854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}