Notre Maison
A little Paris
on South Street.
"We opened L'Étoile for the Oyster Bay dinner we wanted to go to ourselves."
— The family
Chapitre I
The historic
Snouder's Building.
L'Étoile occupies a quiet corner of the Snouder's Building on South Street — a storefront that has been part of Oyster Bay's Main Street for more than a hundred years.
The room was built the way a French bistro should be built: marble tables, brass sconces, a banquette along the wall, a bar that runs the length of one side. Fifty-some seats. A mirror. A candle on every table by six.
Chapitre II
Classic French,
as we were taught.
The kitchen cooks the way a good French bistro has always cooked — escargots, onion soup, bavette and frites, sole meunière, duck à l'orange, tarte tatin. Nothing clever, nothing rushed.
A few things still happen the old way. The tartare is seasoned at your table. The cheese cart rolls by. The sommelier pours the second glass without asking. The evening takes as long as it takes.
Chapitre III
A cellar,
France forward.
Champagne, Bourgogne, Bordeaux, Loire, Rhône, Alsace — with a small pass for Italy, Spain, California, and the Southern Hemisphere. Over two hundred bottles, a growing by-the-glass program, and a sommelier who would rather pour the right thing than the expensive thing.
La Famille Stellina
One family, five addresses.
L'Étoile is part of the Stellina Hospitality Group, together with Stellina Ristorante in Oyster Bay, Casa Stellina in Farmingdale, and our sister rooms The Audrey and Bianco Latte.
Stellina Ristorante·Casa Stellina·The Audrey·Bianco Latte