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Uncle Bacala's Closes its Smithtown Location

Lights at Italian Restaurant on Middle Country Road go dark.

It's lights out and doors locked at another Smithtown restaurant as 2013 comes to an end.

Uncle Bacala's, an Italian restaurant featuring seafood and more, recently closed its Smithtown location at 368 Middle Country Road. The restaurant's phone number has been disconnected but no message or posting indicates its closure to local residents. 

Staff members answering the phones at the restaurant's Garden City-parent location confirmed the Smithtown offshoot had been shut down, but owners did not return Patch's phone calls as of Wednesday night. 

Owner Peter Hewitson told Newsday the Smithtown restaurant, which opened in 2011, really hadn't been making any money. 

"There are about 35 Italian restaurants within a mile or two,” Hewitson said to Newsday, also citing construction and traffic problems. 

Did you dine at Uncle Bacala's in Smithtown? If so, will you miss it? Tell us in the comments below. 




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