New Owners Looking To Take Over Longtime West Sayville Restaurant

WEST SAYVILLE, NY — A year after a longtime West Sayville restaurant closed down, a group of new owners are hoping to open a new eatery in the space soon.

After 50 years in business, Hoi Ming on 469 Main Street shuttered in 2020. The business was sold after the previous owners, who planned on retiring, decided to close during the pandemic and sell the restaurant to new owners Jim Kalimerise, Jason Mazzarone, Sheila Smith, and Nick Smith, the Suffolk County News reports.

Sayville residents, Kalimerise and Mazzarone, are no strangers to owning a business as the two also own SoBol on 153 Main Street, according to the report.

The exact details of the new potential restaurant have not yet been revealed.

Click here to read the full story on Suffolk County News.

Some local residents have expressed sadness over the restaurant closing and sent well wishes on Yelp.

"A true institution is gone and my family lived on the next block behind it for over 50 years," one user wrote.

"We are so sad to see Hoi Mings closed, we will miss all our friends, John, Phil, Edman, Paul, they were family to us..." another user wrote. "My wife and I wish you all the best and want you to know you will be missed."

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