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Dec. 21, 2017 By Tara Law
A farm to table restaurant and wine bar will be opening in Astoria early next month.
The restaurant, called Yes Chef Wine Bar, will be located at 44-10 30th Ave, replacing Ming Zhang Sushi. It will serve simple dishes made primarily of local and organic ingredients.
The restaurant will be offering items such as panini, salads and soups for lunch, as well as hearty dishes such as cordon bleu, steak, salmon and macaroni and cheese for dinner.
“It’s healthy, it’s fresh, it local,” said the restaurant’s owner and chef Laszlo Beregszaszi. “It’s what we’re cooking at home.”
Beregszaszi, 47, chose to open the restaurant in Astoria because he lives in the neighborhood with his wife and 5-year-old son.
He has worked in many restaurants across the globe. He opened his first restaurant in Hungary, where he was born, and has worked at restaurants in the Greek Islands.
Beregszaszi moved to the U.S. 20 years ago and worked in the City as a private chef and caterer, and as an executive chef for the upscale French bistro chain Bistro Citron.
He said he intends to put a special emphasis on customer service.
“I always have a close relationship with my customers,” Beregszaszi said. “I like to ask them how everything is, if they would like to see something.”
Much of the dinner menu at Yes Chef is based on Beregszaszi’s past working at a French restaurant, and includes dishes such as beef bourguignon and ratatouille risotto. The cost of the entrees run from $10 to $15.
Yes Chef Wine Bar is awaiting its beer and wine license.
