NEWSDAY FEED ME:

Italian Restaurant Mangia Bene opens in Rockville Centre

By Erica Marcus

Mangia Bene ("Eat Well" in Italian), which opened in September, is the answer.

The restaurant takes over the old Winston’s Kitchen & Bar in Rockville Center. Vendittelli took over both Winston’s and its sister pub, Churchill’s, in July. But whereas he characterizes his approach to the 20-year-old Churchill’s as "a restoration," Winston’s, established in 2015, has been transformed into a rustic Italian trattoria, complete with a tented "giardino" out back...