A bright spot of 2026 news for Long Island restaurants: Farmingdale’s Whiskey Down Diner, a cult favorite comfort food spot that opened in 2019, is expanding later this year. When Karanas and her brother John opened the downtown Farmingdale eatery as a 21st century diner, it was an obvious extension of the Kanaras family’s business, the Olympic Diner in Deer Park, co-owned by their father, Peter. The siblings had long worked in the diner space assisting their dad. By the time the pair reached their 30s, they felt ready for a modern diner project of their own. Now comes a second location. Visit the link in our bio for more information. (Photo credit: Yvonne Albinowski) . . . #longisland #liny #nassau #suffolk #nassaucounty #suffolkcounty #nyc #newyork #diner #longislanddiner #lieats #lifood #lifoodie