Miller Place Restaurants on 25A: What's Open and For Sale
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026
Greater Long Island reported that the dining room at 465 Route 25A in Park Avenue Plaza still looked ready for a Friday night: the tables were set, salt and pepper shakers sat where they always did, and a ketchup bottle waited on a two-top that hadn't sat anyone in weeks. There was no announcement, no farewell post, nothing pinned to the door. Customers started asking on social media whether The BlackSheep was open or closed, and the restaurant's own Instagram account eventually answered: closed, and sorry for the inconvenience. A sign has gone up since, advertising the building for sale through a restaurant broker.
That's one property. A half mile down the same stretch of 25A, a second restaurant building just went on the market too, and this one has nothing to do with a quiet closure. It's a 2,300 square foot freestanding restaurant with more than fifty years of operating history behind it, at a signalized four-way intersection surrounded by Marshalls, Starbucks, CVS, Walgreens, McDonald's, Trader Joe's, and Buffalo Wild Wings. If you've ever had the red velvet pancakes at the Flying Pig Cafe, you know the address. As of early September, the listing shows a pending sale.
Two restaurant properties at different stages of sale on the same commercial corridor in the same year are worth noting, and if you eat in Miller Place regularly, it's worth understanding which story belongs to which building, because they're not the same story at all.
The BlackSheep opened in June 2025 in the space that had been Maggie's Eatery until Maggie's closed that April. Owner Jon Kopstein, a Port Jefferson resident who'd worked as Maggie's sous chef, took over the lease and built something personal around it: an American fusion menu, a family-friendly dining room, and a running art project where community members and local students submitted their own interpretation of a "black sheep," family friendly, whether that meant the animal or the idea of an outcast. Brookhaven Councilwoman Jane Bonner showed up for the opening. So did the Mount Sinai-Miller Place Chamber of Commerce.
The restaurant closed sometime in August 2026, a little over a year after opening, and nobody involved has said publicly why. That storefront has rotated through several different eateries over the past decade.
This is where the story stops rhyming. The Flying Pig Cafe building isn't advertised as a closure. It's marketed as a turnkey opportunity, active Suffolk County liquor license included, a fully equipped commercial kitchen, a granite-top bar, two bathrooms renovated in 2022, and enough parking to hold more than thirty cars. The listing doesn't say why the current ownership is selling, though it notes more than fifty years of operating history.
One restaurant closed in August 2026; the Flying Pig Cafe property is listed as pending sale. Same road, same year, two different developments.
Several other restaurants operate along Miller Place's 25A:
Greater Long Island reported that Daisy's Nashville Lounge opened its second location in North Country Plaza in the fall of 2024, in the space that had been Recipe Seven for seven years before it closed. Owners Brian Adams and Tim McCarthy, who also run McCarthy's Pub in Centereach, had opened the Patchogue location in 2019, as Greater Long Island reported. The Miller Place location came in nearly three times the size, with 180 seats, a raised stage, a DJ booth wrapped in cowhide, and wall panels reclaimed from an abandoned barn upstate in New Berlin. Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico showed up for the ribbon cutting that September. Greater Long Island quoted McCarthy as saying: "We're excited to bring this Southern experience to the North Shore, with bigger bands and a great community."
That's not a first-time owner testing an idea. That's a proven brand expanding into a market that already knew what it was getting.
Then there's Orto, tucked into a house at 90 North Country Road that dates back to 1824, built as the Daniel R. Miller House long before it was ever a restaurant. Chef Eric Lomando, who also owns Kitchen A Bistro in St. James, opened it in late 2011 with a rotating Italian-American menu, prix fixe pricing, and a policy of letting diners bring their own wine with no corkage fee. It's cash or check only. No credit cards, still, more than a decade in. As of this past July it ranked as the top restaurant in Miller Place on Tripadvisor out of 31 listed. You can't replicate that building. There isn't another 1824 farmhouse sitting empty on 25A waiting for the next concept to try its luck.
These histories range from long-running restaurants to The BlackSheep's unexplained closure and the Flying Pig property's pending sale.
If you're looking for something dependable on 25A right now, the corridor still has real anchors:
If you're the type who likes to catch the next new thing before everyone else finds it, keep an eye on 465 and 825 Route 25A. Both buildings are sitting between chapters right now, and whatever moves in next will tell you something about where this corridor is headed.
Miller Place's 25A includes long-running restaurants as well as recent openings, closures, and property listings—a mix worth knowing before you decide where to make your next reservation.
If you're watching this stretch of 25A for other reasons, whether you're weighing a move into Miller Place or thinking about what your own home here might be worth in a market that's clearly still active, Conor Hertell has been paying attention to this neighborhood for a long time. Buy or sell, call Hertell today.
This article is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Consult a qualified professional about your situation.
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