Shoreham Plaza on Route 25A: What Mudroom Market Adds

"Shoreham needed something like this."

Erin Matyola said that to a Northforker reporter in July, standing inside Mudroom Market. She was on her third visit of the week. The café opened in Suite 5 of Shoreham Plaza at 99 Route 25A with a soft launch on July 7, 2026. It's about 1,350 square feet in a plaza that has been around a long time. Shoreham Plaza could already get you through your errands and feed you dinner. Mudroom's owners built their café to be a place to linger, something they said the area was missing.

Mudroom and the yoga studio that opened a few doors down in June give people more reasons to stay through the daytime hours. Taken together, the plaza covers a full day, from morning coffee to dinner, without leaving the lot.

The plaza already covered errands and dinner

Start with what was already there, because the new places depend on it. The Wading River–Shoreham Chamber of Commerce lists the plaza's mix as bagels, M&T Bank, Chinese food, cleaners, a drug store, a florist, groceries, a hair salon, jewelry, nails, pizza, wireless, wine and spirits, restaurants and yoga. That covers most of a weekly errand list.

A few of those spots have been around long enough to count as fixtures. Shoreham Drugs, at 99-1 Route 25A, is a full-service pharmacy that offers free home delivery. Osaka serves Japanese food, sushi and hibachi, and takes orders online. Eat + Drink opened in 2018, six weeks after Oceans 5 closed in the same space, according to Northforker's coverage that year. Its menu runs from small plates like tacos, mussels and flatbreads to burgers, seafood, steaks, salads and pasta, with a focus on craft cocktails. It serves dinner Tuesday through Sunday and is closed Mondays.

So the plaza already had evenings covered. The daytime story runs through Suite 5, where Mudroom sits now.

Why the café ended up in the Gourmelos space

Mudroom's space has a short history of its own. Gourmelos described itself as a Mediterranean market and deli founded in 2021, serving handcrafted dishes and fresh-brewed coffee for dine-in or takeout at 99 Route 25A. Mudroom is the next chapter in a space that already had coffee and tables. Greater Long Island reported that the space became available earlier in 2026. Kyle and Jack Maurelli started turning the space into a café. No coverage gives Gourmelos's closing date or says why it closed.

The Maurellis were clear about why they wanted the spot. "We live in a food desert here," Kyle Maurelli told Greater Long Island. "We were always looking for a place to go, to hang out, to have a wholesome time, connect with the community, and enjoy good coffee and healthy food." The couple lives in Shoreham, so they were building the place they'd been driving around looking for.

The name comes from the same idea. "It's the space between 'out there' and home, the first room you walk into," Kyle said. The couple gutted the old deli and painted the walls and ceiling one deep shade of brown. Northforker described it as a quiet nod to freshly ground coffee. One wall holds a rotating set of antiques, and all of it is for sale.

What's on the counter

The menu is kept small on purpose. Here's what the July coverage described:

• Lattes. The best-known is the iced burnt banana, which Northforker called "mega-popular."
• Shakes and juices. Protein shakes and fresh juices sit next to the espresso drinks.
• Soups, salads and sandwiches. The sandwiches use bread made from flour Jack mills each day.
• House rules. Everything is made in-house, with no seed oils or added sugars. Greater Long Island added that the couple avoids artificial dyes.
• Pet toppers. Homemade dog and cat food toppers made with boiled chicken, spinach, blueberries, cinnamon and pumpkin. "They sell out every time I put them out; almost can't keep up," Jack said.

The owners have restaurant and classroom backgrounds. Jack started out bussing tables at 19 and later spent 14 years as general manager of a boutique restaurant. Kyle teaches eighth-grade science. Vanessa Logan, a recently retired police officer, works there part-time. She told Northforker the Maurellis are "the best people to work for, ever."

Check hours before you go. Both July write-ups listed a 7 a.m. opening on weekdays and no Monday hours, but they disagree on weekends. The café's Instagram is the best place to check.

The fall plans

In July, the Maurellis said a formal grand opening was still being worked out. They also described several plans: a breakfast menu expected in August, seasonal drinks ("expect pumpkin"), evening board-game marathons and live music. We couldn't find any later public confirmation that these have started. The plans are worth knowing, though, because they show where the owners want to take the café.

"We want to start a nightlife on Friday night, Saturday night," Jack said. "Something where people can relax and enjoy themselves and not have an alcoholic beverage in their hands."

If that works out, the plaza would have two evening options a few doors apart. Eat + Drink would keep the cocktail crowd, and Mudroom would offer a café table for people who want coffee and a board game. That would round out the full-day plaza for a quieter Friday, whether or not drinks are part of the plan.

Solaris Yoga covers midday

The other summer opening fills the hours in between. Solaris Yoga held a grand-opening ribbon cutting at its new studio at 99-25 Route 25A on June 5, 2026. Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Jane Bonner attended, along with aides from Suffolk County Legislator Chad Lennon's office and State Senator Anthony Palumbo's office. Classes include heated vinyasa, mat Pilates, meditation, yin yoga and puppy yoga. The studio also runs workshops, special events, retreats and teacher training. Class times are on the studio's site.

Since the studio and the café share a parking lot, a class and a coffee can go together. That pairing is new this summer.

The rest of this stretch of 25A

The change goes a little beyond the plaza. Long Island Mental Health Counseling Services moved into 45 Route 25A in July 2025, taking over the former NYU Langone offices. It held a community ribbon cutting there on Aug. 16 and closed its Miller Place office earlier that month. The Shoreham office is about 3,000 square feet, which gives the practice room to hire more staff. Like Mudroom and Solaris, it's a 2026 opening that gives people one more reason to stay on this part of 25A.

Here's how the plaza and the nearby stretch break down across a day, using only what's confirmed:

Two dates on the October calendar

Two events up Route 25A in Wading River fill out the month. Long Island Crafty One, at 5768 Route 25A, Suite Q, holds a one-year-anniversary ribbon cutting on Sunday, October 11, at noon. One week later, the Wading River–Shoreham Chamber's Fall Festival takes place Sunday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Shoppes at East Wind, at the same address. The festival was rescheduled to that date. The chamber lists the band SouthBound, local vendors, food trucks and family activities.

For the 18th, here's one way to put the day together:

1. Get coffee at Mudroom when it opens, and check Instagram first for weekend hours.
2. Drive east on Route 25A to East Wind when the festival opens at 11 a.m. and stay for SouthBound.
3. Come back to Shoreham Plaza for dinner at Eat + Drink or Osaka. Eat + Drink serves dinner on Sundays.

Errands, coffee, a class and dinner now all fit in one Shoreham parking lot. Mudroom in the old Gourmelos space and Solaris Yoga down the walk are the two pieces that arrived this summer.

Knowing which storefronts on Route 25A just changed hands, and what opened in them, is the kind of local detail that comes up when you're weighing a home in Shoreham. If you have questions about this stretch of 25A or what nearby properties are going for, reach out to Conor Hertell. Buy or sell? Call Hertell today.