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Award recipient Butch Yamali came into the Nassau County Firemen’s Museum with his wife Leida, his mother Dorothy and his Aunt Sally Morton.

The Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center hosted its Annual Badge of Courage Gala on Oct. 9. Civic leader Butch Yamali, President of The Dover Group was presented the Firefighters … more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 10/14/15

Island Park Mayor Michael McGinty, center, learned the finer points of high-volume clam eating from Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, right, as Peter’s Clam Bar owner Butch Yamali, standing at left, and Hempstead Town Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, second from right, watched. Jarvis ate 36 clams in 60 seconds. (Penny Frondelli/Herald)

Devouring clams for a good cause

They came from all over Long Island to compete in the second annual Clam Eating Contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/19/15

Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, champion eater Takeru Kobayashi and Peter’s Clam Bar owner Butch Yamali watched as contestants consumed large quantities of clams last year. (Courtesy Peter’s Clam Bar)

Contest to benefit firehouses damaged by Sandy

World champion competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi will coach members of the Island Park, Long Beach, Lakeview, Baldwin, Point Lookout and East Rockaway fire departments on the finer points of clam ingestion as they compete for thousands in cash prizes at the second annual Long Island Clam Eating Contest at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park on Aug. 16. more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 8/12/15

Left to right: Island Park Village Deputy Mayor Steve D’Esposito, Village Mayor Michael McGinty, Village Trustee Joseph Annarella, Island Park Fire Chief Anthony D’Esposito, Linda Yamali, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray, Peter’s owner Butch Yamali, Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad, former owners Peter and Anne Costalas, Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford.

Celebrating 75 years as an Island Park landmark

It has been an Island Park landmark for 75 years, the first thing you see when you cross over the water onto Barnum Island. Built in 1939 and opened in Summer of 1940, Peter’s Clam Bar is one of … more

5/20/15

Reconstructed and renovated Peter’s opens

“It was a mess, in bad shape,” is how Butch Yamali described Peter’s Clam Bar when he took it over. “I had to renovate the electric, put in new windows, a new roof and I’m not done yet.” more

By Barbra Rubin-Perry | 4/29/15

Peter’s Clam Bar sold these Thanksgiving-inspired rolls.

Thanksgiving in a sushi roll

Most Thanksgiving meals do not include sushi — except at Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. For the week of Thanksgiving, Peter’s Clam Bar served a Thanksgiving sushi roll. The roll is made … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 12/3/14

Peter’s Clam Bar names a dish to honor muscle man

American strongman Dan Lurie passed away last year at age 90, but his ‘muscles’ live on—at least in the form of a prized mussel dish at one of his favorite restaurants, the newly-re-opened Peter’s Clam Bar in Island Park. more

8/27/14

Butch Yamali admired photographs of the original Coral House, which was built in the early 1900s, and plans to renovate and upgrade in a way that maintain the integrity and history of the structure.

Merokean purchases the Coral House

Merrick resident Butch Yamali first stepped into the Coral House in Baldwin in 1970, when he was 8. He was there with his mother, Dorothy, for an Island Park Cub Scout dinner. Little did he know that one day he would own the place, one of the South Shore’s most prestigious catering and banquet halls. more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 1/4/12

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