STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Sagara Food City, a Staten Island restaurant that earned Michelin recognition for five consecutive years , closed in mid-November after serving the Tompkinsville community since 2017. New ownership will take over the location at 98 Victory Boulevard this month.

The small storefront earned a Bib Gourmand award from the Michelin Guide, honoring its value and quality. This distinction, bestowed on only a handful of Staten Island restaurants each year , catapulted the modest takeout spot into the culinary spotlight, with phones ringing nonstop from morning to night as delivery orders poured in from across the region.

Owners Sagara and Anuradh Hewabajgamage opened the restaurant about a year before the New York Times praised the humble establishment, then a bare-bo

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