Pookaberry Cafe

140 Pike St, Mattituck
(860) 452-2139

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Pooka's Personal Pan Pizza

Potato Cheese Balls

Chicken Sandwich

Bang Bang Shrimp

Sauteed Oysters

Pancit Noodles

Chicken Inasal

Chicken Adobo

Ramen Carbona

Crab Paste

golden fried pastry crescents filled with yum Aye twas twilight by the time Chef Pooka's muse Marisol made it halfway thru her penultimate albeit nixtamalized ode to chaussons panzerotti molote pirozhki calzone knish kreatopitakia khuushuur patties pasties & turnovers be they baked fried when not much to Chef Pooka's surprise from the burbling oil came the cry: Ebanghelyo! Ebanghelyo! a word borrow loaned from Spanish "evangelio" thus henceforward forevermore didst a psalm especial chime: "the consumption of Chef Pooka's Empanadas wreath all who doeth partake in a scintillating gastronome aureole divine"

Kabayan korn chips onions peppers covered in gooey cheese topped with chicken or beef get a few for the table to go with the margaritas or mojitos and you are partying Pookaberry style! whilst admiring herself in the mirror of all he surveys benumbed by the narcotic scent of daffodil dove in hand Narcissus dove into the pool of himself wherein he was with the one he loved above all evermore yet even this aethereal bliss was all too soon rend asunder by a rapacious esurience incurable save by the casomorphinous opioid peptidelicious bliss Chef Pooka's gooey pulchritudinous bed of Nakababalani Nachos provides for all self centered in our desire to satiate our collective crunchy cheesy cravings! O! great woe! while you were reading this you could have ordered some!

as an aside: to the audience the plimsoled thespian smashing the fourth wall to smithereens ordered so many accompaniments he was so stuffed to the gills he fell into a stuporous snooze wherein the great magus of the stage remained for act two wholly forsaking his scenery eating monologue-let this be a lesson to you sayeth the stage manager from the wings: "nibble if you will were it your wont providing your gorging interlude doeth not intrude on aforesaid forthcoming entree" entre nous what faith Chef Pooka has in raging insatiable appetites no number of sides will cause you to sleep through your entree let alone your just desserts-roused from slumber with a smirk by this the slippered showman awoke beside an side of fries bellowing to an audience quasi comatose: Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

while being diminutive in stature ever since Chef Pooka was little is oft cited to what led to big things little probed are the boundless depths of flavor...the beguiling bang behemoth leviathan appetites receive from Chef Pooka's Bang Bang Shrimp small wonder? cosmic blunder? stroke of fate? sure as sunshine eating some puts the shimmy in your shake once you wrap your lips round golden crisp goodness be it hoodoo voodo or fate or down home tasty goodness making you say "aint life great!" definite maybe... till then Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Filled with dreams a mere pillow weeping beams willow thin was Chef Pooka ere he was a wee one before even being weaned our would be troubadour of Filipino cuisine slept wrapped in gyoza dough... no small wonder Chef Pooka's Deeliteful Dumplings are yummy bundles of bliss! try them fried of steamed veggie or meat either way precious few are the foodies who fail to hitch a ride on this flavor ferry- lo behold! truth be told munching on Chef Pooka's delectable throw pillows of bliss never gets old-Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

in a deep Tyrian purple funk after an eternal ephemeral intro Chef Pooka was wrapped by a warbling lyric of the singer waxing: "April is a cruel time...Even though the sun may shine...and world looks in the shade as it slowly comes away..." sarcophagized in a paper crepe pastry skin of the lumpia Chef Pooka woke cocooned in a half swoon mused of a day when crisp golden fried meat - veggie or shrimp rolls welcomed spring since then to this day April has not been grey-funny say some basking in the blinding rays of culinary fame Chef Pooka should hear quavering the singer's trill Tyrian purple plea: "still falls the April rain...and the valley's filled with pain..." Away with Melancholy! sink your teeth into Chef Pooka's golden crisp lumpia bliss...Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

lambasting all who failed to battle against the troops of the Berthouts Chef Pooka who'd Scubaed to the bottom of Canal Bruxelles-Charleroi spoke at considerable length to the Manneken Pis who could not stop waxing rhapsodic about how Chef Pooka's KRISPY Brussels were the: "cat's meow...more magnificent than the Parc du Cinquantenaire more delightful than all the misery King Leopold caused cue applause...why? cause when we put our hands together we are one with or without bacon Chef Pooka's KRISPY Brussels are tenfold double the fun when you share them Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

"what bites is how many BUFFALO bit it" Bill quipped... "Bull!" barked Annie no stranger to the Wild West show as she munched on one of Big Chief Chef Pooka's BUFFALO Cauliflower BITES one of lil Miss Oakley's favorite dishes "what makes these so delicious Bill is no BUFFALO were killed in the process..." before Bill could draw-Annie painted him with a bucket of BUFFALO sauce-saturated to his horseshoe print drip dry drawers Buffalo Bill thrilled to know how with a pistol Annie sparkles like a crystal-shines like the morning sun-flustered Annie was doubly thrilled to see how for once she didn't loose her luster when it came to Buffalo Bill who while no Bronco Buster was someone she might not mind sharing a side of Big Chief Chef Pooka's divine BITES of Cauliflower with despite knowing only someone with the hide of a rhino who killed more Buffalo than she had hot dinners would have the gall to quip: "what bites is how many BUFFALO bit it"

Hey Ho! Ah-Doe-Bo! bellow Bucks n Does! With one whiff of Chef Pooka's CHICKEN or PORK Adobo all go bugeyed let alone a bite...if you want to taste what real Filipino CHICKEN Adobo is all about...if you want to let loose your inner Ah-Doe-Bo you are in the right place! Crack open your piehole & stick some of Chef Pooka's delish shredded goodness in your face...one taste & wild chicken pigs aint gonna tear you away from cleaning your plate! for a reel thrill ride for the ages have us serve it up on a bed of penne! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Chef Pooka is Kah-rayzee about PANCIT & for good reason-this tastee noodle dish- first introduced to the Philippines by the Chinese was quickly absorbed into the culture influenced by the strong Spanish presence comingled with indigenous culinary techniques leaves tastebuds saluting veggies sautéing cooked in a broth or braised noodles comingling with a succulent choice of inclusions as varied as the number of islands in the Philippines you too will be Kah-rayzee about this fun yummy dish made with LOVE for sharing! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Rice... is a bowl of Life...murmers Luz Azul one of Chef Pooka's Gurus..so it follows-when LIFE gets UGLY Chef Pooka's UGLY Rice Bowl is cosmically engineered to keep you sitting PRETTY happy satisfied sunny side up as the egg atop a generous mountainous mound of yellow rice surrounded by your choice of toppings including Chicken Adobo...Beef Tapas...Pork Tocino & MORE! gives you the gettup to go EAT Life before it EATS you! Ah! how Sweet soul soothing is the taste of serendipity! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

during their infamous 333-year occupation of the Philippines the Spaniards bequeathed this iteration of beef stew originally hailing from Iberian Peninsula to the Philippines where it has been simmering ever since absorbing all of the local Pinoy flavor in the process - rarely has neocolonial cuisine been more beefy nor more sociologically appetizing...yummy as we all are the lump sum of our constituents are the ingredients of what makes a Filipino a diverse medley of local & invasive species makes this dish no less tasty quite the contrary while the past is in part bitter-how sweet time heals all wounds as good food sooths hungry souls Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

no stranger to the streets...child of the city...nursed on her magnificent glowing...owing to fate conned by circumstance does Chef Pooka refugee of Quezon city skewer pork blood intestines chicken feet pig ears & for the vegans veggie intestines presumably wrenched from a now disemboweled aubergine STREET SKEWERS are time tested tastebud therapy sure to cure gourmands from moribund doldrums of foodie mediocrity wielding skewer scimitars oscillate wildly whilst grabbing hold of fleeting life by the intestines--scream Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Huey cousin to Chef Pooka's Sister's husband Coolie's cousin Louie was so smitten by Chef Pooka's chop SUEY Stir FRY he named his Aunt Gertie's brother's nephew's son in law Wilmer's cat "Chompers" in honor of the dish-when asked why Louie -mouth crammed full of chop SUEY Stir FRY posited he didn't need a reason before embarking on a diatribe about how much better the world would be if we stopped rationalizing leading those present to find it pleasing surmising abiding cocooned in the maelstrom of chaos comprising the soul of Louie caterpillar pupa cozy lay a revelation wherein meaning issues through a bleeding lack of reason aka chop SUEY Stir FRY a dish so delish one whiff bequeaths all foodies bon appetite Eat Drink be Pookaberry

ManGgO! ManGgO! ManGgO! yodeled Chef Pooka into his stew pot! appear! appear! behold! from the unquiet depths thencefrom was conjured a toothsome savory stew Sautee of aubergine garlic spinach shrimp or pork ManGgO j'adore whispered Chef Pooka in the small hours ere yon molten huevo named Helios doeth double tap SNOOZE on his supernal alarm snoring so loud Luna sings to the neonate dawn: ManGgO! come to me in waking dreams while Sol sleeps in an aureole of stellae! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

suffering from writers block Huseng Sisiw found himself craving for sustenance in desperation for something to fill him thinking if he just had the right treat he would be back up n running Sisiw tried Jolibee Shakey's Mang Inasal Chowking alas! all the food from those place did was make Sisiw loose his lunch leaving him even more esurient peckish evermore stuck in writers rut-with no where left to go in the dread throes of woebegone weltschmerz before him arose Pookaberry's POP up Pushpaka Vimana after Sisiw scarfed down some of Chef Pooka's signature Teriayaki Manok he wrote "Ah...! Sayang Na Sayang....Chicken teriyaki filipino style! Chō oishī ! ito ay nasa aking bibig!" in one sitting fueled by three additional servings scribbling in a now lost cover sheet: "Kumain Ng Inumin Maging Pookaberry!"

Pierogen reclining odalisque on a bed of gnocchi enrobed in savory mushroom sauce-Chef Pookas culinary ode to Pelagia Pasqualina an Italo-Polish lass...alas! one taste & you know the rest! oh...you don't?! well then...e'er since he was wee Chef Pooka's dreams were suffused with visons of shimmering supernal pierogi wreathed in gnocchi adrift awash in seasoning stratocumuli plying a savory cream sauce-why else pray would Chef Pooka's very first dish PEROGI GNOCCHI Potato Cheese Dreams of Bliss?! Eat Drink be Pookaberry! endnote: half afloat retried from a amphora buoy the MS read: " Of all the times Chef Pooka did piddle around the Pole the quintessential epiphanous moment came when he circumnavigate all known Voivodeships of the Land of Pole where in Wrocław Chef Pooka was awarded the Golden Wrocław Gnomes for his Pookaneese Varenykini Pierogi a timeless papaqueso concerto"

way back before elephants can remember scintillating steel spears of rain blazed straight down the grey slate sky-where the sun went no hue man alive could say including Chef Pooka who lay sleepless beneath the corrugated iron roof of his Jeepney dreams of superstar chefdom someday skewered sure as dawn betrays darkness of this primordial monsoon were Chef Pooka's BBQ Skewers born...sound the horn yipiee! nevermore still! racing fast as the engine of a Jeepney Chef Pooka's heart beamed BBQ bathed rays none purer than LOVE's Lust skewered! horary! hip hip! ere our collective mortal coil we trip Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

you have a hunch with it's breaded chicken patty air fried to perfection with mozzarella cheddar cheese inside then covered in more melted cheesy goodness placed on a pandan bun slathered with Pooka's own chipotle mayo with lettuce & tomato Pooka's Symphony of Crispness Chicken Burger was born to bathe in the glow of it's own juicy crispy crunch if you seek what's made to be munched after treating yourself to Pooka's Symphony of Crispness Chicken Burger you will be happy you followed your hunch Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

"oh jeez" sayeth Wendel Weenie... one of Chef Pooka's compadres whilst masticating a crispy chewy loaf sliced lengthwise filled with bacon or perchance Pooka's Adore Amore Abode of Love Chicken Adobo & or Avocado till chubby prior to being pressed betwixt the glowing corrugated jaws of a pie iron..."what did you say?" probed Chef Pookie... "twasn't me!" tweeted the tube steak- "who then?" burned the query- before the bread could all knew the only one it could be was who else but... VENI VIDI PANINI! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Crème Chantilly a filly in Philly was sitting pretty low in the saddle passing the time waxing melancholy mind foggy with memories of on of Chef Pooka's CHEESE STEAKS she'd had back when she was a foal in Quezon City...pity-thought she-to be without this treat only adds to life's misery! me is woe! woe is me? whinnied Chantilly her sorry sweet as whipped sweetened cream-as she slipped into cognizance from dreaming she found herself still a foal in Quezon City nibbling a corner of the toasted hoagie bursting with shredded beefsteak grilled peppers mushroom swimming in a sea of melted provolone cheese Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Had Gus the only living boneless Bangus known not abandoning ship was akin to jumping the shark he would have bowed gracefully out of negotiations with FLOATSAM the bloated undersea TV Network who were gunning to get Bangus to agree to continue starring in what would have been the four hundred eighty-nine million nine hundred twenty-seven thousand two hundred sixty-fourth season of his eponymous tele series entitled: "Sam Smelt's Merry Tsismis" after offering him so many small invertebrates phytoplankton & macroalgae Gus agreed...aghast at his own utter gutlessness absolute inability to stick a knife in an insipid contrived saccharine situation comedy long after it had ceased being funny

awash in a flurry of greens spinning mind mere water droplets sail up to Sol Invictus kissed with photosynthesis Chef Pooka reverts to plant form back when he was but a wee Pooka Nut beneath the abyssal plain down the droplets now rain this leafy bed so delicate tasty carnivorous ogres pause their orgiastic carnal flesh gorging to reconsider their dietary choices ere they drop another gob of gristle down their transom opting instead to nibble on Chef Pooka's sobrang sarap Salade rightly named Mesclun Mind Expansion

Nestled in mauve drapes of a waking dream Chef Pooka murmured: "Allo! ewes say musing how motley windsocks chock full of hollow overspill shaved ice snow whilst evaporated milk coconut cream combine with fruits to create bliss in a dish half eclipsing shadows pitfalls fissures deep as creased sheep born shorn of any qualms about eating dessert first blurt then screech... "do your worst! " seem to say their screams transmogrifying to a cry sharp as a stick in the eye of one hell of a storm... go fourth! were it their wont those dyed in the wool to the sanctorum of their collective cor cordium would go first-who knew? Allo! bleat aghast ewes who gasp at how were it halved their heart of hearts would be hollow were it not overflowing with Halo-halo..." waking gleaming with glee Chef Pooka beamed: Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

botanically a berry what Chef Pooka does with this elongated edible fruit is a sight to behold-holding the plantain firmly to prevent it from flying back to the starry firmament whencefrom it sprang for safety is is enclothed in a rice wrapper with fresh jackfruit fried to perfection & drizzled in a sinfully delicious cream syrup caramel sauce served with vanilla or Pooka's own inimitable oh baby ube ice cream Pooka's Gimmie My Banana Turon is an incredible edible dream! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

on a trip thru the psyche cosmique astride a slipstream spores gleaming in the screaming silence Monty Mushroom noticed Des Dog's amigo dip Dip as he sees Dipsey doodling Ollie Octopus & his multitudinous amigos gorging on Chef Pooka's delicious Filipino food spread on banana leave crispy pork slices sweet as Lapu Lapu could ever do BBQ pork skewers melon marinated beef tapa grilled fish shrimp mountains of rice! mind eye thrilling body writing with delight Monty Mushroom joined with glee happy to Eat Drink be part of the Boodle Fight!

If there was ever a banane Anne an Indomalayan Berry had not it was Chef Pooka's BiG Banane Slushlushie...after just one sip-lil miss Berry knew she could never go back to those dainty little ladies fingers she'd been toying with bored stiff proving the ole Pookonian addage: "ya aint had a real banana till you have the one Chef Pooka has called henceforward forevermore the: "BiG Banane Anne" when she split the cacophony of Chef Pooka's crystalline corazon smashing left his cabeza ringing cured only by glugging gaggles of his signature bevanda: BiG Banane Anne toasting mares eat oats does eat oats singing: "Eat Drink Be Pookaberry!" to Anne his lovely Indomalayan Berry the one who got a way... with Bananas!

Chef Pooka got so fed up with his Sous Chef Mafi Falooos fiddling with his Slushie recipes throwing caution to the breeze so went the Slushie baby bathwater leaving Falooos awhirl in a conundrum happy as any lush for a slush could be enthused to assume the position of being able to choose his own flavors creating thereby delicious Slushlushy bliss sealed with tasty buds blowing kisses multitudinous to all who chose to GO Slush themselves whom heady swimming in bliss sing: "Eat Drink be Pookaberry!"

As Much as Marco is a Lower East Side POP Art Legend so too is his Art brand MARCOART...be it Originals which sell for $$$$$ or his Limited Edition Prints...Pookaberry Cafe his latest immersive eat in art installation offers a fantabulous selection of MARCOART peruse the selection-stop back often as it changes check out Marco's Framed Mini Prints & Plexi Prints who knows... you may even end up leaving with a few prints mug cups originals &...oh...Yes! the little hand painted framed signed mini paper prints are the same Marco sold in the Lower East Side & SOHO out of his MARCOART Mobile back in the day just to keep it Old School L.E.S Marco Signs each & every one for every one of you who picks one up at the Cafe... while you're hear try some of the tastiest Pinoy food at Chef Pooka's berry yummy Cafe! where food is fun & everything is eye candy! sobrang sarap!

Lower East Side Legendary POP Artist Marco creator of MARCOART Impresario Lothario of Pookaberry Cafe is beyond thrilled to offer all a unique opportunity to purchase a veritable piece of the MARCOART POP Art ROCK! Be it an Original Painting Sculpture Commission Limited Edition Print or Product-MARCOART shall ROCK your world & make your planets twirl in oroborosesque figure 8's Ad infinitum so mote it be-Many more to choose from at the Cafe! come see! oh & whilst you find yourself here with us get good n stuck in some simply dee-litefull Pinoy Cuisine! yum! yum! see u where food & art is Fun! yay-hay! N joy! Eat Drink be Pookaberry!

Marco made his bones in the Lower East Side long before it gentrified itself into a staid defanged impotent Upper East Side downtown branch sissified pusillanimous sister city to Dubai-back when Marco was selling his Art on the street before he created the Best Selling Artist Swatch...The Alien Baby...aka Pookaberry- the dee-signs on these Limited Edition Mug Cups are a collabo featuring some classic MARCOART giving BigUps to Pooka's Berry Yummy Cafe Yo Yo...Yum Yum! collect the whole set & you will be one of few who seized their chance to get their hands on these precious unique keepsakes from Marco a POP Art legend created to commemorate his One of a Kind dine in edible eye candy art installation-Pookaberry Cafe where Food is fun! Golden opportunities in this life are none too many-precious few far less than ten a penny you can not help smiling after you Eat Drink Be Pookaberry!

back when NYC was broke-Marco then just a lil bloke used to get robbed on the regular by kids who was bigger - happened so often Marco started keepin a soupcon of lil filthy lucre in his pocket "Mug Money" he called it-come to think of it-back in them down n dirty ole days Marco was more than a bit like Mister Broccoli here gettin robbed by a burger & a hot dog-snap one up-fill it with mug money keep it for a rainy day when a pair of friendly hooligans hit you up for some filthy lucre-till then laugh dance sing: Eat Drink Be Pookaberry!

Come Sunday ole Pookaberry Cafe gets caught up in the spirt of the music-sweet bluesy sing song sometimes customers sing along sweet tunes suffuse the room as hands unseen lower the curtain on another wild weekend blanketing buskers n listeners alike Strawberry Jams bittersweet as Sunday Evening Blues can be tinged with warbling tremolos bravura aromas wafting from Chef Pooka's kitchen-have Marco sign one for you-if he ever stops singing: "the train pulled in the station...two lights shone behind...oh the train pulled in the station..." See you some Sunday you too will trill: "Eat Drink Be Pookaberry! "

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Such a delightful happenstance. Incredibly groovy and inviting atmosphere filled with unique displays and fabulous pop art painted walls and ceilings. Marco was an incredible host and the menu is extensive, sure to please all.
Excellent adult drinks, huge variety of vegan options as well as non vegan dishes. Really a fun and unique place -can’t wait to return.

November 2024

Anything but a 5 star review is outrageous. If you don’t understand this places uncanny creativity, humor, and desire to please; you are in the wrong place. Food is awesome. The menu is an art of its own. Never seen anything quite like it. If you want to have an amazing time at dinner; this is the place. If you take life too seriously, or just love boring, bland dinners; stay away. Or maybe finally branch out. Cant wait to go back. 10/10

October 2024

So happy we stumbled upon this place! Very funky vibe with an incredible variety in the menu. Our party of five had falafel, ramen, penne ala vodka, a Phillipine-style vegetable panini, and spaghetti with butter. We are pescatarian and we’re excited at all the choices. The service was friendly and there was no wait, and nice big portions. Absolutely coming back! Highly recommended

Vegetarian options: So many!

August 2024

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