Beach Bird, the chicken tender, wing and sandwich shop on East Main Street in Oyster Bay, has opened its second location, at 163 East Park Avenue in Long Beach. The restaurant holds its ribbon cutting on Friday, November 13, at 5 p.m., and the first 50 guests receive a Mini Bird Basket.

The ribbon cutting closes out a week of opening specials that ran in the Long Beach store from November 9 through 12: 20 percent off for teachers and school staff on Monday, for families with children 7 and younger on Tuesday, and for Long Beach business owners and city employees on Thursday. On Veterans Day, Wednesday, veterans got 50 percent off at both locations.

What is on the menu

The menu centers on fried chicken in three forms, each sold by the piece count:

  • Chicken tenders: 3 for $9.50, 4 for $12.50, 5 for $15.50
  • Wings, coated or naked: 6 for $12.50, 10 for $17.50, 15 for $24.50
  • Nuggets: 8 for $9.50, 12 for $12.50, 16 for $15.50

Sauces and dry rubs are $1 extra. A party platter of 3 tenders, 8 nuggets and 10 wings is $33. Two plates go further: nuggets with cinnamon sugar waffle bites and maple syrup for $16, and buffalo chicken over the shop's macaroni and cheese for $14.

Sandwiches run $10.50 to $11. The house sandwich comes with lettuce, tomato, pickles and the shop's bird sauce, and the rest include sweet chili with Asian slaw, BBQ with hot honey and bacon, Nashville hot with coleslaw, buffalo with blue cheese slaw, chipotle with avocado, and mango habanero topped with a slice of dehydrated pineapple. A chicken tender served in a potato hot dog bun with ketchup and mustard is $5.50. Fries and a drink can be added to any sandwich.

Salads start at $11, and sides include the shop's spiral-pasta mac and cheese, fried pickles with buttermilk ranch, and fries seasoned with ranch, Cajun or white truffle and parmesan. Dessert is cinnamon sugar waffle bites or chocolate chip cookies.

Catering and rewards

Both locations take catering orders, with trays of nuggets, tenders and wings, and the Long Beach store has its own catering ordering page. A loyalty program awards points on every order and a birthday treat, with 30 bonus points at sign-up.

Current hours for each store are posted on its online ordering page.

If you go

Beach Bird Long Beach is at 163 East Park Avenue. The original Beach Bird is at 19 East Main Street in Oyster Bay. Orders for pickup at either location are placed at beachbirdli.com.

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