Long Awaited Reboot Of 'The Point' Restaurant Opens

POINT LOOKOUT, NY — It took more than two years, but News 12 entertainment anchor Elisa DiStefano and her husband Mo Cassara, CBS Sports analyst and former Hofstra men's basketball coach, have opened The Point restaurant.

The pub/eatery, previously known as Point Ale House, was originally scheduled to debut last month. But they were able to bring customers back in time for the Memorial Day weekend.

"Our completely renovated building and now family business and restaurant will open 12-8:30 p.m. daily," they posted on the restaurant's Facebook page.

The Point will go from featuring 21 tap beers to six and from 21 televisions to nine, while outdoor seating will increase from 45 tables to more than 100.

"We got rid of what was more of an ale house and made it more of a family-friendly neighborhood bar and grill," Cassara told Patch in October.

Located on Lido Beach in Point Lookout, the menu consists of a wide variety of selections of popular favorites from tacos and nachos to burgers and clams.

As DiStefano's former News 12 colleague Carol Sliva posted to social media: "A line out the door on opening day in Point Lookout!"

Cassara cited prolonged renovations, seasonality, and staffing and nationwide supply-chain challenges as the main reasons for the spring start.

"We said, 'Let's kind of hunker down and finish this thing like we believe it needs to be done in order to be sustainable and successful over the course of the year moving forward,'" he said. "