Oriens Cafe 1100 Long Pond Rd Greece, NY 14626 (585) 663-3291 Website

At Oriens Cafe, you can recreate this experience. While sipping a cup of one of the over 30 aromatic varieties of steaming coffee, you are fortunate enough to be able to accompany it with absolutely the best Italian pastries created by the Sicilian Master Salvatore Garofalo and local pastry Chef Amanda Miller.

Oriens Cafe is not your usual cafe. It's a variety cafE... a delicious patisserie and a gourmet restaurant with a homey, relaxed atmosphere. This is the key concept developed by entrepreneur John Catalano, which he and his staff are lovingly putting into practice at Oriens Cafe.

"The real ambition though, is expanding this concept to include all of the United States", as Mr. Catalano often states. An accomplishment he is sure to achieve!

Italian cooking is something that everyone wants to imitate; however imitations are often blurred copies of the original. At Oriens Cafe you do not get copies or imitations, but original Italian recipes, tailored by head chef Nancy Catalano and her staff.


Nancy Catalano's wisdom and know-how are as authentically Italian, as her indisputable origin. Genuine Italian cooking, by this 67 year old Sicilian Chef, handed down from generation to generation, consists of stratagems families treat as closely held secrets. These secrets combined with the absolute quality of the gourmet food you'll find at Oriens, will no doubt delight any palate!

Savor Nancy Catalano's unique preparation of homemade sauces. Among the recipes of Oriens incredibly rich menu, you will find the slow food masterpieces... Risotto (including Spinach Risotto), Lasagnas, Tortellini, Canneloni, and their house specialty - Butter Shrimp Gamberoni. Fast food perfections include Gourmet Panini, made extra special with the use of durum wheat.

The Catalano Family invite you to enjoy dining in the Old World Italian Tradition at Oriens Cafe.