Jack's Shack Back in Business

Jack's Shack, which had its grand opening less than a month ago but then was shut down, is back in business as of 11 a.m. Friday.

The Glen Head restaurant, which offers a menu of organic ingredients and hormone-free meat, fish and poultry, opened Jan. 20. But a Town of Oyster Bay spokeswoman said the restaurant had violated its approved site plan.

"The originally submitted site plan had a certain amount seating, maybe 20 seats, and 7 or 8 parking spaces," in the center it shares with other stores, Phyllis Barry said, explaining that the parking spaces must be allocated according to the restaurant's customer volume. 

"Without any warning, they decided to expand seating, which took more parking," she said. "When we heard, we closed them down. They had to go back and make alterations."

The store was cleared to reopen Wednesday, the town said. A store manager declined to comment on the closing but said he was pleased to be back in business.

Its grand opening in January drew the Chamber of Commerce, Glen Cove Mayor Ralph Suozzi, and Assemblyman Charles Lavine and Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton.

This story has been updated to clarify the grand opening date of the restaurant.