Raay-Nor's Famous Chicken is now a pop-up at a beach restaurant on Long Island

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“Raay-Nor’s Famous Chicken,” named after a popular dish served for generations in Baldwin, is now the name of a pop-up shop at Maliblue Restaurant, a beachfront restaurant in the Town of Hempstead Beach in Lido Beach, through September 2.

The pop-up at Maliblue, owned by Butch Yamali, pays homage to the heritage of Raay-Nor's log cabin, which was located on the south side of the Sunrise Highway and was open from the 1940s until 2005.

His recipes bring a little nostalgia to those who have spent time on the south coast of Nassau County

“Raay-Nor's chicken has delighted generations of Long Islanders, and my family has enjoyed many meals at the original Raay-Nor's Log Cabin in Baldwin,” Hempstead Town Councilman Don Clavin said in a press release about the pop-up shop.

Recipes from the restaurant have previously been featured at both Maliblue and Coral House, owned by the Dover Group founded by Yamali, according to Raay-Nor's Facebook page, which has 3,700 followers.

“The restaurant's closure in 2005 left a huge void for fried chicken lovers,” Clavin added. “Fortunately, Maliblue has made fried chicken connoisseurs very happy by preserving the original recipe and sharing Raay-Nor's fried chicken with the public every summer.”

Earlier this week, Clavin declared Raay-Nor chicken the “official chicken of the Town of Hempstead.”

In addition to the crispy breaded chicken, the restaurant serves sides and more that were once a staple of Raay-Nor's in Baldwin.

“Raay-Noor's has been part of Long Island's home cooking identity for over half a century,” Yamali said. “It was my passion to bring back Raay-Noor's menu through the pop-up shop at Maliblue.”

Raay-Nor's original chef was flown in from Texas to train Maliblue's chefs, who now know all the original recipes for the fried chicken and other popular dishes. Now, fried, boiled and Maryland-style chicken are served along with sweet and sticky ham steak, fluffy biscuits, pickle chips and other sides. Also available: Raay-Nor's homemade cakes for dessert.

To promote the pop-up, the Maliblue team covered its street signs with temporary signs displaying Raay-Nor's original logo.

Previous versions of the pop-up were a crowd-pleaser and apparently caused lines of cars to form from Maliblue all the way to the Loop Parkway, officials said.