A new Italian restaurant will fill the space left behind by Sunny Buffet, a Chinese restaurant that had served downtown Bay Shore for more than two decades. The Town of Islip Planning Board has approved a site plan application for Seven Sunday’s to fill the vacant Sunny Buffet at the corner of Shore Lane and East Main Street.

Eugene De Nicola, a Sayville-based attorney who represented the applicant during the meeting, said the new dining spot is being brought to Bay Shore by the Branchinelli family, who own Branchinelli’s Pizzeria in Hauppauge and Colosseo Pizza in Port Jefferson Station.