A Beloved Mainstay of Sri Lankan Culture and Cuisine on Staten Island

A Beloved Mainstay of Sri Lankan Culture and Cuisine on Staten Island

The 212 column revisits New York institutions that have helped define the city, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. Much of Bay Street, which runs parallel to Staten Island’s north shore, is a mix of nondescript restaurants and stores — a pizza place here, a barbershop there. But the Sri Lankan restaurant Lakruwana, housed in a brick building on the corner of Bay and Broad Streets, is impossible to miss. Its street-level facade, paint…