Back in the 70s my brother used to guard the extra knishes and dry ice for the local (Neponsit/Belle Harbor) knish guy in Rockaway and keep an eye out for cops, who would actually ticket the poor guy. The daily wage was paid in...

I’ve only been once, thought it nothing special. Friendly neighborhood joint serving big plates of okay pasta & cheap wine to locals wearing their sweats. I’d never go back, but I don’t live in that area....

the morning preparing.Everybody’s laughing and smiling and the smell of frying chicken and baking cornbread is nigh onto intoxicating. It’s a straight bounty with big hotel pans ladled full of Beef and Cheese...

Thank you, it really is a big hunk and since I’m watching my fat and calories, this will work.

to experiment with roasting larger hunks of lamb neck ala Incanto. The case at Big John’s has a pretty thorough selection of cuts from CK Lamb, and they can special order anything else one might want. Lamb shanks are...

't that hungry after the big lunch at Lilette so I ordered 2 appitizers,gumbo to start and the frog legs as my entree. The gumbo was awesome. My husband ordered frog legs to start and a veal rollatini. The frog legs were deep...

the aftertaste. It was decent. I’m not much of a pate person and not much of a liver person, so it certainly wouldn’t have been my choice. But for what it was it was decent. There was a ton of it, too. Probaly 20...

"the beer selection was no better than going to the Yard House," Sorry. I find Yard house to be a big sloppy mess. 80% of their beers are completely worthless in my book. The beer list at Fathers office is smaller and much much...

Fun, summery non-alcoholic drinks abound, so there’s no excuse for serving non-drinking guests sodas or Shirley Temples!

At Tarabia, a satisfying four-course lunch for $12.

Superlong, superlow heat.

Mi Pueblo Market has a taqueria, and that taqueria has grilled burritos. And a tortilla grilled is vastly better than a tortilla merely steamed.

no, unfortunately, i can’t; i know it’s 1475 route 22, and a deli used to be there, but since i’m not from there, i don’t remember any other locations around it. there were 2 other stores in the little...

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Chicken pot pie at Daily Grill is one of the best around. Wonderfully flaky crust, plenty of white meat, some veg and a rich, rich gravy.