Long saught-after indulgences of Long Island
Nestled away on the rocky beach on the “North Fork” of Long Island, La Plage attempts to re-create the atmosphere of a French bistro with some success. We found ourselves there on a bitterly cold winter’s night - minus 10 celsius and a howling wind blowing off the Sound. We were hoping for a warm welcome, and we weren’t disappointed.
As you’d expect for such a maritime location, seafood featured prominently: clams, local oysters, fish in abundance, and more.
New York's Greatest Deli?
In every gritty Police Procedural drama I’ve ever seen on TV, the protagonists end up at that icon of all things New York - a deli! And New York certainly has a lot of them. When I told friends I was heading to New York, they recommended several delis considered the best of the best. One of them was Carnegie Deli.
Carnegie first opened in 1937, and a look at the decor and staff suggests it hasn’t changed much since then.
The Quest for World's Greatest Burger Continues
In a world saturated with chain and franchises of every conceivable kind of burger bar, finding an authentic independent burger joint is getting harder and harder. The quest continued in New York, where I was sure I could find something close to the perfect burger joint. Strolling for a few blocks past Times Square, as the ubiquitous chain stores petered out, I spotted The Counter, which proclaimed itself the custom burger bar.