Opened in the fall of 2008 by chef Andy Nusser (opening chef at Babbo) with Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, Tarry Lodge is a less urban incarnation of that team's now-familiar aesthetic. If you're familiar with Otto in New York's West Village, you'll walk in and feel right at home. But Tarry Lodge has an energy all its own, as was clear at 1:00 PM on a Tuesday—when the place was packed to the brim. More

The first stop on our eating itinerary was about as old-school roadside snack stop as they come: Walter's Hot Dogs, in Mamaroneck, New York. Even if you're unfamiliar with the area, the hot dog stand is impossible to miss: just look for the pagoda. Yes, the pagoda, complete with a copper-tiled roof, and the lanterns and toothy carp to flank it. "This building typifies the attention-getting styles of roadside restaurants in the 1920s," reads the Westchester County historical marker beside it. (You don't say.) More