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Ed I like your list and would like to add a few...Tenzan very good sushi and hand rolls. Bello Squardo execellant tapas....88 Noodle great soups in a hole in the wall on Columbus Ave......Hampton Chutney great sandwich's very different....Ivy's for Chinese(cooked for the chinese delegation while in town) and surprisingly good sushi. By the way Ed, Monsoon closed months ago.

Ed I also am a big fan of absolute but the Flagel's (a flat bagel that is very cruchy and very little dough) at Goldberg's in Ft. Lee NJ and on Hgwy 27 in Hampton Bays are the best. Once you try one of these you will never go back to the doughy bagel. Goldberg's claims to have invented them but I have seen them in other places but not as good.

I still dream about a sandwich which I ate as a high school student and haven't seen it anywhere else. The resturant which it was served doesn't exist anymore so here it is. Chinese Roast Pork on Garlic bread toasted with a mixture of duck sause and a hint of chinese mustard. To top it off it was served with great french fries smothered with gravy.....MMMMMMM GOOD!

One to add, Vinnies on the Amsterdam Ave known for their pizza but their food is great. Their Chicken Parm for $10 can't be beat served with pasta. Their other dishes are great and the prices can't be beat.

I posted this before but here we go again....Bigelow's is worth the trip, I've summered in Maine and lived in both the City and Long Island and I haven't tasted fried clams as mouth watering as their ipwich clams. The seafood house in Sag Harbor is fair. But my favorite is to follow the clamers in the bay on a falling tide and pick up their left overs and steam up the ipwich clams....MMMMMm good.

Thanks for the tip, Decca. I've never heard of the Bagel Store. I will check them out next time I'm in Williamsburg.

I didn't even know about La Bagel. I will check it out. Sounds promising. I agree with you about Ess A Bagel. Its bagels are too big and too sweet.

Bagel Hole in on 7th Ave. in Park Slope makes a nice version of the old-fashioned chewy dense bagel that must be eaten that day. Terrace Bagel in Windsor Terrace makes very good slightly larger slightly softer bagels and good bialies. I had some good bagels from a place on Coney Island Ave. in Midwood, as well. Kosar's seems to have changed recipes withing the past year or two. Their classic bialies are no more, in my humble opinion, although the onion board (pletzl) is still tops.

H&H always was second rate. The place near Columbia is great (Absolute). Columbia Hot Bagel used to be great too.

Anyone remember the great New Jersey bagel places of yesteryear? I remember one on Chancellor Ave. in Irvington, and another on West End Ave. in Jersey City. Both were great places, basically wholesalers with small service counters. My dad would take us late Saturday night to get the early edition of the Sunday paper and hot bagels. Wiggler's in Union, NJ was great also.

I'd love to hear about other great bagels which are no more...

Ate at The Bite in Menemsha today and would now put them at the top of my life's list of good fried clams.

Agreed that there isn;t enough salt in most clam flour, but The Bite's seemed just right. Perfecto in fact.

Thanks for the tips. I live in Colorado and there is no where to find anything close to a fried belly clam. I grew up near Saybrook, CT and we always went to J. Ad's for clams.

I'm in Boston next week on a biz trip. Last time there, I was disappointed. Between the airport and Chelmsford (where I have to stay) is there any chance of great fried clams and/or steamers?