The Long Island Bar

Best Burger NYC | Condé Nast Traveler

"In what is already an ideal restaurant—vintage-style neon sign out front, wooden bench booths, strong martinis, and a Midwestern-feeling menu of deviled eggs and fried cheese curds—the burger at Long Island Bar is always the ideal order. Think a smashed dry-age patty (two if you're feeling wild), pickles, cheese, and what they call "fancy sauce" (which tells you a lot about this spot's personality). Go in a smallish group, belly up to the bar to put your name in, then order a strong drink if there's a wait; by the time you reach your table, you'll be ready to roll up your sleeves and dig in, and it's not monstrously big." - Charlie Hobbs