"Don Peppe’s calling card — with praises sung to it in Hollywood — is its baked clams. The linguine with white clam sauce is a close second. This Italian restaurant dates back to 1942 — originally in Brooklyn with a move to Queens in 1968 — and it serves huge, family-style portions of old-school classics like chicken with butter and lemon, shrimp Luciano, zuppa di mussels, beef braciola, and veal parmigiana. There is only one menu, and it’s on a blackboard at the back wall of the large one-room restaurant. Go hungry — or with friends — and bring cash." - Caroline Shin