"Here’s something you should try: Dominican food on the beach. Brisas Del Mar has a few locations around the city, but two of them happen to be in the Rockaways, both about a block from the sand. At this counter-service restaurant you can get a plate or to-go container and dictate however much yellow rice, chicken, pork, plantains, and empaguetadas (spaghetti on the beach, anyone?) you’d like piled onto it. The locations are a mere five minutes’ drive from each other, but so popular that they’re typically both full of regulars." - willa moore, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, sonal shah