"With walls covered in jockey gear (it's near the Aqueduct Racetrack), Don Peppe opened in 1968 and has a diehard group of regulars. This unfussy, cash-only restaurant in South Ozone Park is the kind of place you can call to say you're coming with 20 people tonight, and they'll just ask you what time. There’s no paper menu, and there doesn’t need to be. Give your server the reins and they’ll thoughtfully bring you just the right number of baked clams, advise you against ordering a salad, brusquely accost you for wearing a hat, and remind you that 12pm is a perfectly fine time for wine. Walk around the large room and pick out your favorite horse name from the photos while waiting for your food." - willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, neha talreja
