"Restaurants like Red Hook Tavern and Bernie's love to channel nostalgia for 1950s comfort food. But at Donohue’s, you can experience that era without varnish. There are checkerboard floors and red tablecloth-covered booths full of regulars, but you should sit at the bar to hear the best stories. Drink a martini served with the pint glass it was stirred in, and eat a burger that makes a solid case for food as a form of time travel. Dirty martini, prime chopped beef burger (with american cheese)" - molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, bryan kim, sonal shah